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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	73.5	Died	Joseph Matocha †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
4 Nov	81.8	Died	Thomas Edward Flynn †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
6 Nov	59.0	Appointed	Leopoldo A. Arcaira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
	59.0	Appointed	Leopoldo A. Arcaira †	Titular Bishop of Acrassus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
7 Nov		Appointed	Juan Albacete, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
	65.7	Died	Michael Keller †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
	90.0	Died	Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière †	Bishop Emeritus of Monaco
9 Nov	49.4	Appointed	Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
	50.7	Appointed	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	50.7	Appointed	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
11 Nov	68.8	Confirmed	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	38.3	Appointed	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Théophile Mbemba †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop
	44.5	Appointed	Théophile Mbemba †	Titular Archbishop of Tubia	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
	42.6	Installed	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
12 Nov	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Marchioni †	Titular Archbishop of Severiana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
	74.2	Died	Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S. †	Prefect of Yixian [Yihsien], China
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Mbali †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Carmine Rocco †	Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Nov	51.7	Appointed	Pawel Latusek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	51.7	Appointed	Pawel Latusek †	Titular Bishop of Anineta	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
		Born	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Zumárraga	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
15 Nov		Born	Anthony Poola	Poluru	Bishop of Kurnool, India
16 Nov	57.9	Died	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
18 Nov	87.4	Died	Ferdinando Bernardi †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	50.1	Installed	Ricardo Rösch †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
20 Nov	48.7	Appointed	Jan Wladyslaw Oblak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	48.7	Appointed	Jan Wladyslaw Oblak †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	47.5	Appointed	Jan Wosinski †	Apostolic Administrator of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Jan Wosinski †	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
21 Nov	48.5	Installed	Walter William Curtis †	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
23 Nov		Born	Anton Cosa	Valea Mare, Romania	Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova
24 Nov	44.1	Appointed	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianotherae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	57.4	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	57.4	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
25 Nov	44.6	Appointed	José Pedro da Silva †	Coadjutor Bishop of Goa e Damão, India	Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
26 Nov		Born	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Nandon	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Titular Archbishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ecuador
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Hofmann †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
	67.3	Appointed	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Titular Bishop of Blaundus	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
	67.3	Resigned	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
	78.3	Died	Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
28 Nov	47.1	Succeeded	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Titular Bishop of Arneae	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
	64.7	Resigned	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	49.3	Appointed	Aldo Forzoni †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	53.3	Appointed	Corrado Ursi †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1 Dec	49.7	Appointed	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	49.7	Appointed	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Dec	26.6	Ordained Priest	Luc Julian Matthys	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
3 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv.	Dong Nai, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Sante Portalupi †	Titular Archbishop of Christopolis	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Born	João Santos Cardoso	Dário Meira	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sibomana †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Geraldo Vieira Gusmão	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
4 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Vincent Michael Concessao	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
	60.2	Appointed	Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
	42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
		Born	Jean Claude Randrianarisoa	Nandihizana Carion	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
5 Dec	41.6	Selected	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	41.1	Selected	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
	62.2	Appointed	Athanasios Toutoungi †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Dec	76.2	Died	Michal Buzalka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia
	75.5	Appointed	Auguste Jauffrés †	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
	75.5	Retired	Auguste Jauffrés †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France	Bishop Emeritus
	83.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Titular Bishop of Serrae	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
	83.8	Retired	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Oldani †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	51.9	Succeeded	Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Alibrandi †	Titular Archbishop of Binda	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Dadaglio †	Titular Archbishop of Lerus	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Roberto Gomes Guimarães	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	71.9	Died	Francis Patrick Keough †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Alexius Obabu Makozi	Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Pieschl	Priest of Limburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Prinetto †	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Vittore Ugo Righi †	Titular Archbishop of Bilta	Official of the Secretariat of State
	63.7	Succeeded	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.8	Installed	Manuel Tato †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
10 Dec	55.1	Succeeded	Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	31.5	Ordained Priest	Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
	85.6	Died	Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Anárghyros Printesis †	Priest	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
11 Dec	50.1	Appointed	Artemio G. Casas †	Bishop of Imus, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
	49.6	Appointed	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
	58.4	Appointed	Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat †	Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Manuel P. Del Rosario †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Charles Alexander K. Salatka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	43.8	Appointed	Charles Alexander K. Salatka †	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
12 Dec	53.7	Appointed	Antoine Léon Louis Caillot †	Coadjutor Bishop of Evreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	Antoine Léon Louis Caillot †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France
13 Dec	66.4	Died	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Peter James Cullinane	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
	44.4	Succeeded	José Léon Rojas Chaparro †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
14 Dec		Born	Pauly Kannookadan	Kuzhikattussery	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabarese), India
	46.3	Appointed	Antonio López Aviña †	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
15 Dec	52.3	Appointed	Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	61.1	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	49.7	Appointed	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
17 Dec	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Janusz Bolonek	Priest of Łódź, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Titular Archbishop of Apollonia	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Pinci †	Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Panama
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Andrzej Józef Sliwinski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
19 Dec		Born	Soane Patita Paini Mafi	Nuku'alofa	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
20 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas George Doran	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Adrian Leo Doyle	Priest of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop
	26.0	Ordained Priest	John Clement Favalora	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
		Born	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Mexicali	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Edward Urban Kmiec	Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	25.5	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Levada	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Kevin Michael Manning	Priest of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Priest	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
	24.8	Ordained Priest	John George Vlazny	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
21 Dec	31.6	Ordained Priest	Pius Suh Awa	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer †	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Josef Cordes	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Emile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P.	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lin Thien-chu †	Priest of Kiayi, Taiwan	Bishop
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Titular Bishop of Amblada	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
	61.6	Appointed	Anton Vovk †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Zoa †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
22 Dec	89.6	Died	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	44.0	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
	43.3	Appointed	Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
	43.3	Appointed	Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
	67.5	Resigned	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	48.3	Appointed	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	39.6	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Peramiho, Tanzania	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	39.6	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Rubén López Ardón	Priest of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.2	Appointed	Henri Véniat, S.J. †	Bishop of Fort-Archambault, Chad	Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad
23 Dec	25.6	Ordained Priest	Hugo Barrantes Ureña	Priest of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Sinésio Bohn	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba	Priest of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Succeeded	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	49.8	Appointed	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	49.8	Appointed	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Dadeus Grings	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop
	97.7	Died	Emanuele Mignone †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Oscar Páez Garcete	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Petit Vergel	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Vicente Salgado y Garrucho †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop
	25.8	Ordained Priest	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Priest of Santa Fe, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso	Priest	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
24 Dec	33.7	Ordained Priest	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
	41.1	Appointed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
	41.1	Confirmed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Claude Feidt	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Guido Plante, P.M.E.	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
25 Dec	89.6	Died	Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón Chávez, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
27 Dec	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Willem Maria Bluijssen	Titular Bishop of Aëtus	Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Dacoury-Tabley	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Grégoire †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
28 Dec	54.6	Appointed	Émile André Jean-Marie Maury †	Apostolic Internuncio to Sénégal	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
30 Dec		Born	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.	Daugavpils	Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia
31 Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Nestor Celestial Cariño	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Guido Del Mestri †	Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Felice Pirozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia