The Year of Our Lord 1905

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 57.3 Ordained Bishop Andrea Caron † Titular Bishop of Argos Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien † Priest of Paris, France Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota

43.8 Ordained Bishop Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Tavium Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

2 Oct Born Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. † Trabzon Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Franjo Šeper † Osijek Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

3 Oct Born John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † Schimmert Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

70.3 Appointed Johannes Trepnau † Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

70.3 Appointed Johannes Trepnau † Titular Bishop of Flavias Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

4 Oct 59.8 Died Andrea Jordán † Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

Born Thomas Joseph McCarthy † Goderich Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

5 Oct 86.1 Died Diego Marongiu Del Rio † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

57.8 Selected Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

7 Oct 52.0 Appointed Thomas Francis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

52.0 Retired Thomas Francis Brennan † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Isidor Markus Emanuel † Merzalben Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany

8 Oct 21.3 Professed Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa

9 Oct 66.8 Died Plácido Labarca Olivares † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

10 Oct 50.9 Succeeded Emilio Parodi, C.M. † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

11 Oct Born Ioan Dragomir † Arinis, Romania Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

Born Jean-Marie Villot † Saint-Amant-Tallende Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

13 Oct Born Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † St. Germain-en-Laye Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

14 Oct Born Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. † Montréal, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China

15 Oct Born Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti † Montpellier Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives

Born James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. † Old Chelsea Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

17 Oct 47.0 Selected Ottokár Prohászka † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

Born Josef Vrana † Stribrnice Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic

19 Oct 65.5 Died Giuliano Cabras † Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari, Italy

Born József Winkler † Nagyszentmihaly Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

23 Oct 77.6 Died Francesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Krishnagar, India

25 Oct 28.4 Ordained Priest Bl. Nykyta Budka † Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Canada (Ukrainian)

Born Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. † Saint-Pierre-du-Champ, France Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

26 Oct Born George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. † Paris, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

28 Oct 56.5 Ordained Bishop Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada

23.5 Ordained Priest George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Apostolic Delegate to México

26.7 Ordained Priest Johannes Baptist Dietz † Priest of Bamberg, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

29 Oct 23.1 Ordained Priest José Tupinambá da Frota † Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop

30 Oct 53.0 Appointed Carmelo Pujia † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Nov 65.4 Resigned Cesare Boccanera † Bishop of Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

1 Nov 61.2 Ordained Bishop Angelo Cattaneo, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Hippos Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China

2 Nov Born Mihály Endrey-Eipel † Budapest Bishop of Vác, Hungary

5 Nov 22.5 Ordained Priest Evasio Colli † Priest Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

Born Karl Gnädinger † Bohlingen-Baden Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

22.6 Ordained Priest Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal

45.2 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

43.8 Ordained Bishop Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania Archbishop Emeritus

9 Nov Born Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Sèvres, France Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

Born Paul Ten Gan-lin (Deng Ji-zhou) † Tsitwiwa Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China

13 Nov Born Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. † Loja Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

15 Nov 32.1 Incardinated Luigi Olivares, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

16 Nov Born Ettore Cunial † Possagno, Italy Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

18 Nov 29.9 Ordained Priest Lawrence Pereira † Priest Bishop of Kottar, India

20 Nov 41.2 Died Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

Born Giuseppe Olivotti † Venezia Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

23 Nov Born Clemente Carranza y López † Nandasmo Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua

25 Nov Born Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † Chinandega Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua

26 Nov Born Rafael Grovas Felix † Santurce Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico

29 Nov Born Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † Tourcoing Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

30 Nov 61.4 Resigned Juan Comes y Vidal † Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Robert Cowgill † Titular Bishop of Olena Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

48.6 Ordained Bishop Athanasius Götte, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Lappa Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China

Born Juan Hervás y Benet † Puzol Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

3 Dec Born Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Guadalajara Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

4 Dec Born Antonio Samorè † Bardi Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

5 Dec 45.3 Installed Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

9 Dec 60.8 Died Louis-Eugène Francqueville † Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France

10 Dec 34.3 Ordained Bishop James Duhig † Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia

70.5 Ordained Bishop Johannes Trepnau † Titular Bishop of Flavias Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

11 Dec 55.9 Elevated to Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

68.7 Appointed Francesco Bacchini † Titular Bishop of Oëa Bishop of Terni, Italy

68.7 Resigned Francesco Bacchini † Bishop of Terni, Italy

50.3 Appointed Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

43.5 Appointed Luigi Bignami † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

65.5 Appointed Cesare Boccanera † Titular Archbishop of Nicosia Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy

53.1 Appointed Antonio Maria Bonito † Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Antonio Maria Bonito † Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy

60.1 Elevated to Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

64.8 Appointed Giuseppe Fiorenza † Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

64.8 Resigned Giuseppe Fiorenza † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Ján Ivánkovits † Titular Bishop of Sidyma Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

39.1 Appointed Ercolano Marini † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy

Appointed Bélá Mayer † Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Confirmed Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

54.2 Appointed Francesco Moretti † Bishop of Terni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy

54.2 Appointed Francesco Moretti † Bishop of Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy

71.9 Appointed Giuseppe Morticelli † Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy

61.6 Appointed Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

61.6 Resigned Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

47.2 Confirmed Ottokár Prohászka † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

77.2 Appointed József Samassa † Cardinal-Priest of San Marco Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

77.2 Elevated to Cardinal József Samassa † Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

70.9 Elevated to Cardinal Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

59.3 Appointed Gyula Városy † Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

34.1 Appointed Gyula Zichy † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

12 Dec 72.4 Died Miguel de los Santos Taborga † Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

14 Dec 55.9 Appointed Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

55.6 Appointed Jorge Barlin Imperial † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

60.1 Appointed Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

55.1 Appointed Manuel José Caicedo Martínez † Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

37.3 Appointed Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida † Bishop of Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil

57.6 Appointed Juan Antón de la Fuente † Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Federico González y Suárez † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

53.6 Appointed Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

55.0 Appointed Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain

65.1 Appointed Juan Antonio Ruano Martín † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

54.3 Appointed José María Salvador y Barrera † Bishop of Madrid, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

56.8 Appointed Juan José Solís y Fernández † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

46.4 Appointed Antônio Xisto Albano † Titular Bishop of Bethsaida Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

46.4 Resigned Antônio Xisto Albano † Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 54.5 Appointed Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore, India Bishop

54.5 Appointed Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Calynda Bishop of Mysore, India

16 Dec 58.0 Appointed Alexis-Xyste Bernard † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Born William Charles Quinn, C.M. † Savanah, CA, USA Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China

18 Dec 84.7 Died Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

20 Dec 65.4 Died James Maher † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia

21 Dec 50.3 Ordained Bishop Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

Born John Aloysius Murphy † Birkenhead Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

47.2 Ordained Bishop Ottokár Prohászka † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

Born Alfredo Vozzi † Chiaromonte Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy

34.1 Ordained Bishop Gyula Zichy † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

22 Dec Born Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

23 Dec 23.9 Ordained Priest Etienne Bornet † Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Auxiliary Bishop

23.6 Ordained Priest Evangelista Galea, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil

22.4 Ordained Priest Fernando Cento † Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

23.4 Ordained Priest Marcello Mimmi † Priest of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Born Victor Joseph Reed † Montpelier, IN Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

23.8 Ordained Priest Carlo Serena † Priest of Sorrento, Italy Archbishop

25 Dec Born Sergio Guerri † Tarquinia Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

27 Dec Born Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Pfeifer, KS, USA Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

58.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

28 Dec 66.1 Died Georg Wuschanski † Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany

30 Dec Born José Bascuñana y López † Orihuela Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

31 Dec 22.7 Ordained Priest Giovanni Pirastru † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Caron †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Tavium	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2 Oct		Born	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. †	Trabzon	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Franjo Šeper †	Osijek	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
3 Oct		Born	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Schimmert	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
70.3	Appointed	Johannes Trepnau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
70.3	Appointed	Johannes Trepnau †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
4 Oct	59.8	Died	Andrea Jordán †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	Born	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Goderich	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
5 Oct	86.1	Died	Diego Marongiu Del Rio †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
57.8	Selected	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
7 Oct	52.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
52.0	Retired	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Isidor Markus Emanuel †	Merzalben	Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
8 Oct	21.3	Professed	Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
9 Oct	66.8	Died	Plácido Labarca Olivares †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
10 Oct	50.9	Succeeded	Emilio Parodi, C.M. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
11 Oct		Born	Ioan Dragomir †	Arinis, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	Born	Jean-Marie Villot †	Saint-Amant-Tallende	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
13 Oct		Born	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	St. Germain-en-Laye	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
14 Oct		Born	Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. †	Montréal, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China
15 Oct		Born	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Montpellier	Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	Born	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Old Chelsea	Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
17 Oct	47.0	Selected	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	Born	Josef Vrana †	Stribrnice	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic
19 Oct	65.5	Died	Giuliano Cabras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari, Italy
	Born	József Winkler †	Nagyszentmihaly	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
23 Oct	77.6	Died	Francesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
25 Oct	28.4	Ordained Priest	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Canada (Ukrainian)
	Born	Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Saint-Pierre-du-Champ, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
26 Oct		Born	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Paris, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
28 Oct	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
23.5	Ordained Priest	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Apostolic Delegate to México
26.7	Ordained Priest	Johannes Baptist Dietz †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
29 Oct	23.1	Ordained Priest	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop
30 Oct	53.0	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nov	65.4	Resigned	Cesare Boccanera †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Nov	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Cattaneo, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
2 Nov		Born	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Budapest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
5 Nov	22.5	Ordained Priest	Evasio Colli †	Priest	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
	Born	Karl Gnädinger †	Bohlingen-Baden	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
22.6	Ordained Priest	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Maldonado Calvo †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Born	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Sèvres, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
	Born	Paul Ten Gan-lin (Deng Ji-zhou) †	Tsitwiwa	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
13 Nov		Born	Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Loja	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
15 Nov	32.1	Incardinated	Luigi Olivares, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
16 Nov		Born	Ettore Cunial †	Possagno, Italy	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
18 Nov	29.9	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Kottar, India
20 Nov	41.2	Died	Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	Born	Giuseppe Olivotti †	Venezia	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
23 Nov		Born	Clemente Carranza y López †	Nandasmo	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
25 Nov		Born	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Chinandega	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
26 Nov		Born	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Santurce	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
29 Nov		Born	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Tourcoing	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
30 Nov	61.4	Resigned	Juan Comes y Vidal †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Robert Cowgill †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Athanasius Götte, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lappa	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
	Born	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Puzol	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
3 Dec		Born	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Guadalajara	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
4 Dec		Born	Antonio Samorè †	Bardi	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
5 Dec	45.3	Installed	Eduardo Maldonado Calvo †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
9 Dec	60.8	Died	Louis-Eugène Francqueville †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
10 Dec	34.3	Ordained Bishop	James Duhig †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
70.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Trepnau †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
11 Dec	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
68.7	Appointed	Francesco Bacchini †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop of Terni, Italy
68.7	Resigned	Francesco Bacchini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
50.3	Appointed	Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
43.5	Appointed	Luigi Bignami †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
65.5	Appointed	Cesare Boccanera †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia	Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy
53.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Bonito †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Bonito †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
64.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
64.8	Resigned	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Ján Ivánkovits †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
39.1	Appointed	Ercolano Marini †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	Appointed	Bélá Mayer †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Confirmed	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
54.2	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
54.2	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
71.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Morticelli †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
61.6	Appointed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
61.6	Resigned	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
47.2	Confirmed	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
77.2	Appointed	József Samassa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
77.2	Elevated to Cardinal	József Samassa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
70.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
59.3	Appointed	Gyula Városy †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
34.1	Appointed	Gyula Zichy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
12 Dec	72.4	Died	Miguel de los Santos Taborga †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Dec	55.9	Appointed	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
55.6	Appointed	Jorge Barlin Imperial †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
60.1	Appointed	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
55.1	Appointed	Manuel José Caicedo Martínez †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
37.3	Appointed	Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida †	Bishop of Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
57.6	Appointed	Juan Antón de la Fuente †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Federico González y Suárez †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
53.6	Appointed	Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
55.0	Appointed	Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
65.1	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
54.3	Appointed	José María Salvador y Barrera †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
56.8	Appointed	Juan José Solís y Fernández †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
46.4	Appointed	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
46.4	Resigned	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop
54.5	Appointed	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Bishop of Mysore, India
16 Dec	58.0	Appointed	Alexis-Xyste Bernard †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	Born	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Savanah, CA, USA	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
18 Dec	84.7	Died	Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
20 Dec	65.4	Died	James Maher †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
21 Dec	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	Born	John Aloysius Murphy †	Birkenhead	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	Born	Alfredo Vozzi †	Chiaromonte	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
34.1	Ordained Bishop	Gyula Zichy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
22 Dec		Born	Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †	Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
23 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	Etienne Bornet †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop
23.6	Ordained Priest	Evangelista Galea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
22.4	Ordained Priest	Fernando Cento †	Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
23.4	Ordained Priest	Marcello Mimmi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	Born	Victor Joseph Reed †	Montpelier, IN	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
23.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Serena †	Priest of Sorrento, Italy	Archbishop
25 Dec		Born	Sergio Guerri †	Tarquinia	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Dec		Born	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Pfeifer, KS, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
28 Dec	66.1	Died	Georg Wuschanski †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
30 Dec		Born	José Bascuñana y López †	Orihuela	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
31 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Pirastru †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy