The Year of Our Lord 1933

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 60.8 Resigned Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Nov 29.4 Ordained Priest Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Denis William Hanrahan † Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

26.7 Ordained Priest Thomas Bernard Pearson † Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

2 Nov Born Kevin Michael Manning † Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

3 Nov Born Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

72.7 Died Uberto Maria Fiodo † Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

51.2 Selected Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

Born Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

5 Nov 43.6 Ordained Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak † Titular Bishop of Phocaea Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

7 Nov 59.3 Ordained Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Bargala Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

10 Nov Born Thomas Ludger Dupré † Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

11 Nov 46.2 Appointed Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. † Superior of Bezwada, India Bishop of Vijayawada, India

12 Nov 40.3 Appointed Torquato Dini † Titular Archbishop of Dara Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

40.3 Appointed Torquato Dini † Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

50.4 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia

Born Libardo Ramírez Gómez Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia

13 Nov 64.0 Resigned Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

19 Nov 60.1 Died Marcelo Calvo, O.A.R. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

25.1 Ordained Priest Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Nov Born John of the Cross Chang-yik † Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)

71.7 Died Ovide (William) Charlebois, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada

Born Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

21 Nov 76.1 Died Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quinhon, Viet Nam

42.6 Appointed Luis Calixto Leiva Charry † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

22 Nov Born Marius Ouédraogo † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

23 Nov Born Ercole Lupinacci † Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

24 Nov Born Andrew Aaron Chisha Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia

Born Gerhard Jakob † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

Born Antônio Celso Queiroz † Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Helmut Reckter, S.J. † Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

25 Nov 53.2 Appointed Franciszek Barda † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

Born George Riashi, B.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

58.7 Appointed Wojciech Tomaka † Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Wojciech Tomaka † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland

26 Nov 43.0 Succeeded Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Sylvester Monteiro † Bishop of Aurangabad, India

27 Nov 51.0 Appointed Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. † Bishop of Malacca, Singapore

Born Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

28 Nov 57.6 Resigned Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini † Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

43.6 Appointed Mario Zanin † Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

43.6 Appointed Mario Zanin † Apostolic Delegate to China Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

29 Nov 69.9 Died Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

72.2 Died Melchior (Menyhért) Takács, O. Praem. † Abbot of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia

30 Nov 26.1 Ordained Priest Enrique Bolaños Quesada † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

53.6 Ordained Bishop Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

79.5 Died Luis María Niella † Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina

23.8 Ordained Priest Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira † Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

25.3 Ordained Priest José Terceiro de Sousa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

50.2 Ordained Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Benedito Zorzi † Priest of Caxias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1 Dec Born Pietro Brollo † Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

64.3 Died Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Born Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. † Prelate of Tromsø, Norway

54.0 Appointed Fulvio Tessaroli † Bishop of Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 23.8 Ordained Priest José Bezerra Coutinho † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

51.3 Ordained Bishop Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

4 Dec 57.6 Appointed Carlos de Sá Fragoso † Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India Bishop Emeritus

39.4 Appointed Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves † Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

5 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Bernard Brunini † Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Born Edward Kevin Daly † Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

25.0 Ordained Priest Andrew Gregory Grutka † Priest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

86.3 Died Antonio Maria Jannotta † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

51.4 Succeeded Agostino Mancinelli † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest John Louis Morkovsky † Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

24.5 Ordained Priest John Selby Spence † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

7 Dec 48.9 Appointed Henri-Marius Bernard † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

22.5 Ordained Priest Emanuele Clarizio † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

47.8 Appointed Joseph-Jean Heintz † Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop of Metz, France

22.6 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Lambruschini † Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

50.9 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Mégnin † Bishop of Angoulême, France

53.0 Appointed Édouard Gabriel Mesguen † Bishop of Poitiers, France

23.0 Ordained Priest Guglielmo Motolese † Priest of Taranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet † Bishop of Clermont, France

8 Dec 63.5 Died Joseph Chartrand † Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

23.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Fallani † Priest President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art

