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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov		Born	Anthony Hampden Dickson †		Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
4 Nov	77.2	Died	Giacomo Ghio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Michael Rackl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Born	Pio Vittorio Vigo †		Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
6 Nov	53.1	Installed	Peter Leo Ireton †	Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop
	46.7	Installed	Aloisius Joseph Muench †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
8 Nov	61.8	Appointed	Aloysius Hopfgartner, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
		Born	Alfonso López Trujillo †		Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
		Born	Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. †		Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
10 Nov	30.2	Ordained Priest	Egidio Gavazzi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy
11 Nov	58.0	Appointed	Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso †	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
	58.0	Appointed	Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
		Born	John Patrick Foley †		Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	77.3	Died	Philip Richard McDevitt †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	50.9	Appointed	Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Francisco de Paula Victor †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
13 Nov	55.7	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
14 Nov		Born	Petr Esterka †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia
15 Nov	61.6	Appointed	José Alves Martins †	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	61.6	Resigned	José Alves Martins †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
	47.8	Appointed	Jozef Billiet, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Mountain Provinces (Montanosa), Philippines	Prefect Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	41.6	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
	41.6	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Macedonia	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
	42.3	Appointed	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	40.5	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
17 Nov	23.9	Ordained Priest	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Priest of Uberaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Achille Salvucci †	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
22 Nov	66.0	Died	Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Born	Alberto Setele †		Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
23 Nov		Born	Jorge Luis Lona †		Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
	67.6	Died	Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. †	Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil
25 Nov		Born	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
		Born	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
26 Nov	40.1	Appointed	Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Shillong, India	Bishop Emeritus
27 Nov	77.1	Died	Alessandro de Giorgi, O.Ss.C.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Nov		Born	Thomas Joseph O’Brien †		Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
	76.3	Died	Rufino Santos Pérez, O.E.S.A. †	Prefect Emeritus of San León del Amazonas, Peru
30 Nov	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Bishop of Manizales, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.3	Ordained Priest	John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
		Born	Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dec	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Deacon of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
1 Dec	23.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Di Lieto †	Priest of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Falconieri †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Hyakinthos Gad †	Priest of Greece (Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
		Born	João Miranda Teixeira		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
		Born	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †		Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Rovigatti †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Vicegerent
3 Dec		Born	Francisco Clavel Gil		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
5 Dec		Born	John Clement Favalora		Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
8 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Cletus Joseph Benjamin †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	24.3	Ordained Priest	John Anthony Donovan †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Howard Hodges †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Panico †	Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Frederick Reh †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
		Born	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
	61.0	Died	Giuseppe Vizzini †	Bishop of Noto, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Wright †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
9 Dec	78.3	Died	Charles Givelet, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	33.5	Appointed	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Bishop of Hakodaté, Japan	Apostolic Nuncio
	45.2	Appointed	François Person, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
	45.2	Appointed	François Person, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Paraetonium	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
	69.0	Resigned	Adolphe Rayssac, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Swatow [Shantou], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	57.0	Succeeded	Charles Vogel, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Swatow [Shantou], China	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
10 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Alex Mapunda †		Bishop Emeritus of Mbinga, Tanzania
11 Dec	58.4	Died	Guilherme Müller †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil
		Born	Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens †		Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
12 Dec	26.9	Ordained Priest	Bala Shoury Thumma †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nellore, India
13 Dec	39.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Prefect of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus
15 Dec	61.8	Died	Francesco Cammarota †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Frederico Didonet †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Dec	76.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
	64.5	Appointed	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	64.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	58.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Caccia Dominioni †	Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	61.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicola Canali †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	54.1	Appointed	Ettore Castelli †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	79.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Cattani Amadori †	Cardinal, Priest of Modigliana, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Nicola Colangelo †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Nicola Colangelo †	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Santiago Luis Copello †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Cremonesi †	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	69.1	Resigned	Carlo Cremonesi †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	Ático Eusébio da Rocha †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	52.5	Appointed	Maurice Feltin †	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	58.0	Appointed	Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil
	50.2	Appointed	Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	42.7	Appointed	Joseph Michael Gilmore †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	65.9	Appointed	Isidro Gomá y Tomás †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	65.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Isidro Gomá y Tomás †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	60.0	Appointed	Johannes Petrus Huibers †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
