The Year of Our Lord 1916

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 45.8 Ordained Bishop Rigoberto Domenech y Valls † Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

42.9 Ordained Bishop Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Mactaris Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

46.3 Ordained Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Aegeae Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

2 Oct Born Romeu Brigenti † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

3 Oct 36.9 Died Dmytro Yaremko † Bishop Bishop-Elect

4 Oct 48.6 Appointed Pavel Huyn † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Archbishop Emeritus

7 Oct Born Enrico Bartoletti † Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

Born Giovanni Melis Fois † Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy

Born Léonce Albert Van Peteghem † Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

8 Oct 56.4 Ceased Cosimo Agostino † Apostolic Administrator of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop of Ariano, Italy

60.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Maffei † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Ischia, Italy

9 Oct 65.7 Died Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain

Born Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 Oct Born Ioánnis Perrís † Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

12 Oct Born Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei † Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

78.9 Died Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

42.9 Succeeded Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

14 Oct Born Igino Eugenio Cardinale † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

55.9 Ordained Bishop Giustino Sanchini † Bishop of Fano, Italy

Born Angelo Fausto Vallainc † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

15 Oct Born Karl Christian Ebert † Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

38.3 Installed João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) † Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

48.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Bishop of Vic, Spain Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

16 Oct 42.5 Appointed Ignacy Maria Dubowski † Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine

17 Oct 74.9 Died Charles Marbach † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

19 Oct Born Servílio Conti, I.M.C. † Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

41.9 Installed Francesco Sidoli † Bishop of Rieti, Italy Archbishop of Genova, Italy

20 Oct Born Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

Born James Corboy, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia

Born Nicolas Eugene Walsh † Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA

21 Oct 44.0 Appointed Michał Godlewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine

44.0 Appointed Michał Godlewski † Titular Bishop of Agbia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine

24 Oct 56.6 Appointed Robert J. Winkley, M.H.M. † Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan

26 Oct Born Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. † Titular Bishop of Nauplia

Born Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †

28 Oct 24.9 Ordained Priest Luis Concha Córdoba † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.6 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut † Titular Bishop of Echinus Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

27.0 Ordained Priest William Godfrey † Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

27.7 Ordained Priest Crisanto Luque y Sánchez † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop

53.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre Marceillac † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

43.1 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Migliorelli † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy

58.1 Ordained Bishop Jean Raynaud † Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France

55.6 Ordained Bishop Felipe Rincón González † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

29 Oct 43.0 Ordained Bishop Luigi Maria Olivares, S.D.B. † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

5 Nov 71.8 Died Francesco Salesio Della Volpe † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

66.9 Ordained Bishop Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

63.5 Ordained Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. † Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov 83.9 Died Antoine Stillemans † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

10 Nov Born Guilford Clyde Young † Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

11 Nov 61.3 Died Ismaele Puirredón † Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru

Born [Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] † Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

12 Nov 85.1 Died Paul Daniel Cyrille † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Born José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia

14 Nov 44.1 Appointed Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † Apostolic Delegate to Japan Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

18 Nov Born Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi

19 Nov 28.4 Ordained Priest José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro † Priest Bishop of Tabasco, México

20 Nov 43.7 Appointed Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Honan {Ho-Nan Orientale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China

26 Nov Born William Michael Cosgrove † Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

Born Michael Pearse Lacey † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

27 Nov Born John James Rudin, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Musoma, Tanzania

28 Nov 96.8 Died Henri Monnier † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

30 Nov 24.6 Ordained Priest Zygmunt Choromański † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Born Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

25.2 Ordained Priest Wacław Majewski † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

58.4 Ordained Bishop Romolo Molaroni † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

50.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe de Nardis † Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

1 Dec 57.7 Appointed Louis-Joseph Maurin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

3 Dec Born Simon Liu Zhong-yu (Liu Zongyu) † Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

4 Dec 44.1 Elevated to Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

54.8 Appointed Giuseppe Aversa † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

57.7 Elevated to Cardinal Adolf Bertram † In Pectore Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

53.8 Elevated to Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

60.2 Elevated to Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

74.1 Elevated to Cardinal Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

44.2 Appointed Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † Titular Archbishop of Doclea Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Pietro Gasparri † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

60.5 Appointed Oreste Giorgi † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

60.5 Elevated to Cardinal Oreste Giorgi † Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

56.0 Elevated to Cardinal Pietro La Fontaine † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

73.2 Appointed Nicolò Marini † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

73.2 Elevated to Cardinal Nicolò Marini † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

57.8 Elevated to Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

56.6 Appointed Prudencio Melo y Alcalde † Bishop of Madrid, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

44.0 Appointed Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

53.3 Appointed Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones † Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

59.3 Elevated to Cardinal Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

65.2 Appointed José María Salvador y Barrera † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

60.0 Elevated to Cardinal Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

54.9 Appointed Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

5 Dec 70.8 Died John Dunne † Bishop of Wilcannia, Australia

Born Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

84.7 Died Giovanni Battista Scotti † Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy

6 Dec 44.2 Appointed Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

Born Nicolas Ravitarivao † Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar

