Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 49.7 | Appointed | Gerald Emmett Carter † | Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
49.7 | Appointed | Gerald Emmett Carter † | Titular Bishop of Altiburus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
2 Dec | Born | Michael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | ||
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Luc Julian Matthys † | Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia | |
3 Dec | Born | François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. | Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin | ||
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Hélio Gonçalves Heleno † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
Born | Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Parramatta, Australia | |||
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Sante Portalupi † | Titular Archbishop of Christopolis | Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | |
Born | João Santos Cardoso | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |||
46.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Sibomana † | Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda | |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Geraldo Vieira Gusmão | Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil | |
4 Dec | 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Vincent Michael Concessao | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India |
60.2 | Appointed | Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † | Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
42.7 | Appointed | Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia | |
42.7 | Appointed | Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † | Titular Bishop of Cyparissia | Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia | |
Born | Jean Claude Randrianarisoa | Bishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | |||
5 Dec | 41.5 | Selected | Jean Bassoul, B.S. † | Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon |
41.0 | Selected | Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria | |
62.2 | Appointed | Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. † | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
6 Dec | Born | Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. | Bishop of Gracias, Honduras | ||
7 Dec | 76.2 | Died | Michal Buzalka † | Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia | |
75.5 | Appointed | Auguste Jauffrés † | Titular Bishop of Arsennaria | Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France | |
75.5 | Retired | Auguste Jauffrés † | Bishop of Tarentaise, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
83.8 | Appointed | Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † | Titular Bishop of Serrae | Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium | |
83.8 | Retired | Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † | Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.3 | Appointed | Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † | Bishop of Meaux, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France | |
56.1 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Oldani † | Titular Bishop of Gergis | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
51.9 | Succeeded | Guillaume Marie van Zuylen † | Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
8 Dec | 47.9 | Ordained Bishop | Gaetano Alibrandi † | Titular Archbishop of Binda | Apostolic Nuncio |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. | Priest of Society of the Divine Savior | Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil | |
47.1 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Dadaglio † | Titular Archbishop of Lerus | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
25.9 | Ordained Priest | Roberto Gomes Guimarães | Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
71.9 | Died | Francis Patrick Keough † | Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||
42.4 | Ordained Bishop | André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † | Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi | Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi | |
29.8 | Ordained Priest | Alexius Obabu Makozi † | Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Gerhard Pieschl | Priest of Limburg, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
55.2 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Prinetto † | Titular Bishop of Hadriane | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy | |
51.7 | Ordained Bishop | Vittore Ugo Righi † | Titular Archbishop of Bilta | Official of the Secretariat of State | |
63.7 | Succeeded | Lawrence Joseph Shehan † | Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.7 | Installed | Manuel Tato † | Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
10 Dec | 55.0 | Succeeded | Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas † | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Bruno Bernard Heim † | Titular Archbishop of Xanthus | Apostolic Nuncio | |
29.8 | Ordained Priest | Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. † | Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family | Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
31.5 | Ordained Priest | Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina | |
85.6 | Died | Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
24.3 | Ordained Priest | Anárghyros Printesis † | Priest | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek) | |
11 Dec | 50.1 | Appointed | Artemio Gabriel Casas † | Bishop of Imus, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines |
49.6 | Appointed | Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Garriana | Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia | |
58.3 | Appointed | Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † | Bishop of Angers, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.4 | Appointed | Manuel Platon Del Rosario † | Bishop of Malolos, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.7 | Appointed | Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † | Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | |
43.7 | Appointed | Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † | Titular Bishop of Cariana | Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | |
44.3 | Appointed | Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † | Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA | |
44.3 | Appointed | Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † | Titular Bishop of Latopolis | Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA | |
Born | Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist. | Bishop of Girona, Spain | |||
12 Dec | 53.7 | Appointed | Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † | Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France | Bishop Emeritus |
53.7 | Appointed | Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † | Titular Bishop of Bononia | Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France | |
39.3 | Installed | Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Dec | Born | Olivier Michel Marie de Cagny | Bishop of Évreux, France | ||
66.3 | Died | Antonio Ignacio Camargo † | Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela | ||
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Peter James Cullinane | Priest of Wellington, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
Born | Michael Joseph Dooley | Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand | |||
44.4 | Succeeded | José Léon Rojas Chaparro † | Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela | ||
14 Dec | Born | Pauly Kannookadan | Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
46.3 | Appointed | Antonio López Aviña † | Archbishop of Durango, México | Archbishop Emeritus | |
50.0 | Appointed | Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
15 Dec | 52.2 | Appointed | Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe † | Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France | Bishop Emeritus |
16 Dec | 61.1 | Appointed | Leo Binz † | Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
49.6 | Appointed | Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. † | Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia | Prelate Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 68.8 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Achkar † | Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archbishop Emeritus |
