The Year of Our Lord 1923

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Newton Holanda Gurgel Acopiara Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

Born John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. † Philadelphia Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa

2 Nov Born Carlo Curis La Maddalena, Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada

3 Nov Born Tomás Ó Fiaich † Crossmaglen Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

4 Nov 62.0 Installed Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Nov 49.1 Ordained Bishop Daniel James Gercke † Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Nov Born Demetrius Martin Greschuk † Innisfree Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada

9 Nov 54.5 Appointed Emilio Larquère, C.M. † Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia

Born Pasquale Macchi † Varese Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

51.8 Appointed Luigi Mazzini † Bishop of Anagni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Nov 73.2 Died Alfonso Andreoli † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

Born Brian Patrick Ashby † Belfast Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

40.7 Appointed James Aloysius Griffin † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

57.7 Appointed Leopold Precan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

Born Carlos Talavera Ramírez † México Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México

13 Nov 49.4 Appointed Michael Buchberger † Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

49.4 Appointed Michael Buchberger † Titular Bishop of Athribis Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

14 Nov Born Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk † Lgota Wielka Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

15 Nov 62.1 Appointed Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

16 Nov Born Ján Hirka Abramovce Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia

17 Nov Born Hubert Brandenburg † Osnabrück Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

18 Nov Born Pompeu Bezerra Bessa † Alto Santo Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

30.7 Ordained Priest José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

Born Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet † Nimes Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

20 Nov 21.4 Professed Carlo Manziana, C.O. † Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

Born Giovanni Moretti Meina, Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

21 Nov Born Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Reggio Emilia, Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iran

23 Nov 36.7 Installed Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz † Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

24 Nov 53.7 Died Vilmos Batthyány † Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

25 Nov 32.7 Ordained Priest Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kottar, India

63.9 Died Giosuè Signori † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

43.5 Ordained Bishop Severino Vieira de Melo † Bishop of Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

26 Nov Born Luigi Bettazzi Treviso Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy

77.4 Died John Gallagher † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia

27 Nov Born Franco Brambilla † Brugherio, Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia

Born Ivan Choma † Chyriv Titular Bishop of Patara

54.8 Died Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Born Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M. Zolocziw Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

29 Nov Born Augusto Lauro Tarvisio Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

Born Wolodymyr Walter Paska † Elizabeth Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

30 Nov 47.1 Ordained Bishop Serafín María Armora y González † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México

58.5 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Del Ponte † Titular Bishop of Oropus Bishop of Acqui, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil

1 Dec 55.9 Died Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

3 Dec 65.5 Died Giuseppe Moràbito † Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

Born Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † Puyang Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

6 Dec Born Anthony Francis Mestice † New York Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

8 Dec 47.8 Ordained Bishop Josip Srebrnič † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

Born Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Falealupo Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

Born Manuel Vieira Pinto São Pedro de Aboim Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique

9 Dec Born José Julio Aguilar García † Guatemala City Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

Born Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt Vesoul Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France

23.7 Ordained Priest Ruy Serra † Priest of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

11 Dec Born Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. † Ottawa, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru

58.0 Appointed Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

12 Dec Born Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. † Birmenstorf, Switzerland Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar

13 Dec Born Edward Bede Clancy Lithgow Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

15 Dec 58.5 Appointed Antonio Lippolis † Bishop of Ugento, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. Quito Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

55.1 Ordained Bishop Louis-Marie Ricard † Titular Bishop of Marciana Bishop of Nice, France

16 Dec 26.0 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Muthappa † Priest Bishop of Coimbatore, India

73.7 Died Peter Joseph O’Reilly † Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

27.3 Ordained Priest Edoardo Piana Agostinetti † Priest of Novara, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

22.8 Ordained Priest Ambrose Rayappan † Priest of Coimbatore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

19 Dec 60.3 Died Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China

51.0 Selected Ignazio Giuseppe Tommaso Staub, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

20 Dec 45.6 Appointed Vlaho Barbić † Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

45.6 Appointed Vlaho Barbić † Titular Bishop of Sura Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

38.4 Appointed António Augusto de Castro Meireles † Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Born Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Gorgo al Monticano Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

49.6 Appointed Aluigi Cossio † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy

57.8 Appointed Aurelio Galli † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State

57.8 Elevated to Cardinal Aurelio Galli † Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State

66.7 Appointed Giuseppe Gamba † Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

Born Józef Gucwa † Kąclowa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

50.1 Appointed Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

57.2 Appointed Evaristo Lucidi † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

57.2 Elevated to Cardinal Evaristo Lucidi † Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

54.2 Appointed Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. † Bishop of Volterra, Italy

Born Ignace Raad † Kafar-Nabrakh Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

47.1 Appointed Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. † Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

73.7 Appointed Michele Zezza di Zapponeta † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

73.7 Retired Michele Zezza di Zapponeta † Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

21 Dec 24.9 Ordained Priest William Otterwell Brady † Priest Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

46.2 Appointed Alexander Chulaparambil † Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India

29.1 Ordained Priest James Louis Connolly † Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Augustine Kandathil † Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India

50.9 Appointed Thomas Kurialachery † Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India

23.2 Ordained Priest José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

45.6 Appointed Francis Vazhapilly † Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India

22 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

21.5 Ordained Priest José Luis Castro Cabrera † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of San Felipe, Chile

25.9 Ordained Priest Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

29.3 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Lojali † Priest Bishop of Amelia, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Teodosio Moreno Quintana † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru

23 Dec 52.6 Appointed Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

48.2 Appointed Francis Joseph Beckman † Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

55.8 Appointed Eugène Curien † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Uberto Maria Fiodo † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

62.9 Resigned Uberto Maria Fiodo † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

39.3 Appointed Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania

39.3 Appointed Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Themiscyra Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania

46.1 Appointed Edward Daniel Howard † Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

46.1 Appointed Edward Daniel Howard † Titular Bishop of Isaura Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

46.1 Appointed Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China

46.1 Appointed Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Rhosus Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China

49.6 Appointed Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

66.0 Appointed Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize

66.0 Appointed Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Birtha Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize

49.4 Appointed Thomas O’Donnell † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

40.1 Appointed Alphonse John Smith † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

24 Dec 26.0 Ordained Priest Hugh Boyle † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

29.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Cheikho † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran

27.9 Ordained Priest Norman Thomas Gilroy † Priest of Lismore, Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

29.4 Ordained Priest Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

26 Dec 69.3 Died Michele Angelo Baldetti † Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy Bishop

29 Dec 52.8 Appointed David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

51.0 Confirmed Ignazio Giuseppe Tommaso Staub, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

30 Dec 57.8 Ordained Bishop Leopold Precan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Newton Holanda Gurgel	Acopiara	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	Born	John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. †	Philadelphia	Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
2 Nov		Born	Carlo Curis	La Maddalena, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
3 Nov		Born	Tomás Ó Fiaich †	Crossmaglen	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
4 Nov	62.0	Installed	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Daniel James Gercke †	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov		Born	Demetrius Martin Greschuk †	Innisfree	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
9 Nov	54.5	Appointed	Emilio Larquère, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia
	Born	Pasquale Macchi †	Varese	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	73.2	Died	Alfonso Andreoli †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	Born	Brian Patrick Ashby †	Belfast	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
40.7	Appointed	James Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
57.7	Appointed	Leopold Precan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	Born	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	México	Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
13 Nov	49.4	Appointed	Michael Buchberger †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
49.4	Appointed	Michael Buchberger †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
14 Nov		Born	Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk †	Lgota Wielka	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
15 Nov	62.1	Appointed	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
16 Nov		Born	Ján Hirka	Abramovce	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
17 Nov		Born	Hubert Brandenburg †	Osnabrück	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
18 Nov		Born	Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †	Alto Santo	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
30.7	Ordained Priest	José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
	Born	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Nimes	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
20 Nov	21.4	Professed	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
	Born	Giovanni Moretti	Meina, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
21 Nov		Born	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iran
23 Nov	36.7	Installed	Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
24 Nov	53.7	Died	Vilmos Batthyány †	Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
25 Nov	32.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kottar, India
63.9	Died	Giosuè Signori †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Severino Vieira de Melo †	Bishop of Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
26 Nov		Born	Luigi Bettazzi	Treviso	Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy
77.4	Died	John Gallagher †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
27 Nov		Born	Franco Brambilla †	Brugherio, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia
	Born	Ivan Choma †	Chyriv	Titular Bishop of Patara
54.8	Died	Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	Born	Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M.	Zolocziw	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
29 Nov		Born	Augusto Lauro	Tarvisio	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	Born	Wolodymyr Walter Paska †	Elizabeth	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
30 Nov	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Serafín María Armora y González †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Del Ponte †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
1 Dec	55.9	Died	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
3 Dec	65.5	Died	Giuseppe Moràbito †	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
	Born	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Puyang	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6 Dec		Born	Anthony Francis Mestice †	New York	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
8 Dec	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Josip Srebrnič †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	Born	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Falealupo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
	Born	Manuel Vieira Pinto	São Pedro de Aboim	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
9 Dec		Born	José Julio Aguilar García †	Guatemala City	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
	Born	Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt	Vesoul	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
23.7	Ordained Priest	Ruy Serra †	Priest of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Dec		Born	Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. †	Ottawa, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
58.0	Appointed	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Dec		Born	Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. †	Birmenstorf, Switzerland	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
13 Dec		Born	Edward Bede Clancy	Lithgow	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
15 Dec	58.5	Appointed	Antonio Lippolis †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Quito	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie Ricard †	Titular Bishop of Marciana	Bishop of Nice, France
16 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Muthappa †	Priest	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
73.7	Died	Peter Joseph O’Reilly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
27.3	Ordained Priest	Edoardo Piana Agostinetti †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
22.8	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Rayappan †	Priest of Coimbatore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
19 Dec	60.3	Died	Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
51.0	Selected	Ignazio Giuseppe Tommaso Staub, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
20 Dec	45.6	Appointed	Vlaho Barbić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
45.6	Appointed	Vlaho Barbić †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
38.4	Appointed	António Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	Born	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Gorgo al Monticano	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
49.6	Appointed	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Aurelio Galli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Aurelio Galli †	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
66.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Gamba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	Born	Józef Gucwa †	Kąclowa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
50.1	Appointed	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
57.2	Appointed	Evaristo Lucidi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Evaristo Lucidi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
54.2	Appointed	Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	Born	Ignace Raad †	Kafar-Nabrakh	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
47.1	Appointed	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
73.7	Appointed	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
73.7	Retired	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	William Otterwell Brady †	Priest	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
46.2	Appointed	Alexander Chulaparambil †	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
29.1	Ordained Priest	James Louis Connolly †	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Augustine Kandathil †	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India
50.9	Appointed	Thomas Kurialachery †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
23.2	Ordained Priest	José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
45.6	Appointed	Francis Vazhapilly †	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
22 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
21.5	Ordained Priest	José Luis Castro Cabrera †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
25.9	Ordained Priest	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
29.3	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Lojali †	Priest	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
23 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
48.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
55.8	Appointed	Eugène Curien †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
62.9	Resigned	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
39.3	Appointed	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
46.1	Appointed	Edward Daniel Howard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
46.1	Appointed	Edward Daniel Howard †	Titular Bishop of Isaura	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
46.1	Appointed	Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China
46.1	Appointed	Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China
49.6	Appointed	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
66.0	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
66.0	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
49.4	Appointed	Thomas O’Donnell †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
40.1	Appointed	Alphonse John Smith †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
24 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Hugh Boyle †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
29.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Cheikho †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
27.9	Ordained Priest	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Priest of Lismore, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
29.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
26 Dec	69.3	Died	Michele Angelo Baldetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy	Bishop
29 Dec	52.8	Appointed	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
51.0	Confirmed	Ignazio Giuseppe Tommaso Staub, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
30 Dec	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Precan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic