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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	64.7	Died	René-Pierre Mignen †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
		Born	Adriano Tomasi Travaglia, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
2 Nov		Born	John Buckley		Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
3 Nov	51.1	Appointed	Audino Rodríguez y Olmos †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
4 Nov		Born	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán		Archbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, México
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
5 Nov	51.7	Died	Elie-Antoine Durand †	Bishop of Montauban, France
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
10 Nov	60.7	Appointed	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop
	60.7	Appointed	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	36.4	Appointed	Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	58.8	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	33.8	Appointed	Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Ogoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
11 Nov	26.0	Perpetual Vows	Jean-Baptiste Coudray, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Kankan, Guinea
		Born	Martin Gächter		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
		Born	Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan †		Bishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
12 Nov	33.7	Appointed	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	56.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Fietta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	58.8	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
	26.6	Ordained Priest	João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †	Priest of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
14 Nov	57.0	Appointed	Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa	Abbot Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tingis	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
	64.8	Appointed	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.8	Appointed	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Armand Toasy		Bishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar
	66.9	Died	Laurence Walter Youens †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
15 Nov	55.8	Converted	Thomas Dioscoros (Thervalady) †	Bishop
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Otrus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
16 Nov	78.3	Appointed	Nicolas Cadi †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
	78.3	Resigned	Nicolas Cadi †	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.8	Appointed	Francis Augustin Henschke †	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
17 Nov	39.0	Appointed	Johann Wember, M.S.F. †	Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
18 Nov		Born	Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
19 Nov	23.4	Ordained Priest	Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
23 Nov		Born	Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny		Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
	65.7	Died	Gaston-Antoine Rasneur †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
24 Nov		Born	Delio Lucarelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
25 Nov	81.9	Died	Joseph Aloysius Charles Murphy, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Belize	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
	47.7	Appointed	Josyf Slipyj †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop
	47.7	Appointed	Josyf Slipyj †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	50.5	Appointed	Francis Joseph Spellman †	Ordinary of Military, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Nov	25.3	Ordained Priest	Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
	58.3	Installed	Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla †	Bishop of Campeche, México
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
28 Nov	69.5	Died	Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic
29 Nov		Born	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol		Bishop Emeritus of Naval, Philippines
		Born	Elias Chacour		Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
30 Nov	45.3	Appointed	Arthur Douville †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Arthur Douville †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Félix Hedde, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
	65.0	Died	Leopoldo Lara y Torres †	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	James Maguire †	Titular Bishop of Ilium	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
Dec	40.2	Installed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
1 Dec		Born	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Patricio Hacbang Alo †		Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines
	79.6	Died	Carlo Sica †	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
3 Dec	30.0	Ordained Priest	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Priest of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Espinal, Colombia
4 Dec	26.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Chan †	Priest of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
	54.6	Died	Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Dec		Born	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.		Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	68.8	Appointed	Abel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	68.8	Appointed	Abel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
7 Dec	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis Chiron †	Bishop of Langres, France
		Born	Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yoro, Honduras
	48.5	Installed	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	82.5	Died	Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
8 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	James Vincent Casey †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Maurice John Dingman †	Priest of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Philip Matthew Hannan †	Priest of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	44.1	Resigned	Salvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. †	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
	44.1	Solemn Vows	Salvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. †	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
		Born	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †		Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
9 Dec		Born	Thomas Kozhimala †		Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
		Born	Roberto Lückert León †		Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
	63.6	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
10 Dec	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Jules Halbert, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Edmond Vansteenberghe †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
11 Dec	43.1	Appointed	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	43.1	Appointed	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Perrhe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
	43.6	Appointed	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.1	Appointed	Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Garella	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
	43.1	Appointed	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.1	Appointed	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	68.0	Appointed	Adam Hefter †	Titular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in Rhodope	Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
	54.3	Appointed	Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Changteh [Changde], China	Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China
	54.3	Appointed	Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Zorolus	Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China
	45.2	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
	45.2	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
	40.7	Appointed	Josip Lach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	40.7	Appointed	Josip Lach †	Titular Bishop of Dodona	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	75.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Lauri †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	51.6	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	51.6	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	34.0	Appointed	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
	69.3	Appointed	Carlo Salotti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	78.0	Appointed	Enrico Sibilia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
	55.7	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	54.3	Appointed	Alexandre Vachon †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop
	54.3	Appointed	Alexandre Vachon †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	83.9	Appointed	John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Teos	Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
	83.9	Retired	John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	70.8	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	45.3	First Vows	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
		Born	Grégoire Pierre Melki		Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
14 Dec	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	62.9	Died	Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
15 Dec	68.1	Appointed	István Fiedler †	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
	68.1	Resigned	István Fiedler †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec		Born	Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Dec	33.6	Ordained Priest	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Miguel Medina †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel Menéndez †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
		Born	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. †		Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) †	Priest	Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
19 Dec	70.2	Died	Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
20 Dec		Born	Paul Bemile		Bishop Emeritus of Wa, Ghana
21 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Valerius Sequeira †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
22 Dec		Born	Daniel Caro Borda		Bishop Emeritus of Soacha, Colombia
		Born	Martinho Lammers, O.F.M.		Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Josyf Slipyj †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Dec	26.1	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Marie-Clément Badré †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Domenico Bartolucci †	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Varani †	Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Clément Badré †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †	Priest of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
25 Dec		Born	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Česlao Sipovič, M.I.C. †	Deacon of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
26 Dec		Born	Ante Ivas		Bishop Emeritus of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
		Born	Paul Nabil El-Sayah		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Dec	37.4	Appointed	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
	37.4	Appointed	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
		Born	Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †		Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
	52.3	Appointed	Samuel Alphonsus Stritch †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	56.2	Appointed	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
28 Dec		Born	Nándor Bosák		Bishop Emeritus of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
	18.9	Entered	Nicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
30 Dec		Born	Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
31 Dec		Born	Ivan Prendja †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Priest of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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