The Year of Our Lord 1917

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Cahal Brendan Daly Loughguile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

2 Oct 77.6 Died Jordan Zaninovic, O.P. † Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

3 Oct Born Enrique Pélach y Feliú † Anglés, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru

9 Oct 65.5 Died Domenico Taccone-Gallucci † Bishop Emeritus of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy

10 Oct 53.8 Ordained Bishop Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † Titular Bishop of Modra Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

Born Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Buin Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

11 Oct Born José d’Angelo Neto † Ibituruna Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

12 Oct Born Matthieu Kanyama † Musangye Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Oct Born Michael Joseph Green † St. Joseph, MI Bishop Emeritus of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

14 Oct 22.5 Ordained Priest William Joseph Condon † Priest of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Silva Porto, Angola

44.8 Ordained Bishop Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Paphus Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

18 Oct 53.7 Ordained Bishop Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

49.9 Ordained Bishop Patrice Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

65.5 Appointed Pietro Gasparri † President of the Pontifical Commission of Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

Born Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski † Jaroslaw Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland

21 Oct Born José Joaquim Gonçalves † Jaboticabal Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

23 Oct 37.9 Confirmed Kassian Haid, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

54.4 Ordained Bishop Denis Matthew Lowney † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Born Jorge Martínez Martínez † Mexico Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

26 Oct 82.4 Died Givoanni Antonio Hofman, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China

27 Oct Born Augustine Harris † Liverpool Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

28 Oct 22.5 Ordained Priest José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz † Priest Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México

45.0 Ordained Bishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

30 Oct 45.3 Appointed Manuel Bidwell † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

45.3 Appointed Manuel Bidwell † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

48.2 Appointed William Keatinge † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

48.2 Appointed William Keatinge † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

31 Oct Born Edward William O'Rourke † Downs, IL Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Born Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría Cariaco Bishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela

1 Nov 22.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Ignacio Camargo † Priest Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

2 Nov Born Bronislaw Dabrowski, F.D.P. † Grodziec Konin Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

47.3 Appointed Sigismondo Lozinski † Bishop of Minsk, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

81.8 Appointed Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz † Titular Archbishop of Nacolia Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

3 Nov 79.3 Died Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio † Bishop of Avila, Spain

50.7 Appointed Amedeo Casabona † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

Born Amilcare Pasini † Gainago Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

4 Nov Born Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. Três Corações Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes † St. Matias Ilhas Bishop of Mysore, India

10 Nov 55.9 Appointed Charles O'Sullivan † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

41.7 Appointed Luca Piergiovanni † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy

38.0 Appointed Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. † Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

13 Nov 40.4 Appointed John Mark Gannon † Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed John Mark Gannon † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

15 Nov Born Gerardus Hernricus De Vet † Gilze Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

Born Eugene Louis D'Souza, M.S.F.S. † Nagpur Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

22.9 Ordained Priest Lorenz S. Kogy, O.M. † Priest of Minimi Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

22.8 Ordained Priest Lorenzo Sahag Koguian † Priest Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae

16 Nov 43.7 Ordained Bishop Henry Gray (Grey) Graham † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. Mazamet, France Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

17 Nov 55.3 Appointed Luigi Ferretti † Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy

53.9 Appointed Jean Forbes, M. Afr. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

53.9 Appointed Jean Forbes, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Vaga Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

19 Nov Born Giuseppe Marafini † Cori Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

Born Sylvester William Treinen † Donelly, MN Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA

23 Nov Born Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Spearville, KS Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

24 Nov 50.0 Appointed Patrick Joseph Hayes † Vicar Apostolic of Military, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

25 Nov Born Luigi Poggi Piacenza, Italy Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives

26 Nov Born Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Polgahawela Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

53.5 Appointed Antonio Maria Pueyo de Val, C.M.F. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

27 Nov 57.2 Appointed Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

28 Nov 71.1 Appointed Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

29 Nov 74.3 Appointed Nicolò Marini † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

30 Nov 27.7 Ordained Priest Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

60.2 Appointed Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte † Titular Bishop of Berissa Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

60.2 Resigned Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Died Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Tanganika, Tanzania

1 Dec Born Antônio Pedro Misiara † Tietê Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2 Dec Born Luciano Angeloni † Imperia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

3 Dec Born Roberto Carniello † Villafranca Padovana Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy

72.2 Died Luigi Piccardo † Titular Bishop of Capharnaum

4 Dec Born Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. † Warrenpoint, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands

32.8 Ordained Bishop Juliu Hossu † Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania Cardinal, Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania

5 Dec 43.0 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Cantwell † Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Bishop of Kaying [Meixian], China

72.9 Died Federico Gonsález y Suárez † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

33.0 Ordained Priest William F. O'Shea, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Vicar Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (South)

6 Dec Born Bernard Ferdinand Popp Nada, TX Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA

7 Dec 53.4 Appointed William Codd † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

23.7 Ordained Priest Pierre-Paul Méouchi † Priest of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

8 Dec 45.4 Ordained Bishop Manuel Bidwell † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

50.8 Ordained Bishop Amedeo Casabona † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

9 Dec 49.8 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam

11 Dec Born Owen Noel Snedden † Auckland Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Born Heinrich Theissing † Neisse Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany

12 Dec Born Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Lyon, France Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

14 Dec Born Arthur Joseph O'Neill East Dubuque Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA

16 Dec 27.0 Ordained Priest Federico Callori di Vignale † Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of the Roman Curia - Other

Born Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Ypacaraj Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

17 Dec 43.8 Appointed Francesco Cammarota † Bishop of Capaccio-Vallo, Italy

Born Joseph-Albert Malula † Léopoldville Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. † Omaha, NE, USA Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil

18 Dec 74.0 Died Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Allahabad, India

39.3 Succeeded Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Allahabad, India Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 57.7 Appointed Carlo Sica † Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

57.7 Resigned Carlo Sica † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 45.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Stoppani, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

56.4 Installed John Henry Tihen † Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Dec 24.9 Ordained Priest John Chang Pi-te † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China

24.9 Ordained Priest Giovanni Tchang † Priest Prefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China

23.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki † Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

23 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian † Priest Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

25 Dec Born Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono † Wlingi Bilitar Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia

27 Dec 63.8 Ordained Bishop Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Agra, India

Born Clément Ignace Mansourati † Mardin Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

31 Dec 44.8 Died Michele Izzi † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Cahal Brendan Daly	Loughguile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
2 Oct	77.6	Died	Jordan Zaninovic, O.P. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
3 Oct		Born	Enrique Pélach y Feliú †	Anglés, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru
9 Oct	65.5	Died	Domenico Taccone-Gallucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
10 Oct	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Titular Bishop of Modra	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	Born	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Buin	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
11 Oct		Born	José d’Angelo Neto †	Ibituruna	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Oct		Born	Matthieu Kanyama †	Musangye	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Oct		Born	Michael Joseph Green †	St. Joseph, MI	Bishop Emeritus of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
14 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Condon †	Priest of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Silva Porto, Angola
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
18 Oct	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrice Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
65.5	Appointed	Pietro Gasparri †	President of the Pontifical Commission of Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	Born	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †	Jaroslaw	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
21 Oct		Born	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Jaboticabal	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
23 Oct	37.9	Confirmed	Kassian Haid, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Denis Matthew Lowney †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	Born	Jorge Martínez Martínez †	Mexico	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
26 Oct	82.4	Died	Givoanni Antonio Hofman, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
27 Oct		Born	Augustine Harris †	Liverpool	Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
28 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz †	Priest	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
30 Oct	45.3	Appointed	Manuel Bidwell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
45.3	Appointed	Manuel Bidwell †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
48.2	Appointed	William Keatinge †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
48.2	Appointed	William Keatinge †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
31 Oct		Born	Edward William O'Rourke †	Downs, IL	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
	Born	Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría	Cariaco	Bishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela
1 Nov	22.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Priest	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
2 Nov		Born	Bronislaw Dabrowski, F.D.P. †	Grodziec Konin	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
47.3	Appointed	Sigismondo Lozinski †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
81.8	Appointed	Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz †	Titular Archbishop of Nacolia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
3 Nov	79.3	Died	Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
50.7	Appointed	Amedeo Casabona †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
	Born	Amilcare Pasini †	Gainago	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
4 Nov		Born	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P.	Três Corações	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes †	St. Matias Ilhas	Bishop of Mysore, India
10 Nov	55.9	Appointed	Charles O'Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
41.7	Appointed	Luca Piergiovanni †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy
38.0	Appointed	Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
13 Nov	40.4	Appointed	John Mark Gannon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	John Mark Gannon †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Nov		Born	Gerardus Hernricus De Vet †	Gilze	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	Born	Eugene Louis D'Souza, M.S.F.S. †	Nagpur	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
22.9	Ordained Priest	Lorenz S. Kogy, O.M. †	Priest of Minimi	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
22.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Sahag Koguian †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
16 Nov	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Henry Gray (Grey) Graham †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A.	Mazamet, France	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
17 Nov	55.3	Appointed	Luigi Ferretti †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
53.9	Appointed	Jean Forbes, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
53.9	Appointed	Jean Forbes, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
19 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Marafini †	Cori	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
	Born	Sylvester William Treinen †	Donelly, MN	Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
23 Nov		Born	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Spearville, KS	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
24 Nov	50.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Vicar Apostolic of Military, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
25 Nov		Born	Luigi Poggi	Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
26 Nov		Born	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Polgahawela	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Maria Pueyo de Val, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
27 Nov	57.2	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
28 Nov	71.1	Appointed	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
29 Nov	74.3	Appointed	Nicolò Marini †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
30 Nov	27.7	Ordained Priest	Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
60.2	Appointed	Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
60.2	Resigned	Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Died	Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganika, Tanzania
1 Dec		Born	Antônio Pedro Misiara †	Tietê	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Luciano Angeloni †	Imperia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
3 Dec		Born	Roberto Carniello †	Villafranca Padovana	Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
72.2	Died	Luigi Piccardo †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum
4 Dec		Born	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Warrenpoint, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
32.8	Ordained Bishop	Juliu Hossu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
5 Dec	43.0	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Cantwell †	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop of Kaying [Meixian], China
72.9	Died	Federico Gonsález y Suárez †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
33.0	Ordained Priest	William F. O'Shea, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Vicar Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (South)
6 Dec		Born	Bernard Ferdinand Popp	Nada, TX	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
7 Dec	53.4	Appointed	William Codd †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
23.7	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Paul Méouchi †	Priest of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Dec	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Bidwell †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Amedeo Casabona †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
9 Dec	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam
11 Dec		Born	Owen Noel Snedden †	Auckland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	Born	Heinrich Theissing †	Neisse	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
12 Dec		Born	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Lyon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
14 Dec		Born	Arthur Joseph O'Neill	East Dubuque	Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
16 Dec	27.0	Ordained Priest	Federico Callori di Vignale †	Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of the Roman Curia - Other
	Born	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Ypacaraj	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
17 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Francesco Cammarota †	Bishop of Capaccio-Vallo, Italy
	Born	Joseph-Albert Malula †	Léopoldville	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. †	Omaha, NE, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil
18 Dec	74.0	Died	Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India
39.3	Succeeded	Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	57.7	Appointed	Carlo Sica †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
57.7	Resigned	Carlo Sica †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Stoppani, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
56.4	Installed	John Henry Tihen †	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	John Chang Pi-te †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China
24.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Tchang †	Priest	Prefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
23.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
23 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
25 Dec		Born	Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †	Wlingi Bilitar	Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia
27 Dec	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Agra, India
	Born	Clément Ignace Mansourati †	Mardin	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
31 Dec	44.8	Died	Michele Izzi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy

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