The Year of Our Lord 1915

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

Born Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam

3 Nov Born Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

7 Nov Born Joseph Babana † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

83.8 Died Giovanni Graziani † Bishop of Todi, Italy

Born Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines

66.1 Died Andrea Sarti † Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

9 Nov 45.6 Appointed Arthur Béliveau † Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

Born Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

10 Nov Born Jorge Marcos de Oliveira † Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

41.6 Appointed Manoel da Silva Gomes † Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

11 Nov 78.5 Died John Edward Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. † Bishop of Newport, Wales, Great Britain

13 Nov 49.8 Appointed Francesco Cherubini † Apostolic Delegate to Haiti Apostolic Nuncio

44.3 Appointed Enrico Gasparri † Apostolic Delegate to Colombia Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

14 Nov 54.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph MacRory † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

52.1 Ordained Bishop Canuto José Reyes y Balladares † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

15 Nov Born Vittorio Cecchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

16 Nov 46.5 Appointed Emilio Larquère, C.M. † Prefect of Arauca, Colombia Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia

17 Nov Born Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois † Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France

20 Nov Born Jorge Mayer † Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

49.8 Died Juan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. † Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Born Adelmo Tacconi † Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

Born Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines

21 Nov 23.3 Ordained Priest Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

23.6 Ordained Priest Lucio Crescenzi † Priest Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

42.8 Ordained Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Chytri Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

47.6 Ordained Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes † Bishop of Floresta, Brazil Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

38.6 Ordained Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abrittum Bishop Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

22 Nov 39.6 Installed Augusto Álvaro da Silva † Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Born Stephen Li Xinzheng † Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China

25 Nov 74.8 Died František Saleský Bauer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

27 Nov 51.7 Appointed Matthew Joseph Brodie † Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

28 Nov 79.6 Died Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau † Bishop of Luçon, France

Born Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

30 Nov 63.2 Appointed Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Cassiope Vicar Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo

37.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Angelo Poli, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Curium Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

1 Dec 59.6 Appointed Gaetano Bisleti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

3 Dec 70.6 Died Theodor Kohn † Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia

6 Dec 70.0 Appointed Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

70.0 Appointed Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

77.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

77.9 Resigned Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Apostolic Delegate to Costa Rica Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

77.9 Resigned Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Apostolic Delegate to Honduras Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

77.9 Resigned Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Apostolic Delegate to Nicaragua Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

39.8 Appointed Placide Colliard † Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland

46.8 Appointed Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

70.2 Elevated to Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

70.2 Resigned Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

69.1 Appointed Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

38.7 Appointed St. Manuel González y García † Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop of Palencia, Spain

38.7 Appointed St. Manuel González y García † Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus) Bishop of Palencia, Spain

64.6 Appointed Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

64.6 Appointed Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † Bishop of Albano, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

59.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

58.1 Appointed Maurice Landrieux † Bishop of Dijon, France

56.2 Appointed Christophe-Louis Légasse † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

54.2 Appointed Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † Bishop of Crema, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

63.6 Elevated to Cardinal Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

35.3 Ordained Bishop Jean Nissan † Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

54.1 Appointed Bernardo Pizzorno † Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

54.1 Resigned Bernardo Pizzorno † Bishop of Crema, Italy Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

Born Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

59.8 Appointed Giovanni Régine † Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy

57.6 Appointed Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

57.6 Elevated to Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

57.6 Resigned Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

70.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giulio Tonti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

79.0 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

79.0 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

79.0 Confirmed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Dean of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

45.9 Appointed Gabriele Vettori † Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

68.9 Appointed Antonio Vico † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

61.2 Appointed Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

51.1 Appointed Luigi Zaffarami † Bishop of Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

7 Dec 70.2 Appointed Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

24.6 Ordained Priest James Edward Walsh, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China

9 Dec 60.7 Appointed José Alves de Matos † Titular Archbishop of Pessinus Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

43.1 Appointed Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † Archbishop of Benevento, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

66.1 Appointed Ferdinand Brossart † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.9 Appointed Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

49.9 Appointed Francesco Cherubini † Titular Archbishop of Nicosia Apostolic Nuncio

58.7 Appointed Charles Warren Currier † Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia) Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba

50.3 Appointed Dennis Joseph Dougherty † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

44.3 Appointed Enrico Gasparri † Titular Archbishop of Sebastea Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

63.5 Resigned Pietro Gasparri † Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

44.8 Appointed Tranquillo Guarneri † Bishop of Rieti, Italy Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy

60.0 Appointed Giorgio Gusmini † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

46.1 Appointed Martin Kheberich † Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

46.1 Appointed Martin Kheberich † Titular Bishop of Sabrata Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

41.6 Appointed João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

41.6 Appointed João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

Born Constantino Maradei Donato † Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela

61.9 Appointed Olivier Elzéar Mathieu † Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

38.9 Appointed Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

63.6 Appointed Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

43.4 Appointed George William Mundelein † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

75.2 Died Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito † Archbishop of Olinda, Brazil

38.7 Appointed Arthur Alfred Sinnott † Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

71.0 Appointed Giulio Tonti † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

51.6 Appointed Tito Trocchi † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia Official of the Apostolic Chamber

51.6 Appointed Tito Trocchi † Apostolic Delegate to Cuba Official of the Apostolic Chamber

51.6 Appointed Tito Trocchi † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Official of the Apostolic Chamber

12 Dec 49.9 Ordained Bishop Francesco Cherubini † Titular Archbishop of Nicosia Apostolic Nuncio

44.3 Ordained Bishop Enrico Gasparri † Titular Archbishop of Sebastea Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Angelo Félix Mugnol † Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

51.6 Ordained Bishop Tito Trocchi † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia Official of the Apostolic Chamber

13 Dec 78.0 Died Lorenzo Passerini † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

15 Dec Born Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

70.5 Died John Stariha † Bishop Emeritus of Lead, South Dakota, USA

16 Dec 59.1 Appointed Giacomo Sinibaldi † Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

17 Dec 76.3 Died Jacinto Anaya † Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

Born Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, eSwatini

35.8 Confirmed Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B. † Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

Born Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe † Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

18 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest Emanuele Galea † Priest of Malta Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

73.5 Died Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain † Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

24.2 Ordained Priest León (Miguel) Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

19 Dec Born Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

20 Dec 76.1 Died Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † Archbishop of Rouen, France

26.9 Ordained Priest Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

21 Dec Born Joseph Thomas Daley † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

48.1 Appointed Giulio Serafini † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

24 Dec Born Luigi Maffeo † Archbishop of Italy, Military

Born Jesús Pla Gandía † Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

25 Dec Born Joseph Li Congzhe † Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

28 Dec Born Carlo Urru † Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

30 Dec 75.6 Died Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

Born Carlo Minchiatti † Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

31 Dec 56.4 Appointed Élie Anicet Latulipe † Bishop of Haileybury, Ontario, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	Born	Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của †		Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
3 Nov		Born	Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
7 Nov		Born	Joseph Babana †		Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
83.8	Died	Giovanni Graziani †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	Born	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †		Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines
66.1	Died	Andrea Sarti †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
9 Nov	45.6	Appointed	Arthur Béliveau †	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
10 Nov		Born	Jorge Marcos de Oliveira †		Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
41.6	Appointed	Manoel da Silva Gomes †	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Nov	78.5	Died	John Edward Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Newport, Wales, Great Britain
13 Nov	49.8	Appointed	Francesco Cherubini †	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio
44.3	Appointed	Enrico Gasparri †	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
14 Nov	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph MacRory †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Canuto José Reyes y Balladares †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
15 Nov		Born	Vittorio Cecchi †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
16 Nov	46.5	Appointed	Emilio Larquère, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia
17 Nov		Born	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois †		Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France
20 Nov		Born	Jorge Mayer †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
49.8	Died	Juan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Born	Adelmo Tacconi †		Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	Born	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
21 Nov	23.3	Ordained Priest	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
23.6	Ordained Priest	Lucio Crescenzi †	Priest	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Chytri	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
47.6	Ordained Bishop	José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †	Bishop of Floresta, Brazil	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
22 Nov	39.6	Installed	Augusto Álvaro da Silva †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Stephen Li Xinzheng †		Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
25 Nov	74.8	Died	František Saleský Bauer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
27 Nov	51.7	Appointed	Matthew Joseph Brodie †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
28 Nov	79.6	Died	Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau †	Bishop of Luçon, France
	Born	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
30 Nov	63.2	Appointed	Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Cassiope	Vicar Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo
37.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Angelo Poli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
1 Dec	59.6	Appointed	Gaetano Bisleti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
3 Dec	70.6	Died	Theodor Kohn †	Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
6 Dec	70.0	Appointed	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
70.0	Appointed	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
77.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
77.9	Resigned	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Costa Rica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
77.9	Resigned	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Honduras	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
77.9	Resigned	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Nicaragua	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
39.8	Appointed	Placide Colliard †	Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
46.8	Appointed	Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
70.2	Resigned	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
69.1	Appointed	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
38.7	Appointed	St. Manuel González y García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
38.7	Appointed	St. Manuel González y García †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
64.6	Appointed	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
64.6	Appointed	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
59.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giorgio Gusmini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
58.1	Appointed	Maurice Landrieux †	Bishop of Dijon, France
56.2	Appointed	Christophe-Louis Légasse †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
54.2	Appointed	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
35.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Nissan †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
54.1	Appointed	Bernardo Pizzorno †	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
54.1	Resigned	Bernardo Pizzorno †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
	Born	Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Régine †	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
57.6	Appointed	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
57.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
57.6	Resigned	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
70.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Tonti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
79.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
79.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
79.0	Confirmed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
45.9	Appointed	Gabriele Vettori †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
68.9	Appointed	Antonio Vico †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
61.2	Appointed	Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
51.1	Appointed	Luigi Zaffarami †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	70.2	Appointed	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
24.6	Ordained Priest	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
9 Dec	60.7	Appointed	José Alves de Matos †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
43.1	Appointed	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
66.1	Appointed	Ferdinand Brossart †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
49.9	Appointed	Francesco Cherubini †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia	Apostolic Nuncio
58.7	Appointed	Charles Warren Currier †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
50.3	Appointed	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
44.3	Appointed	Enrico Gasparri †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
63.5	Resigned	Pietro Gasparri †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
44.8	Appointed	Tranquillo Guarneri †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
60.0	Appointed	Giorgio Gusmini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
46.1	Appointed	Martin Kheberich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
46.1	Appointed	Martin Kheberich †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
41.6	Appointed	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
41.6	Appointed	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
	Born	Constantino Maradei Donato †		Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
61.9	Appointed	Olivier Elzéar Mathieu †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
38.9	Appointed	Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
63.6	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
43.4	Appointed	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
75.2	Died	Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito †	Archbishop of Olinda, Brazil
38.7	Appointed	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
71.0	Appointed	Giulio Tonti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
51.6	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
51.6	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Apostolic Delegate to Cuba	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
51.6	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Dec	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cherubini †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia	Apostolic Nuncio
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Gasparri †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Angelo Félix Mugnol †		Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Tito Trocchi †	Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
13 Dec	78.0	Died	Lorenzo Passerini †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
15 Dec		Born	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
70.5	Died	John Stariha †	Bishop Emeritus of Lead, South Dakota, USA
16 Dec	59.1	Appointed	Giacomo Sinibaldi †	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
17 Dec	76.3	Died	Jacinto Anaya †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	Born	Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, eSwatini
35.8	Confirmed	Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †		Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
18 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Galea †	Priest of Malta	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
73.5	Died	Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
24.2	Ordained Priest	León (Miguel) Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Dec		Born	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
20 Dec	76.1	Died	Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet †	Archbishop of Rouen, France
26.9	Ordained Priest	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
21 Dec		Born	Joseph Thomas Daley †		Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
48.1	Appointed	Giulio Serafini †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
24 Dec		Born	Luigi Maffeo †		Archbishop of Italy, Military
	Born	Jesús Pla Gandía †		Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
25 Dec		Born	Joseph Li Congzhe †		Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
28 Dec		Born	Carlo Urru †		Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
30 Dec	75.6	Died	Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	Born	Carlo Minchiatti †		Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
31 Dec	56.4	Appointed	Élie Anicet Latulipe †	Bishop of Haileybury, Ontario, Canada

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