The Year of Our Lord 1896

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Denys Pierre Hindié † Ourfa Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

43.4 Appointed Benedetto Lorenzelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Other Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

44.7 Succeeded Hugh McSherry † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

71.9 Appointed Andreas Steinhuber, S.J. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

40.7 Died Pietro Strobino † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa

60.3 Appointed Luigi Tripepi † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

64.4 Appointed Isidoro Verga † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

2 Oct 55.6 Appointed Diomede Panici † Secretary of the Congregation of Rites

3 Oct 58.0 Resigned Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 50.6 Ordained Bishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo † Bishop of Menorca, Spain Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Born Edward Quentin Jennings † Saint John, New Brunswick Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

24.0 Ordained Priest Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

48.1 Installed Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A. † Apostolic Delegate to United States of America Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

Born Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. † Tilburg, Netherlands Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

7 Oct Born Robert Francis Joyce † Proctor Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA

8 Oct Born Joseph Marie Henri Belleau, O.M.I. † Ottawa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada

9 Oct 80.7 Died Gaetano de Ruggiero † Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other

10 Oct 50.7 Appointed Gaspare Bova † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

50.7 Appointed Gaspare Bova † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

13 Oct 51.6 Selected Jules-Etienne Gazaniol † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 22.6 Ordained Priest Gyula Glattfelder † Priest Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

18 Oct 43.2 Succeeded Antonio Maria Buglione † Archbishop of Conza-Campagna, Italy

52.5 Ordained Bishop Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. † Bishop of Osaka, Japan

56.6 Ordained Bishop Francesco Saverio de Hornstein † Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

68.6 Resigned Salvatore Nappi † Archbishop of Conza-Campagna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

20 Oct 71.3 Died Manuel María León González y Sánchez † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

21 Oct 64.0 Appointed Vincenzo Di Giovanni † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Prelate Emeritus

22 Oct 70.5 Died Johannes Christian Roos † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

25 Oct 50.8 Ordained Bishop Gaspare Bova † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

50.7 Ordained Bishop Pietro Broyer, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Polemonium Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

46.6 Ordained Bishop Matthew Makil † Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India

39.4 Ordained Bishop John Menacherry † Titular Bishop of Paralus Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India

49.6 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) † Titular Bishop of Tium Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India

26 Oct Born Antoine Abed † Tripoli del Libano Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

28 Oct Born Albert Lewis Fletcher † Little Rock Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

26.8 Ordained Priest Nándor Rott † Priest Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

29 Oct Born John Baptist Franz † Springfield, IL Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

30 Oct 73.7 Died Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Nov 59.2 Appointed Domenico Maria Jacobini † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

1 Nov 33.1 Ordained Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Campinas, Brazil

7 Nov 70.8 Appointed Antonio Maria Cesareo † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

8 Nov 66.9 Died Eugenio Biffi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

9 Nov Born Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Romania Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

15 Nov 23.6 Ordained Priest Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) † Priest Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

23.3 Ordained Priest José Tomas Gomes da Silva † Priest Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

38.2 Ordained Bishop George Michael Lenihan, O.S.B. † Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

17 Nov 49.9 Appointed Konstantyn Czechowicz † Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ruthenian), Poland

19 Nov Born Mark Kenny Carroll † Saint Louis Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

21 Nov 70.8 Ordained Bishop Antonio Maria Cesareo † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

22 Nov Born Angelo Calabretta † Aci Platani Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy

40.8 Ordained Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. † Bishop of Malacca, Singapore

49.9 Selected Ján Ivánkovits † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

35.1 Selected Demetrie Radu † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

24 Nov 63.9 Died William Fitzgerald † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

26 Nov 40.1 Installed Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette † Bishop of Campeche, México Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México

27 Nov 55.6 Resigned Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

29 Nov Born Jerome Daniel Hannan † Pittsburgh Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

30 Nov 46.2 Appointed Alfonso Andreoli † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy

48.3 Appointed Serafino Angelini † Bishop of Avellino, Italy

58.8 Appointed Filippo Bacciu † Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy

51.1 Appointed Michele Cardella, C.P. † Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo

59.7 Appointed Enrico Grazioli † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.1 Appointed Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland

43.6 Appointed Benedetto Lorenzelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

64.7 Appointed Luigi Macchi † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other

68.4 Appointed Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

63.3 Appointed Lucido Maria Parocchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

41.1 Appointed Nicola Piccirilli † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

60.9 Elevated to Cardinal Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. † Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

56.4 Appointed Michele Arcangelo Pirone † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

63.2 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

53.2 Appointed Pietro Respighi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

73.2 Appointed Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. † Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Severina, Italy