9 Dec Born Boniface Nyema Dalieh † Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia

71.3 Died Joseph Alois Kessler † Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova

11 Dec 35.7 Appointed Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Petnelissus Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

43.0 Appointed Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Berenice Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.0 Appointed Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

41.0 Appointed Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

41.0 Appointed Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

54.7 Appointed Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

13 Dec 53.3 Appointed István Breyer † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

56.1 Appointed Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai], China Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

57.2 Appointed Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China

57.2 Appointed Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Calydon Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China

14 Dec 70.5 Died Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. † Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil

15 Dec Born Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

16 Dec 54.6 Died Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

17 Dec 57.7 Ordained Bishop Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Medeli Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

18 Dec Born Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †

63.3 Appointed (Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

19 Dec 36.4 Appointed Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia} Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

36.4 Appointed Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

20 Dec 26.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark Gopu † Priest of Pondicherry, India Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

21 Dec 62.9 Confirmed Nikolaus Bares † Bishop of Berlin, Germany

73.4 Died Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. † Prefect Emeritus of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.0 Appointed Juan José Guillén y Salazar, C.M. † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

43.8 Appointed Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Ordained Bishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Camuliana Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

47.9 Appointed Gerald C. Murray, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

51.3 Confirmed Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

46.6 Appointed Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

Born Orlando Romero Cabrera Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay

53.5 Appointed Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

22 Dec Born Robert Patrick Maginnis † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

23 Dec 25.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

43.8 Appointed Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

27.6 Ordained Deacon Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † Deacon of Clermont, France Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

25.5 Ordained Deacon André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. † Deacon of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

26.2 Ordained Priest John Colburn Garner † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

23.7 Ordained Deacon Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Deacon of Lille, France Apostolic Nuncio

24.8 Ordained Priest Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Superior General Emeritus

28.3 Ordained Priest Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi † Priest Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam

23.8 Ordained Priest Raphaël Rabban † Priest Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

22.2 Ordained Priest Vito Roberti † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

24 Dec Born Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland

25 Dec Born Luca Brandolini, C.M. Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy

Born Joachim Meisner † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

26 Dec Born Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

27 Dec 61.3 Resigned Joseph Bach, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Fabián Marulanda López Bishop Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia

29 Dec 58.2 Appointed José Cartaña y Inglés † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

31 Dec 22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio D’Erchia † Priest of Castellaneta, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

76.1 Died Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. † Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia

22.5 Ordained Priest Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Raffaele Nogaro Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