70.4 Appointed Agostino Silj † Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

7 Dec 44.1 Appointed Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

53.8 Appointed Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

60.2 Appointed Louis-Ernest Dubois † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

74.1 Appointed Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

45.8 Appointed Nicola Giannattasio † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy

50.1 Appointed Johann Nepomuk Norbert Klein, O.T. † Bishop of Brno, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Pietro La Fontaine † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

57.8 Appointed Louis-Joseph Maurin † Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

44.2 Appointed Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Titular Archbishop of Thebae Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

63.4 Appointed Paul Nègre † Auxiliary Bishop of Viviers, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France

63.4 Appointed Paul Nègre † Titular Bishop of Cybistra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France

59.3 Appointed Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

53.1 Appointed William Thomas B. Russell † Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

60.0 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

80.0 Resigned Vincenzo Vannutelli † Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

64.5 Appointed Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

8 Dec 48.8 Installed Pavel Huyn † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Archbishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Evaristo Lucidi † Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

66.8 Appointed Giuseppe Mori † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Council

52.7 Ordained Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave † Titular Bishop of Pogla Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Chillán, Chile

47.9 Resigned Carlo Perosi † Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

53.0 Appointed Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) † Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

10 Dec 44.2 Ordained Bishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † Titular Archbishop of Doclea Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Born Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina † Bishop of Montería, Colombia

43.2 Installed Vincenzo Migliorelli † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy

13 Dec Born Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

14 Dec 76.9 Died Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone † Bishop of Andria, Italy

16 Dec 61.2 Appointed Sebastiano Nicotra † Apostolic Internuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio

73.4 Appointed Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. † Titular Archbishop of Gangra Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

73.4 Resigned Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

17 Dec 88.2 Died António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

63.0 Died Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

27.2 Ordained Priest Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

26.1 Ordained Priest Alexander (Oleksandr) Stojka (Stoyka) † Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Bishop

18 Dec 61.2 Appointed Sebastiano Nicotra † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa Apostolic Nuncio

19 Dec 26.9 Ordained Priest Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. † Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles

20 Dec 62.1 Died Emilio Parodi, C.M. † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

21 Dec 53.4 Installed Pierre Marceillac † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

52.0 Installed Patrick Thomas Ryan † Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

22 Dec 32.8 Appointed Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, Chile Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

32.8 Appointed Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Issus Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

23 Dec 23.0 Ordained Priest Gregorio Adam Dalmau † Priest of Valencia en Venezuela Bishop

22.9 Ordained Priest Jaime Font y Andreu † Priest Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

24.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Lawrence Noa † Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

24.0 Ordained Priest Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

24.6 Ordained Priest Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

24 Dec 60.8 Died Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

39.8 Installed Arthur Alfred Sinnott † Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

25 Dec 57.8 Appointed Giuseppe d’Alessio † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

57.8 Appointed Giuseppe d’Alessio † Titular Bishop of Sidon Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

26 Dec 50.1 Succeeded Michael James Gallagher † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

78.7 Died Henry Joseph Richter † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

27 Dec 50.7 Ordained Bishop Eustaquio Nieto y Martín † Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

29 Dec 54.7 Resigned Alfredo Peri-Morosini † Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

30 Dec 76.1 Died Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Agra, India

Born Robert-Joseph Mathen † Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Born João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

