The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 83.7 Died John Cunningham † Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

93.9 Died Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru

2 Dec 70.6 Resigned Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Archbishop of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus

70.6 Resigned Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

88.6 Died Giuseppe Chiaretti † Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy

67.2 Died Aldo Giordano † Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

78.5 Appointed Georges Paul Pontier Apostolic Administrator of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

78.5 Appointed Georges Paul Pontier Apostolic Administrator of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

3 Dec 71.6 Appointed Salvador Cristau Coll Bishop of Terrassa, Spain

77.7 Retired Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga Archbishop of Braga, Portugal Archbishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

4 Dec 62.3 Ordained Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

53.8 Appointed Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

58.4 Installed Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran

58.4 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

48.6 Ordained Bishop Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil

53.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Ribas Prats Bishop of Ibiza, Spain

82.3 Ceased John Tong Hon Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Ceased Jack Youssef, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran Priest of Congregation of the Mission

6 Dec 53.3 Installed Andrew Harmon Cozzens Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

78.8 Ceased Richard Edmund Pates Apostolic Administrator of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

7 Dec 67.9 Ordained Bishop Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

60.0 Appointed José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

75.6 Retired Jesús Murgui Soriano Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Ordained Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

56.7 Appointed Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

84.6 Died Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

74.7 Ceased Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. Apostolic Administrator of Cajamarca, Peru Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru

8 Dec 62.5 Ceased Anand Jojo Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India Bishop of Hazaribag, India

60.3 Installed Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D. Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

57.2 Appointed Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Sendai, Japan

49.1 Appointed Gélase Armel Kema Bishop of Ouesso, Congo Archbishop of Owando, Congo

75.4 Retired Angelus Kujur, S.J. Bishop of Purnea, India Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India Bishop

60.0 Ordained Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia

77.5 Retired Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Ouesso, Congo Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Seno Inno Ngutra Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia

63.9 Appointed Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

9 Dec 63.2 Installed César Alcides Balbín Tamayo Bishop of Cartago, Colombia

75.5 Retired Washington Cruz, C.P. Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

68.3 Appointed Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

54.9 Appointed João Justino de Medeiros Silva Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

75.7 Retired Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B. Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop Emeritus

74.7 Ceased José Roberto Ospina Leongómez Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

65.4 Appointed Paul Ssemogerere Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

10 Dec 74.4 Died Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines

57.9 Appointed José Lampra Cà Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

60.0 Appointed Alain René Ransay Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

47.6 Appointed Joseph Andrew Williams Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

47.6 Appointed Joseph Andrew Williams Titular Bishop of Idassa Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

11 Dec 60.6 Installed Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

50.1 Appointed Alexandre François Marie Joly Bishop of Troyes, France

12 Dec 68.1 Died Daniel Nlandu Mayi † Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

86.4 Died Stanisław Nowak † Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland

14 Dec 64.7 Appointed Franco Coppola Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

56.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Đỗ Quang Khang Coadjutor Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam Bishop

48.1 Installed Robert Saeed Jarjis Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada

57.6 Appointed Mark Kadima Wamukoya Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya

15 Dec 53.8 Installed Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

49.8 Appointed Rolandas Makrickas Official of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Coadjutor Archpriest

75.0 Retired Ângelo Pignoli Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 46.5 Appointed Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez Administrator of Caldas, Colombia Bishop

53.6 Appointed Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

17 Dec 71.8 Resigned Patrick James Dunn Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

88.2 Died José Fernández Arteaga † Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México

55.3 Appointed Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa Bishop

59.3 Appointed Stephen Marmion Lowe Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

59.3 Appointed Stephen Marmion Lowe Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

61.6 Appointed Fortunatus Nwachukwu Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

63.3 Ordained Bishop Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

18 Dec 57.2 Installed Luiz Carlos Dias Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

55.8 Ordained Bishop Joel Maria dos Santos Titular Bishop of Thenae Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.9 Appointed Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

59.7 Installed Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

54.4 Ceased Eduardo Malaspina Administrator of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

47.5 Installed Massimiliano Palinuro Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

79.0 Ceased Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul, Turkey Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

75.2 Retired Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. Bishop of Baroda, India Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Luciano Russo Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State

19 Dec 61.9 Ordained Bishop Jan Glapiak Titular Bishop of Bisica Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

21 Dec 75.6 Died George Arthur Sheltz † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

56.0 Appointed Jeffrey Joseph Walsh Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA

22 Dec 63.8 Appointed Antonis Bara Bishop of Ambikapur, India

66.8 Resigned Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

52.1 Appointed Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

76.9 Retired Patras Minj, S.J. Bishop of Ambikapur, India Bishop Emeritus

92.8 Died Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

23 Dec 56.6 Appointed Juan Espinoza Jiménez Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

75.5 Retired Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

59.9 Appointed Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima Titular Bishop of Cefala Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

52.4 Appointed Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

52.4 Appointed Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Dardanus Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

72.8 Appointed José Francisco Robles Ortega Apostolic Administrator of Colima, México Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

75.0 Retired Carlos Suárez Cázares Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec 55.8 Confirmed Azad Sabri Shaba Bishop of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq

26 Dec 92.3 Died Giacomo Capuzzi † Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy

27 Dec 77.6 Retired Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Archbishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria

28 Dec 59.7 Appointed Peter Michiaki Nakamura Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

75.7 Retired Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

29 Dec 88.6 Died Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku † Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

31 Dec 75.5 Retired Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Apostolic Nuncio

80.0 Died Luigi Negri † Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

75.6 Retired Anselmo Guido Pecorari Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria Apostolic Nuncio

75.6 Retired Anselmo Guido Pecorari Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	83.7	Died	John Cunningham †	Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
93.9	Died	Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru
2 Dec	70.6	Resigned	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Archbishop of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus
70.6	Resigned	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
88.6	Died	Giuseppe Chiaretti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
67.2	Died	Aldo Giordano †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
78.5	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
78.5	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
3 Dec	71.6	Appointed	Salvador Cristau Coll	Bishop of Terrassa, Spain
77.7	Retired	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
4 Dec	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
53.8	Appointed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
58.4	Installed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros	Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Ribas Prats	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain
82.3	Ceased	John Tong Hon	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Ceased	Jack Youssef, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
6 Dec	53.3	Installed	Andrew Harmon Cozzens	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
78.8	Ceased	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
7 Dec	67.9	Ordained Bishop	Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
60.0	Appointed	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
75.6	Retired	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Massimiliano Palinuro	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
56.7	Appointed	Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D.	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
84.6	Died	Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
74.7	Ceased	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Cajamarca, Peru	Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
8 Dec	62.5	Ceased	Anand Jojo	Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
60.3	Installed	Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
57.2	Appointed	Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Sendai, Japan
49.1	Appointed	Gélase Armel Kema	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Archbishop of Owando, Congo
75.4	Retired	Angelus Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.	Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India	Bishop
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Joseph Meagher	Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
77.5	Retired	Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Seno Inno Ngutra	Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia
63.9	Appointed	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
9 Dec	63.2	Installed	César Alcides Balbín Tamayo	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
75.5	Retired	Washington Cruz, C.P.	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
68.3	Appointed	Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
54.9	Appointed	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus
74.7	Ceased	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
65.4	Appointed	Paul Ssemogerere	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
10 Dec	74.4	Died	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
57.9	Appointed	José Lampra Cà	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
60.0	Appointed	Alain René Ransay	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
47.6	Appointed	Joseph Andrew Williams	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
47.6	Appointed	Joseph Andrew Williams	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
11 Dec	60.6	Installed	Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
50.1	Appointed	Alexandre François Marie Joly	Bishop of Troyes, France
12 Dec	68.1	Died	Daniel Nlandu Mayi †	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
86.4	Died	Stanisław Nowak †	Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland
14 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Franco Coppola	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Đỗ Quang Khang	Coadjutor Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop
48.1	Installed	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
57.6	Appointed	Mark Kadima Wamukoya	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya
15 Dec	53.8	Installed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
49.8	Appointed	Rolandas Makrickas	Official of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Coadjutor Archpriest
75.0	Retired	Ângelo Pignoli	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	46.5	Appointed	Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez	Administrator of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop
53.6	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
17 Dec	71.8	Resigned	Patrick James Dunn	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
88.2	Died	José Fernández Arteaga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
55.3	Appointed	Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop
59.3	Appointed	Stephen Marmion Lowe	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
59.3	Appointed	Stephen Marmion Lowe	Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
61.6	Appointed	Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
63.3	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
18 Dec	57.2	Installed	Luiz Carlos Dias	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Joel Maria dos Santos	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.9	Appointed	Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
59.7	Installed	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
54.4	Ceased	Eduardo Malaspina	Administrator of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
47.5	Installed	Massimiliano Palinuro	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
79.0	Ceased	Lorenzo Piretto, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul, Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
75.2	Retired	Godfrey de Rozario, S.J.	Bishop of Baroda, India	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Luciano Russo	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State
19 Dec	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Jan Glapiak	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
21 Dec	75.6	Died	George Arthur Sheltz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
56.0	Appointed	Jeffrey Joseph Walsh	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA
22 Dec	63.8	Appointed	Antonis Bara	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
66.8	Resigned	Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
52.1	Appointed	Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
76.9	Retired	Patras Minj, S.J.	Bishop of Ambikapur, India	Bishop Emeritus
92.8	Died	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
23 Dec	56.6	Appointed	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
75.5	Retired	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
59.9	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima	Titular Bishop of Cefala	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
52.4	Appointed	Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
52.4	Appointed	Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
72.8	Appointed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Apostolic Administrator of Colima, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
75.0	Retired	Carlos Suárez Cázares	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	55.8	Confirmed	Azad Sabri Shaba	Bishop of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Dec	92.3	Died	Giacomo Capuzzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
27 Dec	77.6	Retired	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
28 Dec	59.7	Appointed	Peter Michiaki Nakamura	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
75.7	Retired	Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Dec	88.6	Died	Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Dec	75.5	Retired	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio
80.0	Died	Luigi Negri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
75.6	Retired	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio
75.6	Retired	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio

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