73.2 Resigned Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Giulio Vaccaro † Coadjutor Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

45.6 Appointed Giulio Vaccaro † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

64.6 Appointed Isidoro Verga † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

1 Dec 62.7 Appointed Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

3 Dec 64.2 Appointed Antonio Agliardi † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

61.6 Appointed Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. † Bishop of Tlaxcala, México

42.5 Appointed Manuel Segundo Ballón † Coadjutor Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Manuel Segundo Ballón † Titular Bishop of Germanicia Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

63.2 Appointed Serafino Cretoni † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

49.7 Appointed Domenico Ferrata † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

51.8 Confirmed Jules-Etienne Gazaniol † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Bishop Emeritus of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy

56.9 Appointed Silvério Gomes Pimenta † Bishop of Mariana, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

49.9 Confirmed Ján Ivánkovits † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

59.3 Appointed Domenico Maria Jacobini † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

46.2 Appointed Anton Mahnič † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

Born Paul Nousseir † Abutig Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

60.9 Appointed Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

63.2 Appointed Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco † Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

35.1 Confirmed Demetrie Radu † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

57.4 Appointed Francesco Satolli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

4 Dec Born Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. † Ruswil, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

5 Dec 53.6 Appointed Edmond Francis Prendergast † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop

53.6 Appointed Edmond Francis Prendergast † Titular Bishop of Scilium Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

6 Dec 46.2 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Andreoli † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy

41.1 Ordained Bishop Nicola Piccirilli † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

56.4 Ordained Bishop Michele Arcangelo Pirone † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

8 Dec 51.1 Ordained Bishop Michele Cardella, C.P. † Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy

43.6 Ordained Bishop Benedetto Lorenzelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

12 Dec 42.2 Appointed James Edward Quigley † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

13 Dec 64.6 Ordained Bishop Isidoro Verga † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

16 Dec 67.4 Died Jean-Pierre Boyer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France

57.4 Appointed Francesco Satolli † Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

60.0 Appointed Vicenzo Vannutelli † Cardinal-Priest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

18 Dec 59.0 Died Alphonsus M. H. Joosten, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

52.3 Appointed Thomas Mathias Lenihan † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

19 Dec 22.7 Ordained Priest Honoré-Joseph Coppieters † Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Bishop

23.1 Ordained Priest Carlos María Javier de la Torre † Priest of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

23.1 Ordained Priest Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Priest of Châlons, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

22.6 Ordained Priest Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Priest Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

22.7 Ordained Priest João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Priest Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

89.9 Died James Lynch, C.M. † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

24.1 Ordained Priest Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † Priest Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

24.8 Ordained Priest Ismael Perdomo Borrero † Priest Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Dec 32.8 Ordained Priest Matthew Joseph Brodie † Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