Born Evarist Pinto Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	60.8	Resigned	Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Nov	29.4	Ordained Priest	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Denis William Hanrahan †		Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
26.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
2 Nov		Born	Kevin Michael Manning †		Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
3 Nov		Born	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
72.7	Died	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
51.2	Selected	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
5 Nov	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Titular Bishop of Phocaea	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
7 Nov	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bargala	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
10 Nov		Born	Thomas Ludger Dupré †		Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
11 Nov	46.2	Appointed	Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. †	Superior of Bezwada, India	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
12 Nov	40.3	Appointed	Torquato Dini †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
40.3	Appointed	Torquato Dini †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
	Born	Libardo Ramírez Gómez		Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
13 Nov	64.0	Resigned	Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Nov	60.1	Died	Marcelo Calvo, O.A.R. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
25.1	Ordained Priest	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Nov		Born	John of the Cross Chang-yik †		Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
71.7	Died	Ovide (William) Charlebois, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
21 Nov	76.1	Died	Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quinhon, Viet Nam
42.6	Appointed	Luis Calixto Leiva Charry †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
22 Nov		Born	Marius Ouédraogo †		Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
23 Nov		Born	Ercole Lupinacci †		Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
24 Nov		Born	Andrew Aaron Chisha		Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia
	Born	Gerhard Jakob †		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	Born	Antônio Celso Queiroz †		Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Helmut Reckter, S.J. †		Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
25 Nov	53.2	Appointed	Franciszek Barda †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	Born	George Riashi, B.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
58.7	Appointed	Wojciech Tomaka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Wojciech Tomaka †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
26 Nov	43.0	Succeeded	Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Sylvester Monteiro †		Bishop of Aurangabad, India
27 Nov	51.0	Appointed	Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	Born	Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
28 Nov	57.6	Resigned	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
43.6	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
43.6	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Apostolic Delegate to China	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
29 Nov	69.9	Died	Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
72.2	Died	Melchior (Menyhért) Takács, O. Praem. †	Abbot of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia
30 Nov	26.1	Ordained Priest	Enrique Bolaños Quesada †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
79.5	Died	Luis María Niella †	Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
23.8	Ordained Priest	Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
25.3	Ordained Priest	José Terceiro de Sousa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Benedito Zorzi †	Priest of Caxias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1 Dec		Born	Pietro Brollo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
64.3	Died	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	Born	Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. †		Prelate of Tromsø, Norway
54.0	Appointed	Fulvio Tessaroli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Bezerra Coutinho †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus
39.4	Appointed	Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
5 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	Born	Edward Kevin Daly †		Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
25.0	Ordained Priest	Andrew Gregory Grutka †	Priest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
86.3	Died	Antonio Maria Jannotta †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
51.4	Succeeded	Agostino Mancinelli †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	John Louis Morkovsky †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
24.5	Ordained Priest	John Selby Spence †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 Dec	48.9	Appointed	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Clarizio †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
47.8	Appointed	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop of Metz, France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Lambruschini †	Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Mégnin †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
53.0	Appointed	Édouard Gabriel Mesguen †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
23.0	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Motolese †	Priest of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet †	Bishop of Clermont, France
8 Dec	63.5	Died	Joseph Chartrand †	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Fallani †	Priest	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art
9 Dec		Born	Boniface Nyema Dalieh †		Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia
71.3	Died	Joseph Alois Kessler †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
11 Dec	35.7	Appointed	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Petnelissus	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
43.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
41.0	Appointed	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
41.0	Appointed	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
54.7	Appointed	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
13 Dec	53.3	Appointed	István Breyer †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
56.1	Appointed	Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
57.2	Appointed	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
57.2	Appointed	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
14 Dec	70.5	Died	Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. †	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
15 Dec		Born	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.		Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
16 Dec	54.6	Died	Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
17 Dec	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
18 Dec		Born	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †
63.3	Appointed	(Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
19 Dec	36.4	Appointed	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia}	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
36.4	Appointed	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
20 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark Gopu †	Priest of Pondicherry, India	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
21 Dec	62.9	Confirmed	Nikolaus Bares †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
73.4	Died	Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.0	Appointed	Juan José Guillén y Salazar, C.M. †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
43.8	Appointed	Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Ordained Bishop	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Camuliana	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
47.9	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
51.3	Confirmed	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
46.6	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	Born	Orlando Romero Cabrera		Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
53.5	Appointed	Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
22 Dec		Born	Robert Patrick Maginnis †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Dec	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
43.8	Appointed	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
27.6	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Deacon of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
25.5	Ordained Deacon	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Deacon of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
26.2	Ordained Priest	John Colburn Garner †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
23.7	Ordained Deacon	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Deacon of Lille, France	Apostolic Nuncio
24.8	Ordained Priest	Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Superior General Emeritus
28.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Priest	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
23.8	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Rabban †	Priest	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
22.2	Ordained Priest	Vito Roberti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
24 Dec		Born	Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
25 Dec		Born	Luca Brandolini, C.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	Born	Joachim Meisner †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
27 Dec	61.3	Resigned	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Fabián Marulanda López		Bishop Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
29 Dec	58.2	Appointed	José Cartaña y Inglés †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
31 Dec	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio D’Erchia †	Priest of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
76.1	Died	Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Raffaele Nogaro		Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	Born	Evarist Pinto		Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

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