Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Dec | 83.7 | Died | John Cunningham † | Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain | |
93.9 | Died | Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. † | Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru | ||
2 Dec | 70.6 | Resigned | Michel Christian Alain Aupetit | Archbishop of Paris, France | Archbishop Emeritus |
70.6 | Resigned | Michel Christian Alain Aupetit | Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites | Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France | |
88.6 | Died | Giuseppe Chiaretti † | Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy | ||
67.2 | Died | Aldo Giordano † | Apostolic Nuncio to European Union | ||
78.5 | Appointed | Georges Paul Pontier | Apostolic Administrator of Paris, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France | |
78.5 | Appointed | Georges Paul Pontier | Apostolic Administrator of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites | Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France | |
3 Dec | 71.6 | Appointed | Salvador Cristau Coll | Bishop of Terrassa, Spain | |
77.7 | Retired | Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal | Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.5 | Appointed | José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal | ||
4 Dec | 62.3 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. | Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | |
53.8 | Appointed | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland | Archbishop | |
58.4 | Ordained Bishop | Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja | Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
48.6 | Ordained Bishop | Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros | Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil | ||
53.5 | Ordained Bishop | Vicente Ribas Prats | Bishop of Ibiza, Spain | ||
82.3 | Ceased | John Tong Hon | Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Dec | 53.3 | Installed | Andrew Harmon Cozzens | Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA | |
78.8 | Ceased | Richard Edmund Pates | Apostolic Administrator of Crookston, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA | |
7 Dec | 67.9 | Ordained Bishop | Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. | Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru | |
60.0 | Appointed | José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre | Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain | ||
75.6 | Retired | Jesús Murgui Soriano | Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.4 | Ordained Bishop | Massimiliano Palinuro | Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey | ||
56.7 | Appointed | Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. | Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain | ||
84.6 | Died | Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. † | Bishop Emeritus of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon | ||
74.7 | Ceased | Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. | Apostolic Administrator of Cajamarca, Peru | Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru | |
8 Dec | 62.5 | Ceased | Anand Jojo | Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India | Bishop of Hazaribag, India |
60.3 | Installed | Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D. | Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) | ||
57.2 | Appointed | Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. | Bishop of Sendai, Japan | ||
49.1 | Appointed | Gélase Armel Kema | Bishop of Ouesso, Congo | Archbishop of Owando, Congo | |
75.4 | Retired | Angelus Kujur, S.J. | Bishop of Purnea, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.0 | Appointed | Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. | Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India | Bishop | |
60.0 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel Joseph Meagher | Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus | Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia | |
77.5 | Retired | Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Ouesso, Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.0 | Appointed | Seno Inno Ngutra | Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia | ||
63.9 | Appointed | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México | ||
9 Dec | 63.2 | Installed | César Alcides Balbín Tamayo | Bishop of Cartago, Colombia | |
75.5 | Retired | Washington Cruz, C.P. | Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
68.3 | Appointed | Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno | Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | ||
54.9 | Appointed | João Justino de Medeiros Silva | Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil | ||
75.7 | Retired | Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B. | Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
74.7 | Ceased | José Roberto Ospina Leongómez | Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia | Bishop of Buga, Colombia | |
65.4 | Appointed | Paul Ssemogerere | Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda | ||
10 Dec | 74.4 | Died | Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz † | Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines | |
57.9 | Appointed | José Lampra Cà | Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
60.0 | Appointed | Alain René Ransay | Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles | ||
47.6 | Appointed | Joseph Andrew Williams | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA | |
47.6 | Appointed | Joseph Andrew Williams | Titular Bishop of Idassa | Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA | |
11 Dec | 60.6 | Installed | Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. | Bishop of Jamshedpur, India | |
50.1 | Appointed | Alexandre François Marie Joly | Bishop of Troyes, France | ||
12 Dec | 68.1 | Died | Daniel Nlandu Mayi † | Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
86.4 | Died | Stanisław Nowak † | Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland | ||
14 Dec | 64.7 | Appointed | Franco Coppola | Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg | Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium |
56.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Đỗ Quang Khang | Coadjutor Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam | Bishop | |
48.1 | Installed | Robert Saeed Jarjis | Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada | ||
57.6 | Appointed | Mark Kadima Wamukoya | Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya | ||
15 Dec | 53.8 | Installed | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland | Archbishop |
49.8 | Appointed | Rolandas Makrickas | Official of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | Coadjutor Archpriest | |
75.0 | Retired | Ângelo Pignoli | Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 46.5 | Appointed | Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez | Administrator of Caldas, Colombia | Bishop |
53.6 | Appointed | Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez | Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands | Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia | |
17 Dec | 71.8 | Resigned | Patrick James Dunn | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus |
88.2 | Died | José Fernández Arteaga † | Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México | ||
55.3 | Appointed | Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I. | Coadjutor Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa | Bishop | |
59.3 | Appointed | Stephen Marmion Lowe | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand | ||
59.3 | Appointed | Stephen Marmion Lowe | Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand | |
61.6 | Appointed | Fortunatus Nwachukwu | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
63.3 | Ordained Bishop | Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina | ||
18 Dec | 57.2 | Installed | Luiz Carlos Dias | Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Joel Maria dos Santos | Titular Bishop of Thenae | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
52.9 | Appointed | Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến | Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | ||
59.7 | Installed | Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. | Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | ||
54.4 | Ceased | Eduardo Malaspina | Administrator of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
47.5 | Installed | Massimiliano Palinuro | Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey | ||
79.0 | Ceased | Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. | Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul, Turkey | Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey | |
75.2 | Retired | Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. | Bishop of Baroda, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.4 | Appointed | Luciano Russo | Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay | Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State | |
19 Dec | 61.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Glapiak | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
21 Dec | 75.6 | Died | George Arthur Sheltz † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA | |
56.0 | Appointed | Jeffrey Joseph Walsh | Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA | ||
22 Dec | 63.8 | Appointed | Antonis Bara | Bishop of Ambikapur, India | |
66.8 | Resigned | Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. | Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.1 | Appointed | Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | ||
52.1 | Appointed | Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza | Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
76.9 | Retired | Patras Minj, S.J. | Bishop of Ambikapur, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
92.8 | Died | Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † | Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México | ||
23 Dec | 56.6 | Appointed | Juan Espinoza Jiménez | Bishop of Aguascalientes, México | |
75.5 | Retired | Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez | Bishop of Colima, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.9 | Appointed | Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | ||
59.9 | Appointed | Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima | Titular Bishop of Cefala | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
52.4 | Appointed | Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | ||
52.4 | Appointed | Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
72.8 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Apostolic Administrator of Colima, México | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
75.0 | Retired | Carlos Suárez Cázares | Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
24 Dec | 55.8 | Confirmed | Azad Sabri Shaba | Bishop of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq | |
26 Dec | 92.3 | Died | Giacomo Capuzzi † | Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy | |
27 Dec | 77.6 | Retired | Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. | Archbishop of Alger, Algeria | Archbishop Emeritus |
59.7 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. | Archbishop of Alger, Algeria | ||
28 Dec | 59.7 | Appointed | Peter Michiaki Nakamura | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | |
75.7 | Retired | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
29 Dec | 88.6 | Died | Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku † | Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
31 Dec | 75.5 | Retired | Michael August Blume, S.V.D. | Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary | Apostolic Nuncio |
80.0 | Died | Luigi Negri † | Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy | ||
75.6 | Retired | Anselmo Guido Pecorari | Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria | Apostolic Nuncio | |
75.6 | Retired | Anselmo Guido Pecorari | Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia | Apostolic Nuncio |
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