21 Dec Born Giovanni Picco † Arigliano Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

81.4 Died Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

24 Dec 76.9 Appointed Luigi Trombetta † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy

27 Dec 25.2 Ordained Priest Marciano Tinajero y Estrada † Priest Bishop of Querétaro, México

30 Dec 69.8 Died Édouard-Charles Fabre † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Denys Pierre Hindié †	Ourfa	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
43.4	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
44.7	Succeeded	Hugh McSherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
71.9	Appointed	Andreas Steinhuber, S.J. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
40.7	Died	Pietro Strobino †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
60.3	Appointed	Luigi Tripepi †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
64.4	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
2 Oct	55.6	Appointed	Diomede Panici †	Secretary of the Congregation of Rites
3 Oct	58.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Castellote y Pinazo †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	Born	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Saint John, New Brunswick	Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
24.0	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
48.1	Installed	Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A. †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
	Born	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †	Tilburg, Netherlands	Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
7 Oct		Born	Robert Francis Joyce †	Proctor	Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
8 Oct		Born	Joseph Marie Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Ottawa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
9 Oct	80.7	Died	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
10 Oct	50.7	Appointed	Gaspare Bova †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
50.7	Appointed	Gaspare Bova †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
13 Oct	51.6	Selected	Jules-Etienne Gazaniol †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	22.6	Ordained Priest	Gyula Glattfelder †	Priest	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
18 Oct	43.2	Succeeded	Antonio Maria Buglione †	Archbishop of Conza-Campagna, Italy
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Saverio de Hornstein †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
68.6	Resigned	Salvatore Nappi †	Archbishop of Conza-Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Oct	71.3	Died	Manuel María León González y Sánchez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
21 Oct	64.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Di Giovanni †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
22 Oct	70.5	Died	Johannes Christian Roos †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
25 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Bova †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Broyer, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Makil †	Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia	Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
39.4	Ordained Bishop	John Menacherry †	Titular Bishop of Paralus	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) †	Titular Bishop of Tium	Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India
26 Oct		Born	Antoine Abed †	Tripoli del Libano	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
28 Oct		Born	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Little Rock	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
26.8	Ordained Priest	Nándor Rott †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
29 Oct		Born	John Baptist Franz †	Springfield, IL	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
30 Oct	73.7	Died	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
Nov	59.2	Appointed	Domenico Maria Jacobini †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
1 Nov	33.1	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
7 Nov	70.8	Appointed	Antonio Maria Cesareo †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
8 Nov	66.9	Died	Eugenio Biffi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
9 Nov		Born	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Romania	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
15 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) †	Priest	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
23.3	Ordained Priest	José Tomas Gomes da Silva †	Priest	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
38.2	Ordained Bishop	George Michael Lenihan, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
17 Nov	49.9	Appointed	Konstantyn Czechowicz †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ruthenian), Poland
19 Nov		Born	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Saint Louis	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
21 Nov	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Cesareo †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
22 Nov		Born	Angelo Calabretta †	Aci Platani	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
40.8	Ordained Bishop	René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
49.9	Selected	Ján Ivánkovits †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
35.1	Selected	Demetrie Radu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
24 Nov	63.9	Died	William Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
26 Nov	40.1	Installed	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
27 Nov	55.6	Resigned	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
29 Nov		Born	Jerome Daniel Hannan †	Pittsburgh	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
30 Nov	46.2	Appointed	Alfonso Andreoli †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
48.3	Appointed	Serafino Angelini †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Filippo Bacciu †	Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy
51.1	Appointed	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo
59.7	Appointed	Enrico Grazioli †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.1	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
43.6	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
64.7	Appointed	Luigi Macchi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
68.4	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
63.3	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
41.1	Appointed	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
56.4	Appointed	Michele Arcangelo Pirone †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
63.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
53.2	Appointed	Pietro Respighi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
73.2	Appointed	Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Severina, Italy
73.2	Resigned	Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Giulio Vaccaro †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
45.6	Appointed	Giulio Vaccaro †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
64.6	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
1 Dec	62.7	Appointed	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
3 Dec	64.2	Appointed	Antonio Agliardi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
61.6	Appointed	Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
42.5	Appointed	Manuel Segundo Ballón †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Manuel Segundo Ballón †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
63.2	Appointed	Serafino Cretoni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
49.7	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
51.8	Confirmed	Jules-Etienne Gazaniol †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy
56.9	Appointed	Silvério Gomes Pimenta †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.9	Confirmed	Ján Ivánkovits †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Domenico Maria Jacobini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
46.2	Appointed	Anton Mahnič †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	Born	Paul Nousseir †	Abutig	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
60.9	Appointed	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
63.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
35.1	Confirmed	Demetrie Radu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
57.4	Appointed	Francesco Satolli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
4 Dec		Born	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Ruswil, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
5 Dec	53.6	Appointed	Edmond Francis Prendergast †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop
53.6	Appointed	Edmond Francis Prendergast †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Dec	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Andreoli †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele Arcangelo Pirone †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
8 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
12 Dec	42.2	Appointed	James Edward Quigley †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 Dec	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Verga †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
16 Dec	67.4	Died	Jean-Pierre Boyer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
57.4	Appointed	Francesco Satolli †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
60.0	Appointed	Vicenzo Vannutelli †	Cardinal-Priest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
18 Dec	59.0	Died	Alphonsus M. H. Joosten, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
52.3	Appointed	Thomas Mathias Lenihan †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
19 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop
23.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Javier de la Torre †	Priest of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23.1	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Priest of Châlons, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Priest	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
22.7	Ordained Priest	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Priest	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
89.9	Died	James Lynch, C.M. †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
24.1	Ordained Priest	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Priest	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
24.8	Ordained Priest	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Priest	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Dec	32.8	Ordained Priest	Matthew Joseph Brodie †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
21 Dec		Born	Giovanni Picco †	Arigliano	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
81.4	Died	Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
24 Dec	76.9	Appointed	Luigi Trombetta †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
27 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Marciano Tinajero y Estrada †	Priest	Bishop of Querétaro, México
30 Dec	69.8	Died	Édouard-Charles Fabre †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada