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The Year of Our Lord 1955

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November to December


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Nov28.3Ordained PriestAntonio Arellano DuránPriest of San Carlos de VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
BornRafael BiernaskiBishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
46.5Ordained BishopDomenico EnriciTitular Archbishop of AncusaOfficial Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
2 NovBornAmbrose MadthaApostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
3 Nov BornJoseph Son Sam-seokBishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
4 Nov BornMauro Meacci, O.S.B.Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
5 Nov43.3AppointedAvelar Brandão VilelaArchbishop of Teresina, Piaui, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
BornMisael Vacca RamirezArchbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
56.1InstalledEnrique RauBishop of Resistencia, ArgentinaBishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
7 Nov38.2AppointedJosé de Almeida Batista PereiraBishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
BornKurt Richard BurnetteBishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
51.2AppointedCesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, ItalyAbbot Emeritus
51.2AppointedCesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of Sebaste in CiliciaAbbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
56.8AppointedPaul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
BornJoan Planellas i BarnosellArchbishop of Tarragona, Spain
57.7AppointedStanislaus TiggaCoadjutor Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, IndiaBishop
57.7AppointedStanislaus TiggaTitular Bishop of AchelousBishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
41.9AppointedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
41.9AppointedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of BennefaArchbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Nov BornEnrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B.Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
9 Nov BornJure BogdanBishop of Croatia, Military
10 Nov BornMathew Polycarpos ManakkarakavilAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
11 Nov BornGregory John MansourBishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
57.6InstalledFrancesco PennisiBishop of Ragusa, ItalyBishop Emeritus
13 Nov BornJacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S.Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
40.7Ordained BishopAristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad OlympumPrelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
40.4Ordained BishopJoseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. †Bishop of Amravati, IndiaBishop Emeritus
42.7AppointedMatija Matiša ZvekanovićAuxiliary Bishop of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, SerbiaBishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
42.7AppointedMatija Matiša ZvekanovićTitular Bishop of BurcaBishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
14 Nov83.8DiedNicolas DobrecićArchbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
BornPhilip Anthony EganBishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
45.8AppointedAntonio José PlazaArchbishop of La Plata, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
44.7SucceededAleksandar TokicArchbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
15 Nov BornJose KalluvelilBishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
BornAugustin TraoréBishop of Ségou, Mali
16 Nov BornSergio MelilloBishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
71.4DiedTheodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
19 Nov BornMiguel Maury BuendíaApostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
20 Nov43.4Ordained BishopGérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, GuineaArchbishop Emeritus
50.9Ordained BishopFrançois-Marie-Joseph PoirierArchbishop of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus
25.3Ordained PriestJosé Vittorio TommasíPriestBishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
43.2Ordained BishopIreneus Wien DudTitular Bishop of BarcususArchbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
21 Nov41.8AppointedThomas MongoAuxiliary Bishop of Douala, CameroonBishop Emeritus
41.8AppointedThomas MongoTitular Bishop of BotrianaBishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
27.5Ordained PriestBoutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
BornThomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C.Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
76.8AppointedEvangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Archbishop of BizyaArchbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
76.8RetiredEvangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Agra, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
22 Nov83.7DiedThomas ShineBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
23 Nov78.6DiedHermann Wilhelm BerningBishop of Osnabrück, Germany
59.1Ordained BishopThomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †Titular Bishop of Furnos MaiorBishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
24 Nov59.2AppointedGeorges-Stanislas-Jean BéjotAuxiliary Bishop of Reims, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1DiedLeopoldo Díaz y EscuderoBishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
42.2AppointedNarciso Jubany ArnauAuxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
42.2AppointedNarciso Jubany ArnauTitular Bishop of Orthosias in PhoeniciaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
BornFrancesco MarinoBishop of Nola, Italy
79.6DiedMichael Wasaburo UrakawaBishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
27 Nov51.2Ordained BishopCesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of Sebaste in CiliciaAbbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
28 Nov51.5AppointedGeorge Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †Bishop of Salford, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
BornDavid James OakleyBishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
54.7SucceededAmbrose RayappanArchbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
30 Nov70.8DiedJean Elie El-HageArchbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
44.9Ordained BishopPaul EtogaTitular Bishop of CyparissiaBishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
60.0AppointedCelestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †Bishop of San Marcos, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
44.9AppointedCostantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M. †Bishop of Zacapa, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
40.6AppointedLuis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
45.2Ordained BishopPaul Nguyễn Văn BìnhTitular Bishop of AgnusArchbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
49.6Ordained BishopSimon Hoà Nguyễn Văn HiềnTitular Bishop of SagalassusBishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
61.7AppointedBernard Patrick WallBishop of Brentwood, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
1 Dec42.4AppointedFrancis Anthony MarroccoAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
42.4AppointedFrancis Anthony MarroccoTitular Bishop of LimnaeBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2 Dec BornBernard Taiji KatsuyaBishop of Sapporo, Japan
48.2AppointedRamón Masnou BoixedaBishop of Vic, SpainBishop Emeritus
3 Dec84.6DiedMarcellino António Maria FrancoBishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
62.9AppointedPhilip Joseph FurlongAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.9AppointedPhilip Joseph FurlongTitular Bishop of AraxaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
50.5AppointedStephen Aloysius LevenAuxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
50.5AppointedStephen Aloysius LevenTitular Bishop of BureBishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
BornJózsef-Csaba PálBishop of Timişoara, Romania
39.9SucceededFrancisco Rendeiro, O.P. †Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, PortugalBishop of Coimbra, Portugal
4 Dec BornYaser Rasmi Hanna Al-AyyashProtosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
24.8Ordained PriestDomingo Salvador CastagnaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
BornRenato Pine MayugbaBishop of Laoag, Philippines
39.6Ordained BishopJosé Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †Bishop of Valdivia, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
8 Dec22.6Ordained PriestGiuseppe ChiarettiPriest of Spoleto, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
28.2Ordained PriestEduardo Herrera RieraPriest of Barquisimeto, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela
24.0Ordained PriestHomero Leite MeiraPriestBishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
BornMario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B.Bishop of Saitama, Japan
41.2AppointedYouhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), EgyptBishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
41.2AppointedYouhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of PhatanusBishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
25.5Ordained PriestJosé da Silva ChavesPriest of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, BrazilBishop Emeritus
47.2AppointedEustace John Smith, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, LebanonVicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.2AppointedEustace John Smith, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of Apamea CibotusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
25.4Ordained PriestAntônio Soares CostaPriest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilBishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
9 Dec83.4DiedGiuseppe NogaraArchbishop of Udine, Italy
47.4AppointedJosé Terceiro de SousaAuxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
47.4AppointedJosé Terceiro de SousaTitular Bishop of LetopolisBishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
47.4ResignedJosé Terceiro de SousaBishop of Caetité, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
12 Dec79.8DiedJean-Baptiste Claudel, C.SS.R. †Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
BornAlfred Leonhard MalumaBishop of Njombe, Tanzania
39.6InstalledJosé Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †Bishop of Valdivia, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
16 Dec BornAndrés Carrascosa CosoApostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
17 Dec26.0Ordained PriestRamón Buxarrais VenturaPriestBishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
24.5Ordained PriestOscar Rolando Cantuarias PastorPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
24.9Ordained DeaconJacques Louis Antoine Marie DavidDeacon of Luçon, FranceBishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
26.5Ordained PriestMiguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
26.6Ordained PriestMichael Bosco DuraisamyPriestBishop of Salem, India
25.9Ordained DeaconAndrea Maria Erba, B. †Deacon of Clerics Regular of St. PaulBishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
25.7Ordained PriestFrancis Joseph GossmanPriest of Baltimore, Maryland, USABishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
27.6Ordained PriestFrançois GourguillonPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
24.4Ordained PriestPiotr HemperekPriest of Lublin, PolandAuxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
27.9Ordained PriestJosé Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
29.0Ordained DeaconAntuvan MarovitchDeacon of Constantinople, TurkeyVicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
27.1Ordained PriestSilas Silvius NjiruPriest of Meru, KenyaBishop Emeritus
24.8Ordained DeaconBernard Louis Auguste Paul PanafieuDeacon of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
45.9InstalledAntonio José PlazaArchbishop of La Plata, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
76.6DiedFrancis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
26.9Ordained PriestAntonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoCardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
25.5Ordained PriestWilliam Joseph WinterPriest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec60.8AppointedLorenzo Bereciartúa y BalerdiBishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, SpainBishop of San Sebastián, Spain
19 Dec51.9AppointedMiguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, VenezuelaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
51.9AppointedMiguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of DolicheVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
50.2AppointedArgimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, VenezuelaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.2AppointedArgimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of CoropissusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela
57.9AppointedPablo Gúrpide BeopeBishop of Bilbao, Spain
47.3AppointedJohn Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
47.3AppointedJohn Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of AspendusBishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
41.1AppointedAndré Perraudin, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi, RwandaBishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
41.1AppointedAndré Perraudin, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of CataquasBishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
45.3AppointedClaude Rolland, M.S. †Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
20 Dec25.9Ordained PriestJames Masilamony Arul DasPriest of Ootacamund, IndiaArchbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
50.6AppointedLuis BaccinoBishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
56.2AppointedJosé Maria CavalleroBishop of Melo, UruguayBishop of Minas, Uruguay
60.0AppointedMiguel Darío Miranda y GómezCoadjutor Archbishop of México, Federal DistrictCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
60.0AppointedMiguel Darío Miranda y GómezTitular Archbishop of SelymbriaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
24.7Ordained PriestPeter Paul PrabhuPriest of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), IndiaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Zimbabwe
54.8ResignedRoberto RoncaPrelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, ItalyPrelate Emeritus
21 Dec24.5Ordained PriestLaurence ForristalPriest of Ossory, IrelandBishop Emeritus
27.2Ordained PriestKuriakose KunnacherryPriest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
27.9Ordained PriestMaurice Rigobert Marie-SaintePriest of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus
29.2Ordained PriestAlbert NdongmoPriest of Nkongsamba, CameroonBishop Emeritus
25.8Ordained PriestRobert John RosePriest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
22 Dec46.3AppointedJohn Louis MorkovskyAuxiliary Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
46.3AppointedJohn Louis MorkovskyTitular Bishop of HieronBishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
23 Dec70.4ResignedFrançois Faroud, S.M.A. †Prefect of Parakou, BeninPrefect Emeritus
BornLuiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
24 Dec24.6Ordained PriestJoseph Wang Yu-jungPriest of Taipei, TaiwanBishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
25 Dec BornRobert Christopher NdlovuArchbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
26 Dec BornEnrique Esteban DelgadoAuxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
76.8DiedJohn A. Wall, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Kodok, Sudan
27 Dec57.4DiedHugh John O’NeillCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand
28 DecBornEnrique de Vera MacaraegBishop of Tarlac, Philippines
29 Dec27.4ProfessedRonald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictBishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
31 Dec BornJaime SotoBishop of Sacramento, California, USA

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