The Year of Our Lord 1921

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 49.5 Ordained Bishop Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S. † Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

44.7 Ordained Bishop Pietro Pomares y Morant † Bishop of Foggia, Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

3 Nov Born John Perumattam, M.S.T.A. † Kakkoor Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India

6 Nov 25.7 Ordained Priest Michael Keller † Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

50.0 Ordained Bishop Settimio Quadraroli † Bishop of Teramo, Italy

42.6 Installed Umberto Rossi † Bishop of Susa, Italy Bishop of Asti, Italy

8 Nov 74.1 Died Ramón Plaza y Blanco † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

11 Nov Born Luca Collino, O.S.B. † San Secondo di Pinerolo Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

56.4 Appointed José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán † Titular Archbishop of Carpathus Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

37.7 Appointed Bruno Occhiuto † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

13 Nov 58.5 Installed Jules Girard, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo, Egypt

55.2 Ordained Bishop Silvino Ramírez y Cueva † Titular Bishop of Verinopolis Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México

14 Nov Born Dominique Nguyên van Lang † Xuan Hoa Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam

15 Nov 80.6 Died Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio) † Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

Born Otmar Mäder † Mörschwil Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

18 Nov Born André Charles Collini † Tunis Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

19 Nov 57.2 Died Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru

20 Nov 41.7 Ordained Bishop José da Costa Nuñes † Bishop of Macau, China Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

59.1 Ordained Bishop Francesco Giacinto Melchiori, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Methone Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

21 Nov 53.8 Appointed Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

55.1 Appointed Daniel Champavier † Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France Bishop

55.1 Appointed Daniel Champavier † Titular Bishop of Sora Bishop of Marseille, France

63.0 Appointed Joseph Henry Conroy † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

37.1 Appointed Antônio dos Santos Cabral † Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

44.1 Appointed Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † Bishop of Annecy, France Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

49.1 Appointed Louis-Joseph Gaillard † Bishop of Meaux, France Archbishop of Tours, France

53.6 Confirmed Théophile Joseph Georgi † Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri

44.0 Appointed Mario Giardini, B. † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

44.0 Appointed Mario Giardini, B. † Apostolic Delegate to Japan Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

46.5 Appointed Joseph Gjonali (Gionali) † Titular Bishop of Callinicum Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania

43.4 Appointed Edward Francis Hoban † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

43.4 Appointed Edward Francis Hoban † Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

38.0 Confirmed Athanase Jules Benham Kalian † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

75.4 Appointed Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

58.3 Appointed Alexander Joseph McGavick † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

49.1 Appointed Nicola Milone † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

37.2 Appointed Thomas Edmund Molloy † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

49.2 Appointed Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

43.6 Appointed Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

50.2 Appointed Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

61.6 Appointed Carlo Sica † Titular Archbishop of Damascus Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

61.9 Appointed Giosuè Signori † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

54.0 Appointed Jules Tiberghien † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

40.4 Appointed Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga † Bishop of León en Nicaragua

22 Nov 44.7 Appointed Hermann Wilhelm Berning † Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

44.7 Appointed Hermann Wilhelm Berning † Prefect of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

25 Nov 52.6 Appointed Rafael Canale Oberti † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

52.6 Appointed Rafael Canale Oberti † Titular Bishop of Arindela Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

53.1 Died Etienne Soukkarie † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

26 Nov Born Oscar Garcia Urizar † Quetzaltenango Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

27 Nov 50.2 Ordained Bishop Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

49.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Corone Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca, Singapore

Born Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. † Kleshniaki, Belarus Titular Bishop of Mariamme

30 Nov 42.1 Installed Michael Joseph Curley † Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA

46.6 Appointed Bl. Cruz Laplana y Laguna † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

47.7 Appointed Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

53.6 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. † Bishop of Almería, Spain

Born Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. Woerden, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia

54.2 Appointed Joseph Gabriel Pinten † Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

34.3 Ordained Bishop Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Dec 45.1 Resigned Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

45.1 Resigned Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Latvia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

45.1 Resigned Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Estonia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

1 Dec 76.1 Appointed Michele de Jorio † Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

76.1 Resigned Michele de Jorio † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

2 Dec Born Carlo Furno Bairo Canavese Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

3 Dec 88.8 Died Ignazio Ghiurekian † Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope

4 Dec 81.1 Died Michael Felix Korum † Bishop of Trier, Germany

6 Dec Born Khalil Abi-Nader † Mtein Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

8 Dec Born Georges F. Garmou † Telfek Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

44.0 Ordained Bishop Mario Giardini, B. † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Agostinho de Jesus e Souza † Titular Bishop of Hauara Bishop of Porto, Portugal

