Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Dec | 73.2 | Retired | Mario Roberto Cassari † | Apostolic Nuncio to Malta | Apostolic Nuncio |
1 Dec | 73.0 | Resigned | Karel Herbst, S.D.B. | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
91.5 | Died | Zekarias Yohannes † | Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | ||
2 Dec | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | John Lei Jiapei | Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China | |
3 Dec | 70.6 | Installed | George Anthony Frendo, O.P. | Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania | Archbishop Emeritus |
46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino | Bishop of Vélez, Colombia | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia | |
56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Eduardo Miñarro | Titular Bishop of Antium | Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina | |
4 Dec | 57.1 | Ordained Bishop | Lodewijk Aerts | Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium | |
54.9 | Installed | Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. | Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
59.2 | Ceased | Koenraad Vanhoutte | Apostolic Administrator of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium | Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium | |
5 Dec | 69.8 | Appointed | Mark Edward Brennan | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA |
69.8 | Appointed | Mark Edward Brennan | Titular Bishop of Rusibisir | Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA | |
76.7 | Retired | Denis James Madden | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
44.8 | Appointed | Adam John Parker | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||
44.8 | Appointed | Adam John Parker | Titular Bishop of Tasaccora | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
6 Dec | 59.4 | Installed | Michael Francis Burbidge | Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA | |
66.1 | Appointed | Wilfredo Pino Estévez | Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba | ||
7 Dec | 65.2 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Accolla | Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy | |
52.6 | Appointed | Paulo Alves Romão | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
52.6 | Appointed | Paulo Alves Romão | Titular Bishop of Calama | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
47.3 | Appointed | Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil | |
76.3 | Retired | Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.9 | Appointed | Giovanni Intini | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy | |
70.6 | Appointed | Augustine Kasujja | Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg | Apostolic Nuncio | |
62.1 | Appointed | Joel Portella Amado | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
62.1 | Appointed | Joel Portella Amado | Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano) | Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
8 Dec | 40.3 | Installed | Hugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem. | Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus |
52.7 | Ordained Bishop | Louis Corriveau | Titular Bishop of Arena | Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada | |
77.6 | Retired | Stanisław Dziwisz | Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.3 | Appointed | Marek Jędraszewski | Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | ||
90.9 | Died | Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Philippe Alain Mbarga | Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon | ||
66.5 | Ordained Bishop | Marc Pelchat | Titular Bishop of Lambaesis | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada | |
9 Dec | 57.9 | Succeeded | Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria | Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan | |
54.0 | Resigned | Michael Wallace Banach | Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania | Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary | |
56.2 | Appointed | John Oliver Barres | Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | ||
76.5 | Retired | William Francis Murphy | Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Retired | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
10 Dec | 44.6 | Appointed | Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. | Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic | Bishop |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg | Titular Bishop of Sassura | Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | |
85.8 | Died | László Huzsvár † | Bishop Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia | ||
88.3 | Died | Paul Shinichi Itonaga † | Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan | ||
53.8 | Appointed | Martin Waïngue Bani | Bishop of Doba, Chad | ||
11 Dec | 56.8 | Installed | Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. | Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
12 Dec | 75.4 | Died | Gerard Clifford † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland | |
49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus | Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil | |
84.4 | Died | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † | Prelate of Opus Dei | ||
63.9 | Appointed | Maurice Monier | Pro-Dean of the Roman Rota | Pro-Dean Emeritus | |
13 Dec | 59.1 | Appointed | Edward James Burns | Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | |
14 Dec | 95.2 | Died | Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil | |
64.0 | Appointed | Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. | Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
70.4 | Appointed | Michael F. Czerny, S.J. | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | Cardinal, Prefect | |
55.4 | Appointed | Victor Emilio Masalles Pere | Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.2 | Appointed | Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic | |
47.2 | Appointed | Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán | Titular Bishop of Buxentum | Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic | |
15 Dec | 63.9 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. | Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) | |
16 Dec | 64.8 | Appointed | Louis Frederick Kihneman | Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | |
46.3 | Appointed | Gustavo Alejandro Montini | Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina | ||
75.7 | Retired | Roger Paul Morin † | Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 61.9 | Appointed | Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. | Apostolic Administrator of Yurimaguas, Peru | Vicar Apostolic |
76.6 | Retired | José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
48.3 | Appointed | Cristiano Bodo | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy | ||
83.5 | Died | Edmond Youssef Farhat † | Apostolic Nuncio | ||
75.2 | Retired | Giuseppe Guerrini | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.7 | Ordained Bishop | Calogero Marino | Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy | ||
46.6 | Installed | Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino | Bishop of Vélez, Colombia | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia | |
18 Dec | 50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. | Bishop of Tarma, Peru | Bishop of Callao, Peru |
64.1 | Installed | Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil | Archbishop of Verapoly, India | ||
49.7 | Installed | Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic | |
20 Dec | 55.2 | Appointed | Barthol Barretto | Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India | Bishop of Nashik, India |
55.2 | Appointed | Barthol Barretto | Titular Bishop of Strongoli | Bishop of Nashik, India | |
68.6 | Appointed | Allwyn D’Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
68.6 | Appointed | Allwyn D’Silva | Titular Bishop of Dura | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India | |
58.5 | Appointed | Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. | Bishop of Lismore, Australia | ||
79.0 | Retired | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett | Bishop of Lismore, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 45.5 | Appointed | Geovane Luís da Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
45.5 | Appointed | Geovane Luís da Silva | Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia | Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
56.0 | Appointed | Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
56.0 | Appointed | Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda | Titular Bishop of Tulana | Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
62.0 | Appointed | Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia | ||
23 Dec | 75.5 | Died | Jean Gagnon † | Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | |
44.1 | Appointed | Alexis Aly Tagbino | Auxiliary Bishop of Kankan, Guinea | Bishop | |
44.1 | Appointed | Alexis Aly Tagbino | Titular Bishop of Cuicul | Bishop of Kankan, Guinea | |
24 Dec | 72.6 | Appointed | Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. | Archbishop of Alger, Algeria | Archbishop Emeritus |
25 Dec | 73.6 | Died | Karl Golser † | Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy | |
92.9 | Died | Léon-Raymond Soulier † | Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France | ||
26 Dec | 90.0 | Died | Jaume Camprodon Rovira † | Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain | |
27 Dec | 65.4 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Giuliano | Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy | |
59.0 | Appointed | Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla | Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon | ||
77.4 | Retired | Adalbert Ndzana | Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus | |
28 Dec | 81.2 | Retired | Santos Abril y Castelló | Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus |
54.1 | Appointed | Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. | Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
69.7 | Resigned | Richard Gerard Lennon † | Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
70.9 | Resigned | Fernando Panico, M.S.C. | Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.4 | Succeeded | Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira | Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil | Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | |
71.4 | Appointed | Stanisław Ryłko | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | ||
75.5 | Retired | Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues | Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
57.5 | Appointed | Daniel Edward Thomas | Apostolic Administrator of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA | |
29 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. † | Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus |
30 Dec | 83.1 | Died | Thomas Ludger Dupré † | Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA | |
59.4 | Retired | Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich | Bishop of Kenya, Military | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya | |
52.9 | Appointed | Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military | Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries | |
84.6 | Died | Justo Mullor García † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | ||
31 Dec | 77.7 | Died | Peter Fernando † | Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India |
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