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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov		Born	Jean-Marc Eychenne		Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France
		Born	Martin Krebs		Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
3 Nov	45.0	Appointed	Isidore Borecky †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
	77.6	Died	Edward Francis Ryan †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
	51.4	Appointed	Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
4 Nov	43.7	Installed	Henry Charles Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prelate of Iba, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Iba, Philippines
		Born	Robert Herman Flock		Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
	40.6	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
5 Nov	57.6	Appointed	José Castelltort Subeyre †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	55.0	Succeeded	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
		Born	Roque Paloschi		Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	86.6	Died	Jules-Géraud Saliège †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
6 Nov		Born	Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M.		President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
7 Nov	30.8	Ordained Priest	Constantin Szabó (Sabov, Savov) †	Priest	Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
8 Nov		Born	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina		Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
	55.0	Installed	Francis Edward Hyland †	Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Michael Schmondiuk †	Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
9 Nov	36.0	Appointed	Arnold Boghaert, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Bishop
	36.0	Appointed	Arnold Boghaert, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
	72.3	Resigned	Édouard Bresson, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Cornelius Chitsulo †	Vicar Apostolic of Dedza, Malawi	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
	46.8	Appointed	Cornelius Chitsulo †	Titular Bishop of Bonitza	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
	52.4	Appointed	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Vicar Apostolic
	52.4	Appointed	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
	46.7	Appointed	Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
	46.7	Appointed	Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Selinus	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Nov	38.4	Appointed	Pablo Correa León †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
	38.4	Appointed	Pablo Correa León †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
		Born	Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv.		Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
		Born	Stephen Lee Bun Sang		Bishop of Macau, China
	45.5	Appointed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
	45.5	Appointed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
11 Nov	23.9	Ordained Priest	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †	Priest of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
	48.9	Appointed	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	48.9	Appointed	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Mundinitza	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	59.0	Appointed	Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Onuphis	Bishop Emeritus of Sideia, Papua New Guinea
	59.0	Appointed	Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Sideia, Papua New Guinea
		Born	Martin Sarmiento Jumoad		Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Stefan László †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
	42.0	Appointed	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
12 Nov		Born	Emmanuel Hanna Shaleta (Challita)		Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
	87.5	Died	Mořic Pícha †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
13 Nov	20.6	Professed	Leone Morinelli, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
14 Nov	60.6	Appointed	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.0	Appointed	Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Syedra	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
15 Nov	87.5	Died	Rafael Canale Oberti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	55.1	Appointed	Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
16 Nov	43.7	Appointed	Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Londrina, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
	57.8	Appointed	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
17 Nov	33.7	Appointed	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
	33.7	Appointed	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
18 Nov	39.6	Ordained Bishop	José Pedro da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Thiava	Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Kimbondo †	Titular Bishop of Sebela	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Pothanamuzhi †	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Valladares y Argumedo †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Priest	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	William John Waltersheid		Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Nov	46.0	Installed	Loras Thomas Lane †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
23 Nov	77.5	Appointed	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
	77.5	Retired	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †	Archbishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.5	Resigned	Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.1	Succeeded	Francis William Markall, S.J. †	Archbishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
	53.3	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
24 Nov	50.0	Ceased	Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas †	Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	50.7	Installed	Manuel Marengo †	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
25 Nov		Born	Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản		Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
26 Nov		Born	Salvatore Angerami †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	72.2	Died	Thomas Edmund Molloy †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 Nov	53.8	Appointed	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	47.3	Appointed	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	47.3	Appointed	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
29 Nov	37.2	Appointed	Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	37.2	Appointed	Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Joseph Kallarangatt		Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
	43.8	Appointed	Joseph Louis André Ouellette †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Joseph Louis André Ouellette †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	25.8	Ordained Priest	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
	29.5	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Arce Moya †	Bishop
	47.8	Appointed	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †	Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	50.0	Appointed	Luigi Cicuttini †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Rosales Dean	Priest of Cebu, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
		Born	Riccardo Lamba		Archbishop of Udine, Italy
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)	Priest of Taipei, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Pido Tancinco	Priest of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
		Born	Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC.		Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
1 Dec	53.7	Appointed	Teodor Bensch †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	52.9	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	63.3	Appointed	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	63.3	Resigned	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	56.2	Appointed	Edmund Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Thugga	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
	53.2	Appointed	Tomasz Wilczyński †	Apostolic Administrator of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
2 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	24.5	Ordained Priest	José Lorenzo Sartori †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
	33.4	Ordained Priest	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
3 Dec	40.3	Appointed	Jaime Luiz Coelho †	Bishop of Maringá, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
	53.3	Appointed	Severino Mariano de Aguiar †	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	67.1	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
4 Dec		Born	Anaclet Mwumvaneza		Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
	39.4	Appointed	Franz Žak †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	39.4	Appointed	Franz Žak †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
5 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Harry Anselm Clinch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	48.1	Appointed	Harry Anselm Clinch †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	53.8	Installed	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	85.6	Died	Rafael Toro Upegui, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Río Magdalena, Colombia
8 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	22.4	Solemn Vows	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
	32.5	Ordained Priest	François Kabangu wa Mutela †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
	28.9	Ordained Priest	James Kwadwo Owusu †	Priest	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	21.9	Solemn Vows	Paweł Socha, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Brian David Usanga †	Priest of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
9 Dec		Born	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	49.0	Appointed	James Darcy Freeman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	James Darcy Freeman †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Parva	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	50.1	Appointed	Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	50.1	Appointed	Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Bishop Emeritus of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	61.4	Appointed	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	61.4	Appointed	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	65.1	Resigned	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Dec	47.6	Appointed	Alexander Carter †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Alexander Carter †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop Emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Donato Ogliari, O.S.B.		Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
11 Dec	69.1	Died	Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	34.5	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cotonou, Benin	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	34.5	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	46.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Nephelis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
14 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Priest of San Justo, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
15 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Luigi Raimondi †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
16 Dec		Born	Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe		Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Leopold Imesch †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Raymond William Lessard †	Priest of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Menéndez †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis Superior	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
17 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Arce Masías †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop of Piura, Peru
	54.3	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Villón †	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
	54.6	Appointed	Antonin Fishta, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	54.6	Appointed	Antonin Fishta, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	63.6	Appointed	Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	63.6	Appointed	Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento †	Titular Archbishop of Beroea	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	63.6	Resigned	Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento †	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	58.5	Appointed	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	71.8	Appointed	Ambrogio Squintani †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	71.8	Resigned	Ambrogio Squintani †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz †	Bishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru
18 Dec	52.2	Appointed	Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	90.1	Died	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Born	Jude Thaddeus Okolo		Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
19 Dec	48.6	Appointed	Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †	Coadjutor Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop
	48.6	Appointed	Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †	Titular Bishop of Thasus	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Born	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.		Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
20 Dec	29.9	Ordained Priest	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †	Priest	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
	46.7	Appointed	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop
	46.7	Appointed	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
21 Dec		Born	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.		Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
22 Dec	29.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Banchong Aribarg †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
	25.1	Ordained Priest	José Rafael Barquero Arce †	Priest of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Augusto Beuzeville Ferro †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Rinaldo Fidel Brédice †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa, Argentina
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	26.1	Ordained Deacon	Hubert Coppenrath †	Deacon of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Armando Amaral Dos Santos †	Priest	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Leobard D’Souza †	Priest of Jabalpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Frank Marcus Fernando †	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Deacon of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J.	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Priest of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
	31.7	Ordained Priest	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Priest of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	25.7	Ordained Priest	James Odongo †	Priest of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Michael Rozario †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Andraos Salama †	Priest	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
	47.1	Appointed	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
23 Dec	55.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Amici †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Dominic Kodwo Andoh †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Accra, Ghana
	46.5	Appointed	Francesco Spanedda †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Tong Hui †	Priest	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
		Born	James Maria Wainaina Kungu		Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
24 Dec	61.8	Died	George Marin, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Süchow, China
		Born	Natale Paganelli, S.X.		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
		Born	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.		Archbishop of Panamá
26 Dec		Born	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.		Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Argentina, Military
	53.2	Installed	Tomasz Wilczyński †	Apostolic Administrator of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
27 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Gérard Couturier †	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda
29 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Andrew Gregory Grutka †	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Hilary Baumann Hacker †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	Robert Francis Joyce †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Leo Aloysius Pursley †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	35.5	Appointed	Raúl Zambrano Camader †	Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
	35.5	Appointed	Raúl Zambrano Camader †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
30 Dec	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Žak †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

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