31.9 Ordained Priest Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

54.0 Ordained Bishop Jules Tiberghien † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

45.7 Installed Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

9 Dec 66.9 Appointed Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix † Titular Bishop of Vallis Bishop of Tarentaise, France

77.6 Appointed Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez † Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

55.2 Installed Silvino Ramírez y Cueva † Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México

10 Dec Born José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. † Urrestilla, Spain Prelate Emeritus of Isabela, Philippines

11 Dec 46.7 Installed Cesare Boccoleri † Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

61.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères

37.8 Ordained Bishop Bruno Occhiuto † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

12 Dec Born Ignazio Cannavò Fiumefreddo di Sicilia Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

Born Salvatore Cassisa Trapani Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

14 Dec Born Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. Sora, Italy Abbot Emeritus of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil

15 Dec 53.9 Ordained Bishop Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

83.4 Died James Trobec † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

16 Dec 53.6 Appointed Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia Apostolic Delegate to México

46.3 Appointed Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México Apostolic Delegate to México

17 Dec 29.2 Ordained Priest Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay

26.7 Ordained Priest Felice Bonomini † Priest Bishop of Como, Italy

24.9 Ordained Priest Heinrich Gleumes † Priest of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

30.0 Ordained Priest Joannes Groen, M.S.F. † Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

29.7 Ordained Priest Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre † Priest of Poitiers, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

24.6 Ordained Priest André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France

24.7 Ordained Priest Louis-Sylvain Robin † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

Born Walfrido Teixeira Vieira † Jagaquara Bishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

18 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose † Priest of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop

53.9 Resigned Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. † Apostolic Administrator of Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy

24.6 Ordained Priest Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.6 Succeeded Antonio Lega † Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

58.6 Succeeded Antonio Lega † Bishop of Cervia, Italy Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

68.9 Died Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. † Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

19 Dec 40.3 Appointed Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

20 Dec 38.9 Appointed Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

38.9 Appointed Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Pupiana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt

Born Thomas Jerome Welsh † Weatherly Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Born Paul Hisao Yasuda Kurume Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan

21 Dec 53.6 Appointed Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Tegea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

55.2 Ordained Bishop Daniel Champavier † Titular Bishop of Sora Bishop of Marseille, France

Born Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † Cañazas Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

91.3 Died François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

67.8 Resigned Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle † Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

43.5 Ordained Bishop Edward Francis Hoban † Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

46.2 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Plataea Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

22 Dec Born Reinhold Stecher † Innsbruck Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria

23 Dec Born Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. † Prataccio (Piteglio), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan

26 Dec 67.0 Died William Bernard Kelly † Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

27 Dec 64.1 Ordained Bishop Florencio Cerviño y González † Bishop of Orense, Spain

80.4 Died Thomas Grace † Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

Born Yohannes Woldegiorgis † Alitena Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

28 Dec Born Leonard James Crowley † Montréal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

29 Dec 40.3 Appointed Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

55.2 Appointed Carlo Cremonesi † Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

55.2 Appointed Carlo Cremonesi † Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus

Born Charles Henri Lévesque † Saint André de Kamouraska Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

30 Dec 53.7 Installed Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. † Bishop of Almería, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Pomares y Morant †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
3 Nov		Born	John Perumattam, M.S.T.A. †	Kakkoor	Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India
6 Nov	25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Keller †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Settimio Quadraroli †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
42.6	Installed	Umberto Rossi †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
8 Nov	74.1	Died	Ramón Plaza y Blanco †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
11 Nov		Born	Luca Collino, O.S.B. †	San Secondo di Pinerolo	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
56.4	Appointed	José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán †	Titular Archbishop of Carpathus	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
37.7	Appointed	Bruno Occhiuto †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
13 Nov	58.5	Installed	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo, Egypt
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Silvino Ramírez y Cueva †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México
14 Nov		Born	Dominique Nguyên van Lang †	Xuan Hoa	Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
15 Nov	80.6	Died	Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
	Born	Otmar Mäder †	Mörschwil	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
18 Nov		Born	André Charles Collini †	Tunis	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
19 Nov	57.2	Died	Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
20 Nov	41.7	Ordained Bishop	José da Costa Nuñes †	Bishop of Macau, China	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Giacinto Melchiori, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Methone	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
21 Nov	53.8	Appointed	Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
55.1	Appointed	Daniel Champavier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop
55.1	Appointed	Daniel Champavier †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Bishop of Marseille, France
63.0	Appointed	Joseph Henry Conroy †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
37.1	Appointed	Antônio dos Santos Cabral †	Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
44.1	Appointed	Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †	Bishop of Annecy, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
49.1	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
53.6	Confirmed	Théophile Joseph Georgi †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
44.0	Appointed	Mario Giardini, B. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
44.0	Appointed	Mario Giardini, B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Japan	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
46.5	Appointed	Joseph Gjonali (Gionali) †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
43.4	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
43.4	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
38.0	Confirmed	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
75.4	Appointed	Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
58.3	Appointed	Alexander Joseph McGavick †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
49.1	Appointed	Nicola Milone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
37.2	Appointed	Thomas Edmund Molloy †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
49.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
43.6	Appointed	Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
50.2	Appointed	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
61.6	Appointed	Carlo Sica †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
61.9	Appointed	Giosuè Signori †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Jules Tiberghien †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
40.4	Appointed	Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
22 Nov	44.7	Appointed	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
44.7	Appointed	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Prefect of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
25 Nov	52.6	Appointed	Rafael Canale Oberti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
52.6	Appointed	Rafael Canale Oberti †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
53.1	Died	Etienne Soukkarie †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
26 Nov		Born	Oscar Garcia Urizar †	Quetzaltenango	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
27 Nov	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	Born	Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. †	Kleshniaki, Belarus	Titular Bishop of Mariamme
30 Nov	42.1	Installed	Michael Joseph Curley †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA
46.6	Appointed	Bl. Cruz Laplana y Laguna †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
47.7	Appointed	Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	Born	Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M.	Woerden, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
54.2	Appointed	Joseph Gabriel Pinten †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
34.3	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Alphonsus Stritch †	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Dec	45.1	Resigned	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
45.1	Resigned	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
45.1	Resigned	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Estonia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
1 Dec	76.1	Appointed	Michele de Jorio †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
76.1	Resigned	Michele de Jorio †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec		Born	Carlo Furno	Bairo Canavese	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
3 Dec	88.8	Died	Ignazio Ghiurekian †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
4 Dec	81.1	Died	Michael Felix Korum †	Bishop of Trier, Germany
6 Dec		Born	Khalil Abi-Nader †	Mtein	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Dec		Born	Georges F. Garmou †	Telfek	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Mario Giardini, B. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †	Titular Bishop of Hauara	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
31.9	Ordained Priest	Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Jules Tiberghien †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
45.7	Installed	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Dec	66.9	Appointed	Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix †	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
77.6	Appointed	Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez †	Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
55.2	Installed	Silvino Ramírez y Cueva †	Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México
10 Dec		Born	José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. †	Urrestilla, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Isabela, Philippines
11 Dec	46.7	Installed	Cesare Boccoleri †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
61.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
37.8	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Occhiuto †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
12 Dec		Born	Ignazio Cannavò	Fiumefreddo di Sicilia	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	Born	Salvatore Cassisa	Trapani	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist.	Sora, Italy	Abbot Emeritus of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
83.4	Died	James Trobec †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
16 Dec	53.6	Appointed	Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia	Apostolic Delegate to México
46.3	Appointed	Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México	Apostolic Delegate to México
17 Dec	29.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
26.7	Ordained Priest	Felice Bonomini †	Priest	Bishop of Como, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Gleumes †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
30.0	Ordained Priest	Joannes Groen, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
29.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Priest of Poitiers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
24.6	Ordained Priest	André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
	Born	Walfrido Teixeira Vieira †	Jagaquara	Bishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
18 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose †	Priest of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop
53.9	Resigned	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Administrator of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
24.6	Ordained Priest	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.6	Succeeded	Antonio Lega †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
58.6	Succeeded	Antonio Lega †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
68.9	Died	Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
19 Dec	40.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
20 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
38.9	Appointed	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
	Born	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Weatherly	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	Born	Paul Hisao Yasuda	Kurume	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
21 Dec	53.6	Appointed	Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tegea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Champavier †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Bishop of Marseille, France
	Born	Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Cañazas	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
91.3	Died	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières †	Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
67.8	Resigned	Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Edward Francis Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Plataea	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
22 Dec		Born	Reinhold Stecher †	Innsbruck	Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria
23 Dec		Born	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Prataccio (Piteglio), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
26 Dec	67.0	Died	William Bernard Kelly †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
27 Dec	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
80.4	Died	Thomas Grace †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	Born	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Alitena	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
28 Dec		Born	Leonard James Crowley †	Montréal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
29 Dec	40.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
55.2	Appointed	Carlo Cremonesi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
55.2	Appointed	Carlo Cremonesi †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus
	Born	Charles Henri Lévesque †	Saint André de Kamouraska	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
30 Dec	53.7	Installed	Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain