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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	79.6	Died	Felice Bonomini †	Bishop of Como, Italy
	75.6	Died	Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I. †	Superior General Emeritus of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
	60.8	Succeeded	Teresio Ferraroni †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Armando Trasarti	Priest of Fermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
2 Nov	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
6 Nov	77.4	Died	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Nov	73.4	Died	Vittorio Longo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Robert Pierre Sarrabère †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Robert Pierre Sarrabère †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
8 Nov	75.0	Died	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Bruno Pius Ngonyani	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lindi, Tanzania
9 Nov	82.6	Died	Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
10 Nov		Born	Constantine Rupiny		Bishop-Elect of Nebbi, Uganda
11 Nov	60.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	85.0	Died	Umberto Malchiodi †	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
12 Nov	45.0	Appointed	Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui †	Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	58.0	Died	Karl Christian Ebert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
	61.2	Appointed	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.2	Appointed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.2	Appointed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk †	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
		Born	Aurélio Pinto de Sousa		Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
13 Nov	64.1	Appointed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov		Born	Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A.		Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
15 Nov	68.4	Appointed	Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
	68.4	Appointed	Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
17 Nov	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
18 Nov	48.5	Appointed	Sydney Anicetus Charles †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Peter Poreku Dery †	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	63.3	Resigned	Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. †	Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †	Bishop of Wa, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	42.5	Appointed	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.8	Appointed	Adrian Mung’andu †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	72.3	Resigned	Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
	68.7	Resigned	Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Nov	76.5	Retired	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	43.1	Appointed	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga †	Bishop of Benguela, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	75.2	Died	William John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †	Superior Emeritus of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Kim Nam-su †	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.		Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
22 Nov	86.3	Died	Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionários da Boa Nova
	47.3	Appointed	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
		Born	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo		Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
23 Nov	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Zacarias Kamwenho	Titular Bishop of Tabla	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
24 Nov	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bassim, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	88.2	Died	Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Théodore-Adrien Sarr	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregory Singkai †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
27 Nov		Born	Clément Hérizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S.		Bishop of Maintirano, Madagascar
29 Nov	25.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Cubillos Peña	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
	71.4	Resigned	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa	Abbot Emeritus
30 Nov	25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Moretti	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
3 Dec	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Petero Mataca †	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	70.3	Died	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
5 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Cherubim Alfred Dambui †	Priest of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
6 Dec	64.3	Resigned	Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Titular Archbishop of Truentum	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	57.1	Resigned	Michael Joseph Green †	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.7	Appointed	Norman Francis McFarland †	Apostolic Administrator of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
7 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †	Bishop of Ségou, Mali
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Casale †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Albert D’Souza	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Boniface Lele †	Priest of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. †	Titular Bishop of Thagamuta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	26.5	Ordained Priest	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
9 Dec	29.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Kang U-il	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
11 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Abel Costas Montaño †	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Bruno Gamberini †	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	76.7	Retired	Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
	48.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
	61.5	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	68.1	Appointed	Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. †	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Giovanni Benedetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	57.7	Appointed	Giovanni Benedetti †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	51.0	Appointed	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	47.4	Appointed	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	47.4	Appointed	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	40.1	Appointed	Benito Cocchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Benito Cocchi †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	72.9	Resigned	André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Bruno Foresti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	51.5	Appointed	Bruno Foresti †	Titular Bishop of Plestia	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	57.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Franco †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
	46.9	Appointed	Joseph Abangite Gasi †	Bishop of Tombura, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan
	53.2	Appointed	Odore Joseph Gendron †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	53.9	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	53.9	Resigned	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Angel Tec-i Hobayan †	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	34.3	Appointed	Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
	39.2	Appointed	Mauro Morelli †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	39.2	Appointed	Mauro Morelli †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	62.5	Appointed	Pietro Palazzini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	49.5	Appointed	José Esaúl Robles Jiménez †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	48.7	Appointed	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Succeeded	Hernando Rojas Ramirez †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
	69.0	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
	37.2	Appointed	Anselme Titianma Sanon	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	41.8	Appointed	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	41.8	Appointed	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	58.4	Appointed	Karl-August Siegel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.4	Appointed	Karl-August Siegel †	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
	61.7	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	61.7	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	65.1	Resigned	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.1	Appointed	Francisco Manuel Vieira †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	49.1	Appointed	Francisco Manuel Vieira †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	69.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Villot †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	62.3	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.3	Ceased	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
	53.9	Appointed	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
	33.7	Appointed	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
13 Dec	42.9	Appointed	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
	75.6	Retired	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	28.7	Ordained Priest	Gerald Almeida	Priest of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	25.0	Ordained Priest	John Anthony Boissonneau	Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
	40.9	Appointed	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	70.1	Appointed	Mario De Santis †	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
	70.1	Appointed	Mario De Santis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Matthew Kia Yen-wen †	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Victor Kindo †	Priest of Raigarh, India	Bishop of Jashpur, India
	67.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
	67.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Mennini	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Official of the Secretariat of State
	27.4	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Odama	Priest of Arua, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	82.3	Retired	Antonio Pirotto †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Tiago Postma †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Héctor Rueda Hernández †	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
15 Dec	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
16 Dec	60.1	Installed	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
17 Dec	87.1	Died	Luis Almarcha Hernández †	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
18 Dec	61.6	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
	54.3	Installed	Edward Cornelius O’Leary †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Perumthottam	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.8	Appointed	Eduard Schick †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Turang	Priest of Manado, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kupang, Indonesia
19 Dec	43.7	Appointed	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Resigned	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	38.2	Appointed	Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Guntur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
	50.2	Appointed	Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar †	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
	42.4	Appointed	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop Emeritus
	46.3	Appointed	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	49.4	Appointed	Mervyn Alban Alexander †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk †	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
21 Dec	30.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
22 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Demetrio Fernández González	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Vasyl Semeniuk	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Lewis Jerome Zeigler †	Priest of Monrovia, Liberia	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Dec	42.7	Appointed	Władysław Bobowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.7	Appointed	Władysław Bobowski	Titular Bishop of Abernethia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
	53.3	Appointed	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	60.2	Died	Amelio Poggi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
	50.7	Appointed	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
24 Dec	45.5	Appointed	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
	45.5	Appointed	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
26 Dec		Born	Adalberto Donadelli Júnior		Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
		Born	William Prieto Daza		Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia
28 Dec	47.2	Appointed	Thomas Vose Daily †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	47.2	Appointed	Thomas Vose Daily †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	42.3	Appointed	John Michael D’Arcy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	42.3	Appointed	John Michael D’Arcy †	Titular Bishop of Mediana	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Titular Bishop of Penafiel	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
		Born	George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Garissa, Kenya
	40.1	Appointed	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop
	40.1	Appointed	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	52.6	Appointed	Joseph John Ruocco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	52.6	Appointed	Joseph John Ruocco †	Titular Bishop of Polinianum	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	22.1	Professed	Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
29 Dec	28.5	Ordained Priest	Victor Abagna Mossa	Priest of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus of Owando, Congo
30 Dec		Born	Adam Piotr Bab		Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	51.8	Died	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

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