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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	48.8	Appointed	José Julio Aguilar García †	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
3 Nov	52.1	Appointed	Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
4 Nov	25.7	Ordained Priest	Jacob Manathodath	Priest of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
5 Nov	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Yariyok Jatau †	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei	Priest of Vientiane, Laos	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
6 Nov	72.3	Died	Costantino Caminada †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B.		Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
7 Nov	46.6	Appointed	Desiderio Elso Collino †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	58.4	Appointed	Gerard Louis Frey †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	77.2	Retired	Maurice Schexnayder †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Nov		Born	David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.		Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	49.1	Appointed	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
	49.1	Appointed	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
9 Nov	59.2	Appointed	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
10 Nov	49.6	Appointed	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †	Bishop of Vila Cabral, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
12 Nov	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Valerians Zondaks †	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
14 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
15 Nov	68.3	Resigned	Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio
	58.2	Appointed	Ippolito Rotoli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
16 Nov	38.0	Appointed	Julius Babatunde Adelakun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	38.0	Appointed	Julius Babatunde Adelakun †	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
	50.1	Appointed	Rudolph A. Akanlu †	Coadjutor Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
	50.1	Appointed	Rudolph A. Akanlu †	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
	52.0	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	52.0	Resigned	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	John Anthony Kelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	John Anthony Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	46.9	Appointed	Thomas Francis Little †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	Thomas Francis Little †	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	44.5	Appointed	Serapio Bwemi Magambo †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	66.6	Resigned	Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	36.4	Appointed	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	56.3	Appointed	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Titular Bishop of Verrona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
17 Nov	55.7	Resigned	Venedictos Printesis †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.3	Died	Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
19 Nov	27.5	Ordained Priest	George Alencherry	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Nov	74.1	Appointed	Joseph Gennangi †	Titular Bishop of Adana degli Armeni	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
	74.1	Retired	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	44.6	Appointed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	63.8	Appointed	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Under Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
	54.7	Appointed	Henri Légaré, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.7	Resigned	Henri Routhier, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Nov		Born	Fransiskus Tuaman Sasfo Sinaga		Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia
23 Nov	69.0	Resigned	John Michael O’Neill †	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Alphonsus Liguori Penney †	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
24 Nov	43.0	Appointed	François-Marie-Christian Favreau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	43.0	Appointed	François-Marie-Christian Favreau †	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	71.3	Died	Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
25 Nov	29.5	Ordained Priest	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Piero Coccia	Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina
	61.6	Appointed	Ezequiel Perea Sánchez †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
26 Nov	27.0	Ordained Priest	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
	25.5	Ordained Priest	João Bráz de Aviz	Priest of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
27 Nov	52.1	Appointed	Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	52.1	Appointed	Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
29 Nov	25.6	Ordained Priest	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
30 Nov	75.4	Retired	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Okombo Wandera	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kericho, Kenya
	57.1	Appointed	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	43.3	Appointed	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
Dec	67.9	Died	Killian Flynn, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Victoria Falls, Zambia
1 Dec		Born	Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A.		Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec	71.0	Died	Danio Bolognini †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
3 Dec	25.4	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Pizziol	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
5 Dec	47.8	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
	47.8	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
6 Dec	60.4	Appointed	Krikor Ayvazian †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
	80.1	Died	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
	76.2	Died	Henri-Charles Dupont †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	45.8	Appointed	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	51.7	Appointed	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
7 Dec		Born	Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco		Auxiliary Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
		Born	Daniel Palau Valero		Bishop of Lleida, Spain
8 Dec	23.0	Perpetual Vows	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	21.6	Solemn Vows	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Priest of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
	24.2	Ordained Priest	António Francisco dos Santos †	Priest of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
		Born	Francis McAnally Dougan		Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
	23.8	Professed	Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Titular Bishop of Trecalae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	83.2	Died	Carlo von Mansfeld, M.I. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Priest of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Paolo Selvadagi	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Priest of Tunja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
	83.3	Died	Antonino Catarella †	Bishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy
	51.4	Succeeded	Antonio Lloren Mabutas †	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	31.3	Ordained Priest	Gregory O’Kelly, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia
	62.7	Resigned	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	43.8	Appointed	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
10 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos	Priest of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph MacKiernan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Parrado Carral	Priest of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Dec		Born	Vasyl Hovera		Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
	52.5	Appointed	Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
12 Dec	78.9	Died	Emile M. Schot, B. †	Superior General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
13 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Alfredo Battisti †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.4	Appointed	Bernard James Ganter †	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
	97.1	Died	Jean-Marie Jan †	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	43.7	Appointed	John Raphael Quinn †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	47.1	Appointed	John Joseph Snyder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	47.1	Appointed	John Joseph Snyder †	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
14 Dec		Born	George Luís Amaral Muniz		Bishop-Elect of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
	25.7	Ordained Priest	John Ha Tiong Hock	Priest of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
15 Dec	46.7	Installed	Desiderio Elso Collino †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec		Born	Paolo Andreolli, S.X.		Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Ardura, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
	35.3	Ordained Priest	Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Beaumont, Texas, USA
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	65.5	Resigned	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	Vicente Costa	Priest of Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †	Bishop of Vila Cabral, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marcel Honoré †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Telesphore George Mpundu	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	56.5	Installed	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
18 Dec	40.4	Appointed	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Indore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	74.8	Retired	Cesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.7	Appointed	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
	47.7	Appointed	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
	42.4	Appointed	Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	46.3	Appointed	James Chan Soon Cheong †	Bishop of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
	55.6	Appointed	Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Resigned	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
	52.0	Appointed	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	Maurus Libaba †	Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
	55.0	Appointed	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	64.5	Resigned	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia
	54.8	Appointed	Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tatilti	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia
	56.0	Appointed	Nicolas Ravitarivao †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
	56.0	Appointed	Nicolas Ravitarivao †	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
	69.4	Died	Francesco Rossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.	Priest of Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
	63.3	Appointed	Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.5	Died	Raúl Zambrano Camader †	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
19 Dec	44.7	Installed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 Dec	51.0	Appointed	André Charles Collini †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	André Charles Collini †	Titular Archbishop of Salapia	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
23 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Nuncio
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Nunzio Galantino	Priest of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	65.1	Died	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
	53.3	Appointed	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Titular Bishop of Assava	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Pierre Warin	Priest of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
24 Dec	79.5	Died	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
26 Dec	63.9	Selected	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Dec	41.1	Succeeded	Frank Marcus Fernando †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Resigned	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	26.2	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Arturo Help	Priest of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
30 Dec	27.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Gabriel Diarra †	Priest of San, Mali	Bishop
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Priest of Lucknow, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jaipur, India
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Carlos Suárez Cázares	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	71.8	Died	Robert Dermot O’Flanagan †	Bishop Emeritus of Juneau, Alaska, USA

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