The Year of Our Lord 1952

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 22.5 Professed Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. † Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

53.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Carraro † Titular Bishop of Usula Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

2 Nov Born Edmond Jitangar Bekoro Bishop of Sarh, Chad

3 Nov Born José Edson Santana de Oliveira Bishop of Eunápolis, Baia, Brazil

5 Nov Born Cyryl Klimowicz Amangeldi, Kazakhstan Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation

7 Nov 49.9 Appointed René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. † Prefect of Fort Rosebery, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia

Appointed John P'ing Ta-kuam, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Tsinan [Jinan], China

51.4 Installed Joseph Wendel † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

9 Nov Born David Laurin Ricken Dodge City, KS Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

10 Nov Born Elizeu de Morais Pimentel † Quatiguá Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

11 Nov 53.0 Appointed Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

52.0 Died Bl. Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P. † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

50.8 Succeeded Giacomo Cannonero † Bishop of Asti, Italy

26.0 Professed Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia

47.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Michael McGee † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Enrico Nicodemo † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

13 Nov 65.3 Appointed Louis Mathias, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

15 Nov 56.7 Appointed Thomas Aloysius Boland † Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Died Gennaro Fenizia † Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

Born Christopher Kakooza Lusaze Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda

16 Nov 71.9 Died James Augustine McFadden † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

60.7 Succeeded Emmet Michael Walsh † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

18 Nov 81.4 Died John Thomas McNally † Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Born Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil Elanjy Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

20 Nov 52.2 Ordained Bishop Michael Alphonsus Harrington † Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

21 Nov 77.2 Died Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Born Mykola Simkaylo Karaganda, Kazakhstan Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

23 Nov 45.2 Ordained Bishop Ramón Masnou Boixeda † Titular Bishop of Caeciri Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain

Born Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. Lucerna Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

24 Nov 71.9 Appointed Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Archbishop of Mocissus Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

71.9 Resigned Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Died Georges Six, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25 Nov Born Daniel Adwok Atar Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan

51.1 Appointed Danio Bolognini † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

27 Nov 42.7 Appointed Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles

42.7 Appointed Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Cyparissia Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles

41.1 Appointed Celestine Joseph Damiano † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

41.1 Appointed Celestine Joseph Damiano † Apostolic Delegate to South Africa Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

38.5 Appointed Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Bita Administrator of Pando, Bolivia

82.7 Died René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

28 Nov 51.7 Appointed Joseph Zimmermann † Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Joseph Zimmermann † Titular Bishop of Cerynia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

29 Nov 60.0 Appointed Józef Gawlina † Titular Archbishop of Madytus Bishop Emeritus of Poland, Military

30 Nov 44.8 Ordained Bishop Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena † Titular Bishop of Pionia Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

25.1 Ordained Priest José Goncalves Heleno Priest Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

26.8 Ordained Priest Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

42.2 Ordained Bishop Angel Temiño Sáiz † Bishop of Orense, Spain Bishop Emeritus

Dec 77.6 Died Valeriu Traian Frentiu † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

72.6 Resigned Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. † Vicar Apostolic of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Dec 72.3 Died Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. † Bishop of Szepingkai [Siping], China

2 Dec 90.7 Died Jean-Arthur Chollet † Archbishop of Cambrai, France

Born José Antonio Fernández Hurtado Morelia Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

61.2 Succeeded Emile Maurice Guerry † Archbishop of Cambrai, France Archbishop Emeritus

3 Dec 33.0 Ordained Priest Henrique Froehlich, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

58.1 Appointed Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † Apostolic Internuncio to India Official of the Secretariat of State

4 Dec 48.3 Appointed Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Valledupar, Colombia Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

6 Dec 53.8 Appointed Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Archbishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

73.7 Resigned Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. † Abbot of Peramiho, Tanzania Abbot Emeritus

7 Dec 42.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Arattukulam † Bishop of Alleppey, India Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Alexander Edezath † Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

8 Dec Born João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. Guaratinguetá Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

27.7 Ordained Priest Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

27.1 Ordained Priest Francisco Manuel Vieira Priest of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

9 Dec Born Ludovic Minde, O.S.S. Kibosho Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania

80.5 Died Giuseppe Nogara † Archbishop of Udine, Italy

10 Dec 41.0 Appointed John Francis Hackett † Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

41.0 Appointed John Francis Hackett † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

11 Dec 47.7 Appointed Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone

48.0 Appointed Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. † Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho

40.0 Appointed Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru

40.0 Appointed Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Prusa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru

41.8 Appointed Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa † Bishop of Sapporo, Japan Bishop Emeritus

12 Dec 51.1 Ordained Bishop Rubén Odio Herrera † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

Born Rosario Pio Ramolo, O.F.M. Cap. Limosano Bishop of Goré, Chad

13 Dec 58.6 Appointed Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes † Auxiliary Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal Bishop