31 Dec 61.3 Appointed Sebastiano Nicotra † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Rigoberto Domenech y Valls †	Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
2 Oct		Born	Romeu Brigenti †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
3 Oct	36.9	Died	Dmytro Yaremko †	Bishop	Bishop-Elect
4 Oct	48.6	Appointed	Pavel Huyn †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Oct		Born	Enrico Bartoletti †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
	Born	Giovanni Melis Fois †		Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy
	Born	Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †		Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
8 Oct	56.4	Ceased	Cosimo Agostino †	Apostolic Administrator of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maffei †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †		Bishop of Ischia, Italy
9 Oct	65.7	Died	Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	Born	Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †		Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 Oct		Born	Ioánnis Perrís †		Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
12 Oct		Born	Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †		Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
78.9	Died	Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
42.9	Succeeded	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
14 Oct		Born	Igino Eugenio Cardinale †		Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Giustino Sanchini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	Born	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
15 Oct		Born	Karl Christian Ebert †		Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
38.3	Installed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
16 Oct	42.5	Appointed	Ignacy Maria Dubowski †	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
17 Oct	74.9	Died	Charles Marbach †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
19 Oct		Born	Servílio Conti, I.M.C. †		Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
41.9	Installed	Francesco Sidoli †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
20 Oct		Born	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †		Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	Born	James Corboy, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
	Born	Nicolas Eugene Walsh †		Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA
21 Oct	44.0	Appointed	Michał Godlewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
44.0	Appointed	Michał Godlewski †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
24 Oct	56.6	Appointed	Robert J. Winkley, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
26 Oct		Born	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †		Titular Bishop of Nauplia
	Born	Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †
28 Oct	24.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
27.0	Ordained Priest	William Godfrey †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
27.7	Ordained Priest	Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Marceillac †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean Raynaud †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Rincón González †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
29 Oct	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maria Olivares, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
5 Nov	71.8	Died	Francesco Salesio Della Volpe †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
66.9	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
63.5	Ordained Bishop	Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	83.9	Died	Antoine Stillemans †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
10 Nov		Born	Guilford Clyde Young †		Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
11 Nov	61.3	Died	Ismaele Puirredón †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
	Born	[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] †		Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
12 Nov	85.1	Died	Paul Daniel Cyrille †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	Born	José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
14 Nov	44.1	Appointed	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Apostolic Delegate to Japan	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
18 Nov		Born	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi
19 Nov	28.4	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro †	Priest	Bishop of Tabasco, México
20 Nov	43.7	Appointed	Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Honan {Ho-Nan Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
26 Nov		Born	William Michael Cosgrove †		Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	Born	Michael Pearse Lacey †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 Nov		Born	John James Rudin, M.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Musoma, Tanzania
28 Nov	96.8	Died	Henri Monnier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
30 Nov	24.6	Ordained Priest	Zygmunt Choromański †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	Born	Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) †		Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
25.2	Ordained Priest	Wacław Majewski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Romolo Molaroni †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec	57.7	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Maurin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
3 Dec		Born	Simon Liu Zhong-yu (Liu Zongyu) †		Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
4 Dec	44.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
54.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Aversa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
57.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Adolf Bertram †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
53.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
60.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Ernest Dubois †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
74.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
44.2	Appointed	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Titular Archbishop of Doclea	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Pietro Gasparri †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
60.5	Appointed	Oreste Giorgi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
60.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Oreste Giorgi †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
56.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro La Fontaine †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
73.2	Appointed	Nicolò Marini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
73.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolò Marini †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Joseph Maurin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
56.6	Appointed	Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
44.0	Appointed	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
53.3	Appointed	Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
59.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
65.2	Appointed	José María Salvador y Barrera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
60.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
54.9	Appointed	Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
5 Dec	70.8	Died	John Dunne †	Bishop of Wilcannia, Australia
	Born	Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
84.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Scotti †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
6 Dec	44.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	Born	Nicolas Ravitarivao †		Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
70.4	Appointed	Agostino Silj †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
7 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
60.2	Appointed	Louis-Ernest Dubois †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
74.1	Appointed	Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
45.8	Appointed	Nicola Giannattasio †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy
50.1	Appointed	Johann Nepomuk Norbert Klein, O.T. †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Pietro La Fontaine †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Maurin †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
44.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
63.4	Appointed	Paul Nègre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Viviers, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
63.4	Appointed	Paul Nègre †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
59.3	Appointed	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
53.1	Appointed	William Thomas B. Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
60.0	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
80.0	Resigned	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
64.5	Appointed	Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
8 Dec	48.8	Installed	Pavel Huyn †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Archbishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Evaristo Lucidi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
66.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Mori †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Council
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Reinaldo Muñoz Olave †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
47.9	Resigned	Carlo Perosi †	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
53.0	Appointed	Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) †	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
10 Dec	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Titular Archbishop of Doclea	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	Born	Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina †		Bishop of Montería, Colombia
43.2	Installed	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
13 Dec		Born	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †		Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
14 Dec	76.9	Died	Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
16 Dec	61.2	Appointed	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Apostolic Internuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio
73.4	Appointed	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Titular Archbishop of Gangra	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
73.4	Resigned	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
17 Dec	88.2	Died	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
63.0	Died	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
26.1	Ordained Priest	Alexander (Oleksandr) Stojka (Stoyka) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop
18 Dec	61.2	Appointed	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Dec	26.9	Ordained Priest	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
20 Dec	62.1	Died	Emilio Parodi, C.M. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
21 Dec	53.4	Installed	Pierre Marceillac †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
52.0	Installed	Patrick Thomas Ryan †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
22 Dec	32.8	Appointed	Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, Chile	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
32.8	Appointed	Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Issus	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
23 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Adam Dalmau †	Priest of Valencia en Venezuela	Bishop
22.9	Ordained Priest	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Priest	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
24.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
24.6	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
24 Dec	60.8	Died	Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
39.8	Installed	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Dec	57.8	Appointed	Giuseppe d’Alessio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Giuseppe d’Alessio †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Dec	50.1	Succeeded	Michael James Gallagher †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
78.7	Died	Henry Joseph Richter †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
27 Dec	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Eustaquio Nieto y Martín †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
29 Dec	54.7	Resigned	Alfredo Peri-Morosini †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
30 Dec	76.1	Died	Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Agra, India
	Born	Robert-Joseph Mathen †		Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	Born	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31 Dec	61.3	Appointed	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio

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