The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 63.6 Ordained Bishop John Burke † Bishop of Simla, India Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India

46.2 Ordained Bishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes † Titular Archbishop of Novae Patrae Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India

45.2 Ordained Bishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Titular Archbishop of Amida Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy

2 Nov 43.6 Appointed Rubén Isaza Restrepo † Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

86.0 Died Federico Tedeschini † Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

3 Nov Born Tadeusz Bronakowski Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

Born Matthias König Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

4 Nov 63.0 Installed John Baptist Franz † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Rafael Valdéz Torres Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México

5 Nov 83.7 Died Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shiré, Malawi

82.1 Died Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA

7 Nov 69.0 Appointed Alfredo Ottaviani † Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

8 Nov 44.9 Ordained Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Titular Bishop of Giufi Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

49.7 Appointed Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé † Coadjutor Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France Bishop

49.7 Appointed Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé † Titular Bishop of Gisipa Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

76.4 Died Alfonso Maria de Sanctis † Bishop of Todi, Italy

9 Nov 85.5 Died Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) † Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

Born Martin Su Yao-wen Bishop of Taichung, Taiwan

Born Volodymyr Viytyshyn Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

10 Nov 54.8 Appointed Aloys Bigirumwami † Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Elisabethville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

52.6 Appointed André Creemers, O.S.C. † Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. † Bishop of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.3 Appointed Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.7 Appointed Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

55.0 Appointed Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. † Archbishop of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

57.7 Appointed André Lefèbvre, S.J. † Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi

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

65.1 Appointed Petras Maželis † Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania Bishop

50.9 Appointed Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

65.7 Appointed Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. † Bishop of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.9 Appointed Michel Ntuyahaga † Bishop of Usumbura, Burundi Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

45.0 Appointed André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

66.3 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Bishop of Beni nel Congo Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.8 Appointed Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. † Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.9 Appointed Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

39.6 Appointed René Toussaint, O.M.I. † Bishop of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.1 Appointed Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

45.5 Appointed Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

65.2 Appointed Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Appointed Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

74.4 Appointed Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Willem van Kester, M.H.M. † Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Nov 75.6 Retired Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

12 Nov Born Alejandro Pablo Benna Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

39.3 Ordained Bishop Luis Munive Escobar † Bishop of Tlaxcala, México Bishop Emeritus

14 Nov 77.9 Retired Gaetano Cicognani † Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

76.7 Appointed Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

57.7 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Coadjutor Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

79.8 Appointed Paolo Giobbe † Datary of the Apostolic Datary Cardinal, Datary Emeritus

70.3 Appointed Francesco Roberti † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

72.6 Appointed Giuseppe Rossi † Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary Titular Bishop of Palmyra

35.0 Appointed Samuel Ruiz García † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

71.7 Appointed Domenico Tardini † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, Secretary of State

71.7 Appointed Domenico Tardini † Prefect of the Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter Cardinal, Secretary of State

45.3 Confirmed Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

45.3 Installed Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

15 Nov Ordained Bishop [John Li Wei-guang] † Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China

45.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong) † Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China

Ordained Bishop [ Shen Chu-ming] † Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China

42.2 Ordained Bishop [Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] † Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

16 Nov 66.3 Appointed Carlo Confalonieri † Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

Born Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France

76.6 Died Gregor Rožman † Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

17 Nov 58.3 Appointed Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga, Indonesia Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China

Born Alexis Touably Youlo Bishop of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire

18 Nov 74.8 Died Henri-Marius Bernard † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

19 Nov Born Robert Emmet Barron Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

67.3 Died Joseph Charbonneau † Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

20 Nov 38.2 Appointed Juan de Dios Campuzano, O.F.M. † Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez † Coadjutor Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

51.4 Appointed Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez † Titular Archbishop of Parium Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

Born Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization

21 Nov 55.0 Appointed Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Born Wiesław Szlachetka Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

22 Nov 85.2 Died Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

25.9 Ordained Priest Ercole Lupinacci † Priest of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Nov Born Efraín Mendoza Cruz Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México

25 Nov 43.7 Selected Walter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. † Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA Abbot Emeritus

Born Ivan Tilak Jayasundera Priest of Kandy, Sri Lanka

26 Nov 70.9 Died Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

59.5 Appointed Anton Vovk † Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

27 Nov 47.2 Appointed Vincent Joseph Hines † Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed James John Hogan † Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

48.1 Appointed James John Hogan † Titular Bishop of Philomelium Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

64.5 Died Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. † Bishop of Goiás, Brazil

50.1 Appointed Ernest John Primeau † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop Emeritus

28 Nov 41.6 Appointed José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda † Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

29 Nov 71.9 Died Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

23.4 Ordained Priest Thomas McMahon Priest of Brentwood, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

30 Nov Born András Veres Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	63.6	Ordained Bishop	John Burke †	Bishop of Simla, India	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Innocent Fernandes †	Titular Archbishop of Novae Patrae	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
2 Nov	43.6	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
86.0	Died	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
3 Nov		Born	Tadeusz Bronakowski		Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	Born	Matthias König		Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
4 Nov	63.0	Installed	John Baptist Franz †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Rafael Valdéz Torres		Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México
5 Nov	83.7	Died	Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shiré, Malawi
82.1	Died	Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
7 Nov	69.0	Appointed	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
8 Nov	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
49.7	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Bishop
49.7	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
76.4	Died	Alfonso Maria de Sanctis †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
9 Nov	85.5	Died	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	Born	Martin Su Yao-wen		Bishop of Taichung, Taiwan
	Born	Volodymyr Viytyshyn		Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
10 Nov	54.8	Appointed	Aloys Bigirumwami †	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Elisabethville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
52.6	Appointed	André Creemers, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †	Bishop of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3	Appointed	Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.7	Appointed	Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.0	Appointed	Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.7	Appointed	André Lefèbvre, S.J. †	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
68.9	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.1	Appointed	Petras Maželis †	Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania	Bishop
50.9	Appointed	Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.7	Appointed	Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.9	Appointed	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Bishop of Usumbura, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
45.0	Appointed	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
66.3	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Bishop of Beni nel Congo	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.8	Appointed	Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.9	Appointed	Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
39.6	Appointed	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.1	Appointed	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.5	Appointed	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.2	Appointed	Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
74.4	Appointed	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Nov	75.6	Retired	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
12 Nov		Born	Alejandro Pablo Benna		Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Munive Escobar †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov	77.9	Retired	Gaetano Cicognani †	Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
76.7	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
57.7	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Coadjutor Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
79.8	Appointed	Paolo Giobbe †	Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus
70.3	Appointed	Francesco Roberti †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
72.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Rossi †	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Titular Bishop of Palmyra
35.0	Appointed	Samuel Ruiz García †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
71.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Secretary of State
71.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter	Cardinal, Secretary of State
45.3	Confirmed	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
45.3	Installed	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
15 Nov		Ordained Bishop	[John Li Wei-guang] †	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong) †	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
	Ordained Bishop	[ Shen Chu-ming] †	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
42.2	Ordained Bishop	[Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
16 Nov	66.3	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	Born	Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet		Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
76.6	Died	Gregor Rožman †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Nov	58.3	Appointed	Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga, Indonesia	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
	Born	Alexis Touably Youlo		Bishop of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Nov	74.8	Died	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
19 Nov		Born	Robert Emmet Barron		Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
67.3	Died	Joseph Charbonneau †	Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
20 Nov	38.2	Appointed	Juan de Dios Campuzano, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
51.4	Appointed	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Titular Archbishop of Parium	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	Born	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst		Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization
21 Nov	55.0	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	Born	Wiesław Szlachetka		Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
22 Nov	85.2	Died	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
25.9	Ordained Priest	Ercole Lupinacci †	Priest of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov		Born	Efraín Mendoza Cruz		Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
25 Nov	43.7	Selected	Walter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Ivan Tilak Jayasundera		Priest of Kandy, Sri Lanka
26 Nov	70.9	Died	Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
59.5	Appointed	Anton Vovk †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
27 Nov	47.2	Appointed	Vincent Joseph Hines †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	James John Hogan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
48.1	Appointed	James John Hogan †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
64.5	Died	Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
50.1	Appointed	Ernest John Primeau †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	41.6	Appointed	José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
29 Nov	71.9	Died	Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
23.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas McMahon	Priest of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
30 Nov		Born	András Veres		Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

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