The Year of Our Lord 1951

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 25.4 Professed Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA

1 Nov 23.8 Ordained Priest Octavio Betancourt Arango † Priest of Medellín, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia

43.4 Ordained Bishop Launcelot John Goody † Titular Bishop of Abydus Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia

3 Nov 88.1 Died Canuto José Reyes y Balladares † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

4 Nov 58.0 Appointed Luigi Carlo Borromeo † Auxiliary Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

58.0 Appointed Luigi Carlo Borromeo † Titular Bishop of Choma Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

50.3 Appointed Guglielmo Bosetti † Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

50.3 Appointed Guglielmo Bosetti † Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

7 Nov 49.1 Appointed Gabriel (André) Sortais, O.C.S.O. † Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

8 Nov 79.0 Died Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

47.7 Succeeded Hubert Michael Newell † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov Born Peter Anthony Libasci Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

10 Nov 22.7 Professed Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. † Member of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya

67.3 Died Vincent James Ryan † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

72.7 Died Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

11 Nov Born Sebastian Francis Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

24.2 Ordained Deacon Kazimierz Romaniuk Deacon of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

74.3 Died Czesław Sokołowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

12 Nov 45.4 Appointed Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

22.9 Ordained Priest Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

54.8 Appointed Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia † Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

13 Nov Born Stefan Soroka Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

14 Nov 57.3 Appointed Jaime de Barros Câmara † Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

15 Nov 49.3 Appointed Thomas Absolam McCabe † Bishop of Wollongong, Australia Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Appointed Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Ionopolis Bishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana

70.0 Resigned Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

17 Nov 47.3 Appointed Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Czeslaw Kozon Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

Born Lazzaro You Heung-sik Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

18 Nov Born Antal Majnek, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine

19 Nov 58.8 Died José Baréa † Bishop of Caxias, Brazil

77.3 Died Franz Xaver Eberle † Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

Born Gerhard Feige Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany

21 Nov 29.8 Ordained Priest Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India

Born Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Born Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

23 Nov 63.5 Appointed John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

24 Nov 37.8 Succeeded Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

69.9 Died Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

25 Nov 36.8 Ordained Priest Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

74.9 Died Camille Pic † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

26.3 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

27 Nov Born Lawrence Duffy Bishop of Clogher, Ireland

84.3 Died Hilarin (Josef) Felder, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras

56.5 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

28 Nov 64.8 Appointed Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29 Nov 68.7 Installed Heinrich Wienken † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov 44.6 Ordained Bishop José Pont y Gol † Bishop of Segorbe, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

1 Dec Born Vincenzo Di Mauro Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy

62.1 Appointed Pietro Ossola † Titular Bishop of Verbe Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

62.1 Resigned Pietro Ossola † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Resigned Pietro Ossola † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

70.1 Died Luiz Scortegagna † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil

2 Dec 58.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo † Titular Bishop of Choma Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

Born Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

25.4 Ordained Priest Hildebrando Mendes Costa Priest of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

3 Dec Born Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

65.7 Died Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.5 Ordained Priest Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † Priest of Penang, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

4 Dec 84.3 Died Ignacio Placencia y Moreira † Bishop of Zacatecas, México

5 Dec 53.0 Appointed Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto † Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia

53.0 Appointed Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia

46.0 Succeeded Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

83.9 Died José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

8 Dec 27.6 Ordained Priest Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho † Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Tito Buss † Priest of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

27.3 Ordained Priest João Hipólito de Morais † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. Bishop of Udaipur, India

34.1 Ordained Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves † Titular Bishop of Helos Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

68.3 Died Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada

26.0 Ordained Priest Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

Born Michael Joseph McKenna Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

24.4 Ordained Priest Stanley Joseph Ott † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

24.3 Ordained Priest Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. † Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

42.9 Ordained Bishop Salvador Quezada Limón † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Priest Austin Bernard Vaughan † Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

9 Dec 41.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Poma † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

10 Dec 45.0 Appointed Vincenzo Radicioni † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.0 Appointed Vincenzo Radicioni † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

12 Dec 52.0 Appointed Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

52.0 Appointed Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen † Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

13 Dec 47.1 Appointed Lucas Katsusaburo Arai † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Appointed Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Vijayawada, India Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Niclas Kujur, S.J. † Bishop of Ranchi, India Archbishop of Ranchi, India

39.6 Appointed Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania

39.6 Appointed Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Avensa Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania

47.7 Appointed Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. † Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

36.9 Appointed Josip Pavlišić † Auxiliary Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia

36.9 Appointed Josip Pavlišić † Titular Bishop of Bruzus Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia

39.4 Appointed Laurean Rugambwa † Vicar Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

39.4 Appointed Laurean Rugambwa † Titular Bishop of Febiana Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

67.0 Appointed Oscar Sevrin, S.J. † Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India Bishop Emeritus

Born Andrews Thazhath Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

14 Dec 75.1 Died Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

Born John Moolachira Archbishop of Guwahati, India

15 Dec 54.2 Appointed Viktor Burić † Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia

57.9 Appointed Karel Celik † Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

57.9 Appointed Karel Celik † Titular Bishop of Dionysias Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

55.6 Appointed Biagio d’Agostino † Auxiliary Bishop of Termoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

55.6 Appointed Biagio d’Agostino † Titular Bishop of Citium Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

34.1 Appointed José Joaquim Gonçalves † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

16 Dec 89.6 Died William Francis Brown † Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

57.9 Ordained Bishop Karel Celik † Titular Bishop of Dionysias Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Born William Crean Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

26.8 Ordained Priest Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military

24.3 Ordained Priest Kazimierz Romaniuk Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

22.5 Ordained Priest Pier Giuliano Tiddia Priest of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy

17 Dec 92.2 Died Heinrich Döring (Doëring), S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

Born Joseph Vuthilert Haelom Bishop of Chiang Rai, Thailand

18 Dec 67.5 Died Jean Saint-Pierre † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Carthage, Tunisia

19 Dec Born Jacques André Blaquart Bishop of Orléans, France

49.8 Appointed Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

20 Dec 85.7 Died Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † Bishop of Trier, Germany

63.5 Died Bl. Anton Durcovici † Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

49.9 Appointed André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

Born Robert Michael Kasun, C.S.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

59.7 Succeeded Matthias Wehr † Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 22.7 Ordained Priest Michael Bunluen Mansap † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

28.4 Ordained Priest John George Chedid † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

62.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

45.4 Ordained Bishop John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Archbishop of Macra Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

26.1 Ordained Priest Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron † Priest of Lomé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

27.8 Ordained Priest Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † Priest of Pondicherry, India Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

26.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Mahn Erie † Priest of Bassein, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

25.5 Ordained Priest James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

24.3 Ordained Priest Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

24.2 Ordained Priest Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar

48.9 Ordained Bishop Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Cernitza Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

22 Dec Born Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio Archbishop of United States of America, Military

22.6 Ordained Priest Andrea Cassone † Priest of Reggio Calabria, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy

27.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Satoshi Fukahori † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan

26.7 Ordained Priest Ibrahim Hélou † Priest of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop

23.7 Ordained Priest Guillermo Ranzahuer González † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

26.7 Ordained Priest José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † Priest of Society of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México

26.4 Ordained Priest Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

23.7 Ordained Priest Atilano Vidal Núñez † Priest of Rosario, Argentina Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina

24.7 Ordained Priest Jozef Zlatňanský † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

23 Dec 27.0 Ordained Priest Józef Pazdur † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

22.6 Ordained Priest Mario Francesco Pompedda † Priest Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Thomas Graham Rose Bishop of Dundee, South Africa

26 Dec Born José Horacio Gómez Velasco Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

Born Guido Pozzo Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

27 Dec 45.3 Ordained Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. † Bishop of Dibrugarh, India Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India

26.5 Ordained Priest Altamiro Rossato, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

28 Dec Born Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Born Antonysamy Susairaj, M.E.P. Prefect Emeritus of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia

29 Dec 58.2 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. † Bishop of Temuco, Chile

30 Dec 39.2 Ordained Bishop Zaya Dachtou † Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	25.4	Professed	Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
1 Nov	23.8	Ordained Priest	Octavio Betancourt Arango †	Priest of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Launcelot John Goody †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
3 Nov	88.1	Died	Canuto José Reyes y Balladares †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
4 Nov	58.0	Appointed	Luigi Carlo Borromeo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
58.0	Appointed	Luigi Carlo Borromeo †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
50.3	Appointed	Guglielmo Bosetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
50.3	Appointed	Guglielmo Bosetti †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
7 Nov	49.1	Appointed	Gabriel (André) Sortais, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
8 Nov	79.0	Died	Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
47.7	Succeeded	Hubert Michael Newell †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Born	Peter Anthony Libasci		Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
10 Nov	22.7	Professed	Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. †	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
67.3	Died	Vincent James Ryan †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
72.7	Died	Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
11 Nov		Born	Sebastian Francis		Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
24.2	Ordained Deacon	Kazimierz Romaniuk	Deacon of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
74.3	Died	Czesław Sokołowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
12 Nov	45.4	Appointed	Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
22.9	Ordained Priest	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
54.8	Appointed	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov		Born	Stefan Soroka		Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
14 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 Nov	49.3	Appointed	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Appointed	Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
70.0	Resigned	Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov	47.3	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Czeslaw Kozon		Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
	Born	Lazzaro You Heung-sik		Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
18 Nov		Born	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
19 Nov	58.8	Died	José Baréa †	Bishop of Caxias, Brazil
77.3	Died	Franz Xaver Eberle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	Born	Gerhard Feige		Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
21 Nov	29.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India
	Born	Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge		President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	Born	Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.		Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
23 Nov	63.5	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Nov	37.8	Succeeded	Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
69.9	Died	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
25 Nov	36.8	Ordained Priest	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
74.9	Died	Camille Pic †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
26.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
27 Nov		Born	Lawrence Duffy		Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
84.3	Died	Hilarin (Josef) Felder, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras
56.5	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
28 Nov	64.8	Appointed	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Nov	68.7	Installed	Heinrich Wienken †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	44.6	Ordained Bishop	José Pont y Gol †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
1 Dec		Born	Vincenzo Di Mauro		Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
62.1	Appointed	Pietro Ossola †	Titular Bishop of Verbe	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
62.1	Resigned	Pietro Ossola †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Resigned	Pietro Ossola †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
70.1	Died	Luiz Scortegagna †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
2 Dec	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Carlo Borromeo †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	Born	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
25.4	Ordained Priest	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Priest of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
3 Dec		Born	Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B.		Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
65.7	Died	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.5	Ordained Priest	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Priest of Penang, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
4 Dec	84.3	Died	Ignacio Placencia y Moreira †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
5 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia
53.0	Appointed	Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia
46.0	Succeeded	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
83.9	Died	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
8 Dec	27.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Tito Buss †	Priest of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
27.3	Ordained Priest	João Hipólito de Morais †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.		Bishop of Udaipur, India
34.1	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Titular Bishop of Helos	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
68.3	Died	Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
26.0	Ordained Priest	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
	Born	Michael Joseph McKenna		Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
24.4	Ordained Priest	Stanley Joseph Ott †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
24.3	Ordained Priest	Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Quezada Limón †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Priest	Austin Bernard Vaughan †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
9 Dec	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Poma †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
10 Dec	45.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Radicioni †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Radicioni †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
12 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
52.0	Appointed	Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
13 Dec	47.1	Appointed	Lucas Katsusaburo Arai †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Vijayawada, India	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Niclas Kujur, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
39.6	Appointed	Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
39.6	Appointed	Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
47.7	Appointed	Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
36.9	Appointed	Josip Pavlišić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
36.9	Appointed	Josip Pavlišić †	Titular Bishop of Bruzus	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
39.4	Appointed	Laurean Rugambwa †	Vicar Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
39.4	Appointed	Laurean Rugambwa †	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
67.0	Appointed	Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Andrews Thazhath		Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
14 Dec	75.1	Died	Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	Born	John Moolachira		Archbishop of Guwahati, India
15 Dec	54.2	Appointed	Viktor Burić †	Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
57.9	Appointed	Karel Celik †	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
57.9	Appointed	Karel Celik †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
55.6	Appointed	Biagio d’Agostino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
55.6	Appointed	Biagio d’Agostino †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
34.1	Appointed	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
16 Dec	89.6	Died	William Francis Brown †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Karel Celik †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Born	William Crean		Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
26.8	Ordained Priest	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
24.3	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Romaniuk	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
22.5	Ordained Priest	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
17 Dec	92.2	Died	Heinrich Döring (Doëring), S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	Born	Joseph Vuthilert Haelom		Bishop of Chiang Rai, Thailand
18 Dec	67.5	Died	Jean Saint-Pierre †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Carthage, Tunisia
19 Dec		Born	Jacques André Blaquart		Bishop of Orléans, France
49.8	Appointed	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
20 Dec	85.7	Died	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Bishop of Trier, Germany
63.5	Died	Bl. Anton Durcovici †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
49.9	Appointed	André Jacques Marie Jacquemin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	André Jacques Marie Jacquemin †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	Born	Robert Michael Kasun, C.S.B.		Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
59.7	Succeeded	Matthias Wehr †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Bunluen Mansap †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
28.4	Ordained Priest	John George Chedid †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
62.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
45.4	Ordained Bishop	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Archbishop of Macra	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
26.1	Ordained Priest	Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron †	Priest of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
27.8	Ordained Priest	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Priest of Pondicherry, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mahn Erie †	Priest of Bassein, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
25.5	Ordained Priest	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
24.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
24.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Cernitza	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
22 Dec		Born	Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio		Archbishop of United States of America, Military
22.6	Ordained Priest	Andrea Cassone †	Priest of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
26.7	Ordained Priest	Ibrahim Hélou †	Priest of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop
23.7	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Ranzahuer González †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
26.7	Ordained Priest	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México
26.4	Ordained Priest	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23.7	Ordained Priest	Atilano Vidal Núñez †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
24.7	Ordained Priest	Jozef Zlatňanský †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
23 Dec	27.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Pazdur †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
22.6	Ordained Priest	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Thomas Graham Rose		Bishop of Dundee, South Africa
26 Dec		Born	José Horacio Gómez Velasco		Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	Born	Guido Pozzo		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
27 Dec	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
26.5	Ordained Priest	Altamiro Rossato, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 Dec		Born	Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.		Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	Born	Antonysamy Susairaj, M.E.P.		Prefect Emeritus of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
29 Dec	58.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Temuco, Chile
30 Dec	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Zaya Dachtou †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

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