The Year of Our Lord 1911

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Celestine Joseph Damiano † Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

Born [Joseph Huang Zi-yu] † Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

21.4 Professed Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

5 Nov Born Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

57.8 Ordained Bishop Olivier Elzéar Mathieu † Bishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

57.5 Ordained Bishop Dionysius Antonius Schüler, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

6 Nov Born Stanislav Lenič † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

69.8 Died Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

10 Nov Born Adolfo Servando Tortolo † Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

12 Nov 24.2 Ordained Priest Adalberto Accioli Sobral † Priest Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

39.3 Ordained Bishop Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Antiphrae Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

64.6 Ordained Bishop Ramón Fernández y Balbuena † Titular Bishop of Scilium Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

13 Nov 28.0 Ordained Priest Karol Niemira † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus

15 Nov Born Maximino Romero de Lema † Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

Born Joseph-Marie Vû Duy Nhất † Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

36.3 Ordained Bishop Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Antigonea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

16 Nov Born Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

80.6 Died Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles Vicar Apostolic

Born Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. † Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Born Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

17 Nov 49.8 Resigned Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Alessandro Lualdi † Apostolic Administrator of Patti, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

38.0 Appointed Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio

38.0 Appointed Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Ariassus Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio

Born Jean Prou, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

18.3 Entered Bonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. † Member of Society of the Divine Savior Superior General Emeritus

18 Nov Born Almir Marques Ferreira † Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

73.7 Died Francesco Maria Traina † Bishop of Patti, Italy

19 Nov 38.2 Ordained Bishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva † Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

Born Ioan Ploscaru † Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

74.1 Died Ján Vályi † Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

21 Nov 70.8 Died Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

23 Nov 87.2 Died Gaetano Caporali, C.Pp.S. † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

35.6 Installed Augusto Álvaro da Silva † Bishop of Floresta, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

25 Nov 74.4 Died Michele Lucibello † Auxiliary Bishop of Amalfi, Italy

27 Nov 64.1 Elevated to Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

61.2 Elevated to Cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

70.8 Elevated to Cardinal František Saleský Bauer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

69.4 Elevated to Cardinal António Mendes Bello † In Pectore Cardinal, Patriarch

65.8 Elevated to Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus

55.6 Elevated to Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

58.3 Ceased Luigi Boschi † Apostolic Administrator of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy

50.6 Elevated to Cardinal Francis Alphonsus Bourne † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

70.2 Appointed Francesco di Paola Cassetta † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

55.5 Appointed Pierre-Célestin Cézerac † Bishop of Cahors, France Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

64.6 Appointed Marie-Charles-Alfred de Cormont † Bishop of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus

73.3 Elevated to Cardinal José María Cos y Macho † Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

58.3 Appointed Gaetano De Lai † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy

81.2 Elevated to Cardinal François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

66.7 Elevated to Cardinal François-Virgile Dubillard † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France

69.1 Elevated to Cardinal Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

69.6 Elevated to Cardinal John Murphy Farley † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

43.2 Appointed Luigi Ferri † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Pompeo Ghezzi † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.6 Elevated to Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

65.7 Appointed Giovanni Battista Lugari † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy

65.7 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Lugari † Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy

56.0 Elevated to Cardinal Franz Xaver Nagl † Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

46.8 Appointed James Naughton † Bishop of Killala, Ireland

51.9 Elevated to Cardinal William Henry O’Connell † Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

60.8 Appointed Luca Pappafava † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

55.1 Appointed Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete † Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México

53.6 Elevated to Cardinal Basilio Pompilj † Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

53.6 Ceased Basilio Pompilj † Secretary of the Congregation of the Council Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

40.0 Appointed Giovanni Pulvirenti † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

54.3 Appointed Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

54.3 Resigned Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Agostino Richelmy † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

46.0 Appointed Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † Archbishop of Michoacán, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

61.0 Appointed Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Corinthus

44.5 Appointed Adam Stefan Sapieha † Bishop of Kraków, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

53.1 Appointed Giuseppe Scarlata † Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

Born Benjamin de Souza Gomes † Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

56.2 Confirmed Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

64.8 Elevated to Cardinal Antonio Vico † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

64.8 Resigned Antonio Vico † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

57.2 Elevated to Cardinal Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

29 Nov 57.1 Ordained Bishop John Marius Laval † Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

30 Nov 61.2 Appointed Léon-Adolphe Amette † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

65.8 Appointed Louis Billot, S.J. † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Priest of Society of Jesus

55.6 Appointed Gaetano Bisleti † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

50.6 Appointed Francis Alphonsus Bourne † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

46.0 Appointed André-Maurice Bovet † Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland

51.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Dallepiane † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy

81.2 Appointed François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

66.7 Appointed François-Virgile Dubillard † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France

69.1 Appointed Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

69.6 Appointed John Murphy Farley † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

60.6 Appointed Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

23.6 Ordained Priest John Joseph Lonergan † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Bishop-Elect of Port Augusta, Australia

51.9 Appointed William Henry O’Connell † Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

63.9 Appointed Manuel José Peña † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

54.7 Appointed Joseph Pfluger † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

54.7 Appointed Joseph Pfluger † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

53.6 Appointed Basilio Pompilj † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Basil Roper † Priest of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia

57.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Joseph Spratt † Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

38.7 Ordained Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Aradus Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China

57.2 Appointed Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

2 Dec 70.8 Appointed František Saleský Bauer † Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

3 Dec 37.2 Ordained Bishop Augustine Kandathil † Titular Bishop of Arad Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India

38.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Kurialachery † Titular Bishop of Pella Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

4 Dec 38.3 Installed José Tomas Gomes da Silva † Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

5 Dec Born Thomas Joseph McDonough † Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

7 Dec 55.5 Appointed Oreste Giorgi † Secretary of the Congregation of the Council Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Born John Francis Hackett † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

42.9 Appointed Carlo Perosi † Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

8 Dec 49.2 Ordained Bishop Luigi Paulini † Bishop of Nusco, Italy Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

10 Dec 39.0 Ordained Bishop Luigj Bumci † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Bishop Emeritus

Born Tamás Jung † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia

43.8 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Koletsi † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

11 Dec Born William Graham Connare † Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

35.4 Appointed János Mikes † Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

Born Jean François Marie Streiff † Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France

12 Dec 55.2 Died Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. † Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

13 Dec 48.8 Appointed Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China Vicar Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China

48.8 Appointed Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Botrys Vicar Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China

64.8 Resigned Julien Banckaert, S.J. † Prefect of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Prefect Emeritus

14 Dec Born Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni † Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

15 Dec 38.9 Installed Thomas Kurialachery † Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

16 Dec 45.8 Appointed Vasile Hossu † Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania

17 Dec 58.3 Ordained Bishop Gaetano De Lai † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy

54.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Pfluger † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

40.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Pulvirenti † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

61.0 Ordained Bishop Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Corinthus

44.5 Ordained Bishop Adam Stefan Sapieha † Bishop of Kraków, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

Born Maura Verzich, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

18 Dec 51.4 Appointed Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. † Prefect of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Prefect Emeritus

64.3 Resigned Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

20 Dec 61.2 Appointed Alfonso Maria Andreoli † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest [Julio Garret] † Priest of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

23 Dec 29.3 Ordained Priest Peter Francis Rayappa † Priest of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh

22.3 Ordained Priest João da Silva Campos Neves † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal

25 Dec 59.1 Died Edoardo Pulciano † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

26 Dec Born Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India

27 Dec Born Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar

30 Dec 38.1 Appointed Carlos María Javier de la Torre † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

48.7 Appointed José Américo Orzali † Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

Born Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

31 Dec Born Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Celestine Joseph Damiano †		Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	Born	[Joseph Huang Zi-yu] †		Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
21.4	Professed	Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
5 Nov		Born	Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Elzéar Mathieu †	Bishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Dionysius Antonius Schüler, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
6 Nov		Born	Stanislav Lenič †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
69.8	Died	Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
10 Nov		Born	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
12 Nov	24.2	Ordained Priest	Adalberto Accioli Sobral †	Priest	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Fernández y Balbuena †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
13 Nov	28.0	Ordained Priest	Karol Niemira †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
15 Nov		Born	Maximino Romero de Lema †		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	Born	Joseph-Marie Vû Duy Nhất †		Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
36.3	Ordained Bishop	Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
16 Nov		Born	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
80.6	Died	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic
	Born	Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †		Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
	Born	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Nov	49.8	Resigned	Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Alessandro Lualdi †	Apostolic Administrator of Patti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
38.0	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
38.0	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
	Born	Jean Prou, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
18.3	Entered	Bonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. †	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Superior General Emeritus
18 Nov		Born	Almir Marques Ferreira †		Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
73.7	Died	Francesco Maria Traina †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
19 Nov	38.2	Ordained Bishop	José Tomas Gomes da Silva †	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
	Born	Ioan Ploscaru †		Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
74.1	Died	Ján Vályi †	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
21 Nov	70.8	Died	Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
23 Nov	87.2	Died	Gaetano Caporali, C.Pp.S. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
35.6	Installed	Augusto Álvaro da Silva †	Bishop of Floresta, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
25 Nov	74.4	Died	Michele Lucibello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Amalfi, Italy
27 Nov	64.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
61.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
70.8	Elevated to Cardinal	František Saleský Bauer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
69.4	Elevated to Cardinal	António Mendes Bello †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Patriarch
65.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
55.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Bisleti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
58.3	Ceased	Luigi Boschi †	Apostolic Administrator of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Francis Alphonsus Bourne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
70.2	Appointed	Francesco di Paola Cassetta †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
55.5	Appointed	Pierre-Célestin Cézerac †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
64.6	Appointed	Marie-Charles-Alfred de Cormont †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
73.3	Elevated to Cardinal	José María Cos y Macho †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
58.3	Appointed	Gaetano De Lai †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
81.2	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières †	Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
66.7	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Virgile Dubillard †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
69.6	Elevated to Cardinal	John Murphy Farley †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
43.2	Appointed	Luigi Ferri †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Pompeo Ghezzi †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
65.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Lugari †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
65.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Lugari †	Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
56.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Franz Xaver Nagl †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
46.8	Appointed	James Naughton †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
51.9	Elevated to Cardinal	William Henry O’Connell †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
60.8	Appointed	Luca Pappafava †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
55.1	Appointed	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
53.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Basilio Pompilj †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
53.6	Ceased	Basilio Pompilj †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
40.0	Appointed	Giovanni Pulvirenti †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
54.3	Appointed	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
54.3	Resigned	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Agostino Richelmy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
46.0	Appointed	Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores †	Archbishop of Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
61.0	Appointed	Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Corinthus
44.5	Appointed	Adam Stefan Sapieha †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
53.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Scarlata †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	Born	Benjamin de Souza Gomes †		Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
56.2	Confirmed	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
64.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Vico †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
64.8	Resigned	Antonio Vico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
29 Nov	57.1	Ordained Bishop	John Marius Laval †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
30 Nov	61.2	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
65.8	Appointed	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Priest of Society of Jesus
55.6	Appointed	Gaetano Bisleti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
50.6	Appointed	Francis Alphonsus Bourne †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
46.0	Appointed	André-Maurice Bovet †	Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Dallepiane †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
81.2	Appointed	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
66.7	Appointed	François-Virgile Dubillard †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
69.1	Appointed	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
69.6	Appointed	John Murphy Farley †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
60.6	Appointed	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
23.6	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Lonergan †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop-Elect of Port Augusta, Australia
51.9	Appointed	William Henry O’Connell †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
63.9	Appointed	Manuel José Peña †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
54.7	Appointed	Joseph Pfluger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
54.7	Appointed	Joseph Pfluger †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
53.6	Appointed	Basilio Pompilj †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Basil Roper †	Priest of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph Spratt †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
38.7	Ordained Bishop	Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
57.2	Appointed	Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Dec	70.8	Appointed	František Saleský Bauer †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
3 Dec	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Kandathil †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kurialachery †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
4 Dec	38.3	Installed	José Tomas Gomes da Silva †	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
5 Dec		Born	Thomas Joseph McDonough †		Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
7 Dec	55.5	Appointed	Oreste Giorgi †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	Born	John Francis Hackett †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
42.9	Appointed	Carlo Perosi †	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
8 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Paulini †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
10 Dec	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Luigj Bumci †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Tamás Jung †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Koletsi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
11 Dec		Born	William Graham Connare †		Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
35.4	Appointed	János Mikes †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jean François Marie Streiff †		Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
12 Dec	55.2	Died	Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
13 Dec	48.8	Appointed	Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China	Vicar Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China
48.8	Appointed	Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Vicar Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China
64.8	Resigned	Julien Banckaert, S.J. †	Prefect of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
14 Dec		Born	Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni †		Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Dec	38.9	Installed	Thomas Kurialachery †	Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Dec	45.8	Appointed	Vasile Hossu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
17 Dec	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano De Lai †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pfluger †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Pulvirenti †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Corinthus
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Adam Stefan Sapieha †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	Born	Maura Verzich, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
18 Dec	51.4	Appointed	Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
64.3	Resigned	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Dec	61.2	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Andreoli †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	[Julio Garret] †	Priest of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
23 Dec	29.3	Ordained Priest	Peter Francis Rayappa †	Priest of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
22.3	Ordained Priest	João da Silva Campos Neves †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
25 Dec	59.1	Died	Edoardo Pulciano †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
26 Dec		Born	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
27 Dec		Born	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar
30 Dec	38.1	Appointed	Carlos María Javier de la Torre †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
48.7	Appointed	José Américo Orzali †	Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	Born	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
31 Dec		Born	Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

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