58.6 Appointed Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

66.0 Appointed Francis Arthur Carvalho † Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Francis Arthur Carvalho † Titular Bishop of Demetrias Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

14 Dec Born Andrzej Dziega Radzyn Podlaski Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

15 Dec 84.1 Died Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Born Eusebio Ramos Morales Maunabo Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico

31.3 Ordained Priest Daniel Tji Hak Soun † Priest Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)

17 Dec 63.1 Appointed Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montevergine, Italy

18 Dec 51.5 Appointed Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo † Bishop of Pereira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Bishop of Palmira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

36.7 Appointed Rubén Isaza Restrepo † Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

36.7 Appointed Rubén Isaza Restrepo † Titular Bishop of Badiae Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

54.8 Appointed José de Jesús Martinez Vargas † Bishop of Armenia, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Appointed Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

19 Dec Born Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. Bingerville Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

20 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Robert Joseph Banks Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

29.1 Ordained Priest Hubert Brandenburg Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

23.4 Ordained Priest Raúl Arsenio Casado Priest of Salta, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

25.1 Ordained Priest Daniel Anthony Cronin Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

29.4 Ordained Priest Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu Priest of Masaka, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda

27.8 Ordained Priest Jean-Georges Deledicque † Priest of Lille, France Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France

27.8 Ordained Priest Alexandre do Nascimento Priest of Malanje, Angola Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

77.6 Died Joseph Gionali (Gjonali) † Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania

25.0 Ordained Priest José Ivo Lorscheiter † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25.2 Ordained Priest Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero Priest of Lima, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.9 Ordained Priest Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia

21 Dec 29.0 Ordained Priest Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi † Priest Bishop of Sokodé, Togo

Born Renato Boccardo S. Ambrogio Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

25.2 Ordained Priest Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

28.4 Ordained Priest Vincent Mensah Priest Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin

26.5 Ordained Priest Robert Sastre † Priest of Lokossa, Benin Bishop

34.0 Ordained Priest Joseph S. Thumma † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India

22 Dec 47.2 Appointed Isidor Markus Emanuel † Bishop of Speyer, Germany Bishop Emeritus

Born Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Goa-Daman Bishop of Sindhudurg, India

Born Stephen Lepcha Suruk Bishop of Darjeeling, India

37.0 Appointed Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † Coadjutor Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

37.0 Appointed Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Messene Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

24 Dec Born Peter Forsyth Christensen Pasadena, CA Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Born Luíz Carlos Eccel Brusque Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Born Anastase Mutabazi Birenga Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

25 Dec 27.5 Ordained Priest Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military

27 Dec 33.5 Appointed Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

33.5 Appointed Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Titular Bishop of Zapara Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

41.9 Appointed Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

49.9 Ordained Bishop Antoni Pawlowski † Bishop of Włocławek, Poland

28 Dec 64.7 Died Carlo Agostini † Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

59.2 Appointed Luigi Carlo Borromeo † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

66.3 Appointed Paolo Rota † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

31 Dec Born José de Lanza Neto Pirangi Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

45.9 Appointed Artemio Prati † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Appointed Antonio Tani † Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy

64.1 Resigned Antonio Tani † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	22.5	Professed	Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Carraro †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
2 Nov		Born	Edmond Jitangar	Bekoro	Bishop of Sarh, Chad
3 Nov		Born	José Edson Santana de Oliveira		Bishop of Eunápolis, Baia, Brazil
5 Nov		Born	Cyryl Klimowicz	Amangeldi, Kazakhstan	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
7 Nov	49.9	Appointed	René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Fort Rosebery, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia
	Appointed	John P'ing Ta-kuam, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Tsinan [Jinan], China
51.4	Installed	Joseph Wendel †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
9 Nov		Born	David Laurin Ricken	Dodge City, KS	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
10 Nov		Born	Elizeu de Morais Pimentel †	Quatiguá	Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
11 Nov	53.0	Appointed	Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
52.0	Died	Bl. Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
50.8	Succeeded	Giacomo Cannonero †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
26.0	Professed	Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Michael McGee †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Enrico Nicodemo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
13 Nov	65.3	Appointed	Louis Mathias, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
15 Nov	56.7	Appointed	Thomas Aloysius Boland †	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Died	Gennaro Fenizia †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
	Born	Christopher Kakooza	Lusaze	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda
16 Nov	71.9	Died	James Augustine McFadden †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
60.7	Succeeded	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
18 Nov	81.4	Died	John Thomas McNally †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	Born	Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil	Elanjy	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
20 Nov	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Alphonsus Harrington †	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
21 Nov	77.2	Died	Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	Born	Mykola Simkaylo	Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Nov	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Masnou Boixeda †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain
	Born	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Lucerna	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
24 Nov	71.9	Appointed	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
71.9	Resigned	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Died	Georges Six, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Nov		Born	Daniel Adwok	Atar	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
51.1	Appointed	Danio Bolognini †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
27 Nov	42.7	Appointed	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
42.7	Appointed	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
41.1	Appointed	Celestine Joseph Damiano †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
41.1	Appointed	Celestine Joseph Damiano †	Apostolic Delegate to South Africa	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
38.5	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
82.7	Died	René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
28 Nov	51.7	Appointed	Joseph Zimmermann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Joseph Zimmermann †	Titular Bishop of Cerynia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
29 Nov	60.0	Appointed	Józef Gawlina †	Titular Archbishop of Madytus	Bishop Emeritus of Poland, Military
30 Nov	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
25.1	Ordained Priest	José Goncalves Heleno	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.8	Ordained Priest	Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Angel Temiño Sáiz †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
Dec	77.6	Died	Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
72.6	Resigned	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Dec	72.3	Died	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Szepingkai [Siping], China
2 Dec	90.7	Died	Jean-Arthur Chollet †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	Born	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Morelia	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
61.2	Succeeded	Emile Maurice Guerry †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Dec	33.0	Ordained Priest	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
58.1	Appointed	Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Internuncio to India	Official of the Secretariat of State
4 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Valledupar, Colombia	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
6 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Archbishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
73.7	Resigned	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Peramiho, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
7 Dec	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Arattukulam †	Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Edezath †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec		Born	João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.	Guaratinguetá	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
27.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
27.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Manuel Vieira	Priest of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Dec		Born	Ludovic Minde, O.S.S.	Kibosho	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
80.5	Died	Giuseppe Nogara †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
10 Dec	41.0	Appointed	John Francis Hackett †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
41.0	Appointed	John Francis Hackett †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
11 Dec	47.7	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
48.0	Appointed	Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
40.0	Appointed	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
40.0	Appointed	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
41.8	Appointed	Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa †	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Odio Herrera †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
	Born	Rosario Pio Ramolo, O.F.M. Cap.	Limosano	Bishop of Goré, Chad
13 Dec	58.6	Appointed	Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop
58.6	Appointed	Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
66.0	Appointed	Francis Arthur Carvalho †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Francis Arthur Carvalho †	Titular Bishop of Demetrias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
14 Dec		Born	Andrzej Dziega	Radzyn Podlaski	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
15 Dec	84.1	Died	Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	Born	Eusebio Ramos Morales	Maunabo	Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico
31.3	Ordained Priest	Daniel Tji Hak Soun †	Priest	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)
17 Dec	63.1	Appointed	Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy
18 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo †	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
36.7	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
36.7	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
54.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
19 Dec		Born	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.	Bingerville	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
20 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Robert Joseph Banks	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
29.1	Ordained Priest	Hubert Brandenburg	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
23.4	Ordained Priest	Raúl Arsenio Casado	Priest of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
25.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel Anthony Cronin	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
29.4	Ordained Priest	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu	Priest of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
27.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Georges Deledicque †	Priest of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
27.8	Ordained Priest	Alexandre do Nascimento	Priest of Malanje, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
77.6	Died	Joseph Gionali (Gjonali) †	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
25.0	Ordained Priest	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25.2	Ordained Priest	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
21 Dec	29.0	Ordained Priest	Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi †	Priest	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
	Born	Renato Boccardo	S. Ambrogio	Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
25.2	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
28.4	Ordained Priest	Vincent Mensah	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
26.5	Ordained Priest	Robert Sastre †	Priest of Lokossa, Benin	Bishop
34.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph S. Thumma †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
22 Dec	47.2	Appointed	Isidor Markus Emanuel †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto	Goa-Daman	Bishop of Sindhudurg, India
	Born	Stephen Lepcha	Suruk	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
37.0	Appointed	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
37.0	Appointed	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
24 Dec		Born	Peter Forsyth Christensen	Pasadena, CA	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Luíz Carlos Eccel	Brusque	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	Born	Anastase Mutabazi	Birenga	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
25 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
27 Dec	33.5	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
33.5	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
41.9	Appointed	Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Pawlowski †	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
28 Dec	64.7	Died	Carlo Agostini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
59.2	Appointed	Luigi Carlo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
66.3	Appointed	Paolo Rota †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
31 Dec		Born	José de Lanza Neto	Pirangi	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.9	Appointed	Artemio Prati †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Appointed	Antonio Tani †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
64.1	Resigned	Antonio Tani †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus

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