The Year of Our Lord 1931

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Nov 81.3 Died Bartolomeo Lagumina † Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

3 Nov Born Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † Buenos Aires Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

Born Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. Nguntaranadi Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia

4 Nov Born Bernard Francis Law Torreón, México Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

5 Nov 66.4 Died Bl. Guido Maria Conforti † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

8 Nov 48.4 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

49.0 Ordained Bishop Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

11 Nov Born Antônio Gaspar São Paulo Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

13 Nov Born José María Libório Camino Saracho Santurce, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

35.3 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Magenties † Superior of Tali [Dali], China Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China

Born Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Trieste Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

51.0 Appointed Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

51.0 Appointed Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Eleutherna Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

14 Nov 61.5 Installed Karel Boromejský Kaspar † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

15 Nov 47.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Mantiero † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop Amedeo Polidori † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

18 Nov Born Miguel Gatan Purugganan Cabagan Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines

20 Nov 52.6 Appointed Félix Hedde, O.P. † Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam

39.8 Appointed Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. † Superior of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China Prefect of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China

21 Nov Born Patrick Dougherty Kensington Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia

22 Nov Born Generoso C. Camiña, P.M.E. † Leon Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines

Born Antons Justs Varaklani Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia

37.9 Appointed Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

37.9 Ordained Bishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

62.6 Ordained Bishop Maurizio Picha † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

54.1 Ordained Bishop Antonin Alois Weber † Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic Bishop Emeritus

23 Nov 45.2 Died Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China

24 Nov Born Umberto Tramma † Napoli Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

26 Nov Born Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. Navalmanzano Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

Born Adrianus Johannes Simonis Lisse Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

27 Nov 76.7 Died Jean-Marie Bourchany † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

36.4 Appointed Luis Guízar y Barragán † Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

28 Nov Born José Antonio Gentico † Arnedo, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Born Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit Huaphai Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand

29 Nov 75.6 Died Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong † Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

77.1 Died Franz Borgia Sedej † Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

30 Nov Born Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja † Surakarta Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

74.5 Died Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

59.1 Installed Louis-Joseph Gaillard † Archbishop of Tours, France

24.8 Ordained Priest Edmondo Quaglia Martínez † Priest Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

23.1 Ordained Priest Albert Reuben Edward Thomas † Priest of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia

Born Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. Devender, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dec 66.6 Resigned Stanislaw Gall † Bishop of Poland, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

2 Dec Born Homero Leite Meira Brumado Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Baia, Brazil

Born Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Rios dos Cedros Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

3 Dec 36.8 Appointed George Marin, S.J. † Prefect of Süchow, China Prefect Emeritus

5 Dec Appointed Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F. † Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}

6 Dec 51.2 Ordained Bishop Domenico Argnani † Bishop of Conversano, Italy Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy

Born Kamal Hanna Bathish Nazareth Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

51.0 Ordained Bishop Nicolò Frazioli † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

24.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark McShea † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

51.2 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires † Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Priest Giacomo Testa † Priest of Bergamo, Italy President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

7 Dec Born Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk Seoul Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

67.3 Died Karl Fritz † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Born Giuseppe Nardin † Faver Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

8 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest John Patrick Cody † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

47.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Marie Durieux † Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Chambéry, France

23.7 Ordained Priest Bernard Joseph Flanagan † Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

44.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Giorgis † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop of Susa, Italy

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

27.3 Ordained Priest Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

10 Dec Born Joseph Peter O’Connell Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

11 Dec 48.1 Appointed Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

13 Dec Born James Henry Garland Wilmington Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

46.1 Ordained Bishop Antônio Reis † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

14 Dec 50.0 Appointed Leon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China Bishop of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China

50.0 Appointed Leon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China

32.6 Appointed René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

32.6 Appointed René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Born René Lucien Picandet † Durdat-Larequille Bishop of Orléans, France

38.2 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

38.2 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

50.2 Appointed Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

50.2 Appointed Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Petinessus Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

15 Dec 52.1 Appointed Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Castoria Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia

78.3 Died Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

55.5 Appointed Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada

55.5 Appointed Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 47.1 Appointed Adriano Bernareggi † Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy Bishop

47.1 Appointed Adriano Bernareggi † Titular Bishop of Nyssa Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

62.1 Appointed Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy Bishop

17 Dec 47.5 Installed Pierre-Marie Durieux † Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Chambéry, France

Born Fernando Legal, S.D.B. São Paulo Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.7 Installed Filippo Mantini † Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy

18 Dec 85.9 Died Louis Billot, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus

43.2 Appointed Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

48.3 Succeeded Henricus Lamiroy † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

56.2 Appointed William Lee † Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain

61.4 Appointed Ambrose James Moriarty † Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop

61.4 Appointed Ambrose James Moriarty † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

62.1 Appointed Alessandro Pasquel † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

84.3 Died Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

19 Dec 27.8 Ordained Priest Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

22.9 Ordained Priest Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya

23.2 Ordained Priest Bernard Czaplinski † Priest of Chelmno (Culma), Poland Bishop

59.6 Appointed Elia Dalla Costa † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

20 Dec Born Eugene Jerome Cooney Medicine Hat Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

25.5 Ordained Priest John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. † Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

23.8 Ordained Priest Delfín Quesada Castro † Priest Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

21 Dec 52.1 Appointed Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia

Born Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. St. Johan in Tirol, Austria Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile

23 Dec Born Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. Santibáñez de Tera, Spain Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina

24 Dec 88.0 Died Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

25 Dec Born Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki Mwala Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

64.2 Died Luigi Scarano † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

26 Dec 82.9 Died Domenico Mannaioli † Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy

27 Dec 47.3 Installed Antonio Mantiero † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

28 Dec Born Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. † Itajobi Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Kuo Joshih † Priest of Other Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

31 Dec Born Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. Iconha Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	81.3	Died	Bartolomeo Lagumina †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
3 Nov		Born	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Buenos Aires	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	Born	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F.	Nguntaranadi	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
4 Nov		Born	Bernard Francis Law	Torreón, México	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
5 Nov	66.4	Died	Bl. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
8 Nov	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
11 Nov		Born	Antônio Gaspar	São Paulo	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Nov		Born	José María Libório Camino Saracho	Santurce, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
35.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Magenties †	Superior of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
	Born	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Trieste	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
51.0	Appointed	Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
51.0	Appointed	Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
14 Nov	61.5	Installed	Karel Boromejský Kaspar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
15 Nov	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov		Born	Miguel Gatan Purugganan	Cabagan	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
20 Nov	52.6	Appointed	Félix Hedde, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam
39.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Superior of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Prefect of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China
21 Nov		Born	Patrick Dougherty	Kensington	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
22 Nov		Born	Generoso C. Camiña, P.M.E. †	Leon	Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines
	Born	Antons Justs	Varaklani	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia
37.9	Appointed	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
37.9	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
62.6	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Picha †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
23 Nov	45.2	Died	Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
24 Nov		Born	Umberto Tramma †	Napoli	Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
26 Nov		Born	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F.	Navalmanzano	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	Born	Adrianus Johannes Simonis	Lisse	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
27 Nov	76.7	Died	Jean-Marie Bourchany †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
36.4	Appointed	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
28 Nov		Born	José Antonio Gentico †	Arnedo, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Born	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Huaphai	Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
29 Nov	75.6	Died	Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
77.1	Died	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
30 Nov		Born	Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja †	Surakarta	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
74.5	Died	Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
59.1	Installed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
24.8	Ordained Priest	Edmondo Quaglia Martínez †	Priest	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
23.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Reuben Edward Thomas †	Priest of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
	Born	Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm.	Devender, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dec	66.6	Resigned	Stanislaw Gall †	Bishop of Poland, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
2 Dec		Born	Homero Leite Meira	Brumado	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Baia, Brazil
	Born	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Rios dos Cedros	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Dec	36.8	Appointed	George Marin, S.J. †	Prefect of Süchow, China	Prefect Emeritus
5 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F. †	Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
6 Dec	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Argnani †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	Born	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Nazareth	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
24.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark McShea †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Assis Pires †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Testa †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
7 Dec		Born	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Seoul	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
67.3	Died	Karl Fritz †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	Born	Giuseppe Nardin †	Faver	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
8 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Cody †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
23.7	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
47.2	Died	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
27.3	Ordained Priest	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
10 Dec		Born	Joseph Peter O’Connell	Melbourne	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
11 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
13 Dec		Born	James Henry Garland	Wilmington	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Reis †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Dec	50.0	Appointed	Leon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China	Bishop of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
50.0	Appointed	Leon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
32.6	Appointed	René Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
32.6	Appointed	René Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	Born	René Lucien Picandet †	Durdat-Larequille	Bishop of Orléans, France
38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
50.2	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
50.2	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Petinessus	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
15 Dec	52.1	Appointed	Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
78.3	Died	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop
47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
62.1	Appointed	Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy	Bishop
17 Dec	47.5	Installed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	Born	Fernando Legal, S.D.B.	São Paulo	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.7	Installed	Filippo Mantini †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
18 Dec	85.9	Died	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
43.2	Appointed	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
48.3	Succeeded	Henricus Lamiroy †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
56.2	Appointed	William Lee †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
61.4	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
61.4	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
62.1	Appointed	Alessandro Pasquel †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
84.3	Died	Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
19 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
22.9	Ordained Priest	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
23.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Czaplinski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma), Poland	Bishop
59.6	Appointed	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
20 Dec		Born	Eugene Jerome Cooney	Medicine Hat	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
25.5	Ordained Priest	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
23.8	Ordained Priest	Delfín Quesada Castro †	Priest	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
21 Dec	52.1	Appointed	Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	Born	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.	St. Johan in Tirol, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
23 Dec		Born	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.	Santibáñez de Tera, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
24 Dec	88.0	Died	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Dec		Born	Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki	Mwala	Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
64.2	Died	Luigi Scarano †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
26 Dec	82.9	Died	Domenico Mannaioli †	Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
27 Dec	47.3	Installed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
28 Dec		Born	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Itajobi	Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kuo Joshih †	Priest of Other	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
31 Dec		Born	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D.	Iconha	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

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