	42.1	Appointed	Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
	68.1	Appointed	Domenico Jorio †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	68.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Jorio †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	61.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Lapuma †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	61.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Lapuma †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	74.0	Appointed	Camillo Laurenti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	75.9	Died	Michele Lega †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Maglione †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	58.7	Resigned	Luigi Maglione †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	46.0	Appointed	Nicola Margiotta †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
	72.7	Appointed	Domenico Mariani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	72.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Mariani †	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	59.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Marmaggi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	59.2	Resigned	Francesco Marmaggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	58.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Massimo Massimi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	58.6	Resigned	Massimo Massimi †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	69.4	Appointed	Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop
	51.2	Appointed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	65.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Salotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	74.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrico Sibilia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
	52.0	Died	Alphonse John Smith †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
	50.2	Appointed	Franciszek Sonik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	50.2	Appointed	Franciszek Sonik †	Titular Bishop of Margum	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	61.6	Appointed	Emmanuel Célestin Suhard †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	61.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Emmanuel Célestin Suhard †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	56.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	62.1	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	62.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	62.1	Resigned	Federico Tedeschini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	70.7	Appointed	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
19 Dec	23.2	Ordained Priest	Marcellino Aramburu y Arandía, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
	41.4	Appointed	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	76.9	Appointed	Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
	36.2	Appointed	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.8	Appointed	Camillo Caccia Dominioni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	61.5	Appointed	Nicola Canali †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	45.4	Appointed	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	79.6	Appointed	Federico Cattani Amadori †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Priest of Modigliana, Italy
	55.9	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	69.1	Appointed	Carlo Cremonesi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Macedonia	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
	65.5	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	45.2	Appointed	Hugh Louis Lamb †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	45.2	Appointed	Hugh Louis Lamb †	Titular Bishop of Helos	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	45.5	Appointed	George Leo Leech †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Massimo Massimi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	60.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Migone †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	60.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Migone †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	45.1	Resigned	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.4	Appointed	Carlo Salotti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	56.1	Appointed	Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	47.8	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary
	45.4	Appointed	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Dec		Born	Christopher Shaman Abba †		Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
	59.7	Appointed	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	31.1	Ordained Priest	Alexander Edezath †	Priest of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Percival Joseph Fernandez		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	68.2	Appointed	Domenico Jorio †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	63.5	Appointed	Francesco Morano †	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
	64.2	Appointed	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
21 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	Julius Angerhausen †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Baggio †	Priest of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Leticia, Colombia
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Ramón Chalup †	Priest of Corrientes, Argentina	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Ioan Chertes †	Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Titular Archbishop of Cantanus
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Celestine Joseph Damiano †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	John Francis Hackett †	Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	45.8	Appointed	Anastasio Hurtado y Robles †	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Bishop Emeritus
	31.4	Ordained Priest	Matthew Kavukattu †	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	26.3	Ordained Priest	José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Priest of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	72.7	Appointed	Domenico Mariani †	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Owen McCann †	Priest of Cape Town, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph McLaughlin †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền †	Priest	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Priest of Bangkok, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Michael Rackl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	33.5	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Venezia †	Priest of Avellino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	45.4	Ceased	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Administrator of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Ettore Castelli †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Evelio Domínguez Recinos †	Priest of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Sincero Barcenilla Lucero †		Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
25 Dec	82.3	Died	João de Almeida Ferrão (Terra) †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	54.7	Succeeded	Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha †	Deacon of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Apostolic Administrator
28 Dec		Born	Ryszard Karpiński †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
29 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Elías Prado Tello †	Priest of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	56.1	Appointed	Francesco Bracci †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
31 Dec	61.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Lapuma †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	72.8	Resigned	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Edwin Regan		Bishop Emeritus of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain

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