Born | Victor Hugo Basabe | Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela | |||
23.0 | Ordained Priest | Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † | Priest of Łódź, Poland | Apostolic Nuncio | |
47.0 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † | Titular Archbishop of Apollonia | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | |
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Antonino Pinci † | Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
22.9 | Ordained Priest | Andrzej Józef Sliwinski † | Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland | Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland | |
18 Dec | Born | Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | ||
19 Dec | Born | Soane Patita Paini Mafi | Cardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
20 Dec | 25.8 | Ordained Priest | Thomas George Doran † | Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Adrian Leo Doyle | Priest of Hobart, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | John Clement Favalora | Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA | |
Born | Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez | Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México | |||
25.5 | Ordained Priest | Edward Urban Kmiec † | Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA | |
25.5 | Ordained Priest | William Joseph Levada † | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Kevin Michael Manning † | Priest of Bathurst, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia | |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Kingsley Swampillai | Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | |
27.7 | Ordained Priest | Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. † | Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia | |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon | |
24.8 | Ordained Priest | John George Vlazny | Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA | |
21 Dec | 31.6 | Ordained Priest | Pius Suh Awa † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon |
62.2 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer † | Titular Bishop of Aggar | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Paul Josef Cordes † | Priest of Paderborn, Germany | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” | |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † | Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) † | Priest of Kiayi, Taiwan | Bishop | |
49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † | Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France | |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Eldon Bernard Schuster † | Titular Bishop of Amblada | Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA | |
61.5 | Appointed | Anton Vovk † | Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
37.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Zoa † | Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
22 Dec | 89.6 | Died | Elia Dalla Costa † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy | |
44.0 | Appointed | Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † | Archbishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad | Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad | |
43.3 | Appointed | Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | |
43.3 | Appointed | Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. † | Titular Bishop of Augurus | Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | |
67.5 | Ceased | Dominic Senyemon Fukahori † | Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan | Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan | |
48.4 | Appointed | Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † | Bishop of Oita, Japan | Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan | |
39.6 | Appointed | James Joseph Komba † | Auxiliary Bishop of Peramiho, Tanzania | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | |
39.6 | Appointed | James Joseph Komba † | Titular Bishop of Thignica | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | |
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Rubén López Ardón | Priest of León en Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus of Esteli, Nicaragua | |
77.0 | Retired | Alexandre Poncet, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
44.2 | Appointed | Henri Véniat, S.J. † | Bishop of Fort-Archambault, Chad | Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad | |
23 Dec | 25.5 | Ordained Priest | Hugo Barrantes Ureña † | Priest of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica | Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Aloísio Sinésio Bohn † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
29.0 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba † | Priest of Zacatecas, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.6 | Succeeded | Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Arezzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.7 | Ordained Deacon | Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges | Deacon of Le Mans, France | Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. | Priest of Nantes, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France | |
49.7 | Appointed | Paolo Ghizzoni † | Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, Italy | Bishop of San Miniato, Italy | |
49.7 | Appointed | Paolo Ghizzoni † | Titular Bishop of Thenae | Bishop of San Miniato, Italy | |
50.4 | Appointed | Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. † | Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Dadeus Grings | Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
97.7 | Died | Emanuele Mignone † | Bishop of Arezzo, Italy | ||
24.3 | Ordained Priest | Oscar Páez Garcete † | Priest of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay | |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel † | Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Vicente Salgado y Garrucho † | Priest of Bacolod, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines | |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Ernesto Antolin Salgado | Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus | |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † | Priest of Consolata Missionaries | Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Edgardo Gabriel Storni † | Priest of Santa Fe, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina | |
24.1 | Ordained Priest | Enrique Troncoso Troncoso † | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile | |
24 Dec | 33.6 | Ordained Priest | Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India |
41.1 | Appointed | Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † | Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria | |
41.1 | Confirmed | Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Claude Feidt † | Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France | |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Guido Plante, P.M.E. † | Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères | Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras | |
25 Dec | 89.5 | Died | Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru | |
26 Dec | Born | Stephen Chirappanath | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | ||
27 Dec | 35.7 | Ordained Bishop | Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) † | Titular Bishop of Aëtus | Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Paul Dacoury-Tabley | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | |
50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Grégoire † | Titular Bishop of Curubis | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
28 Dec | 54.5 | Appointed | Jean Émile André Marie Maury † | Apostolic Internuncio to Sénégal | Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France |
29 Dec | Born | Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | ||
30 Dec | Born | Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. | Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia | ||
31 Dec | 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Nestor Celestial Cariño | Priest of Legazpi, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
50.9 | Ordained Bishop | Guido Del Mestri † | Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Felice Pirozzi † | Titular Archbishop of Gratiana | President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
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