The Year of Our Lord 1963

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Nov 56.8 Appointed Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

85.0 Died Ferdinand de Piontek † Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany

3 Nov Born António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D. Quessua Bishop of Caxito, Angola

57.8 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Petralia † Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Nov 101.0 Died Alfonso Carinci † Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites

80.8 Appointed Andrien-Jean Larribeau, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Thinis Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

80.8 Retired Andrien-Jean Larribeau, M.E.P. † Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

99.7 Died Daniel Mannix † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

73.5 Succeeded Justin Daniel Simonds † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. † Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama

7 Nov 82.7 Died John Reesinck, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

72.0 Died Eduardo Tonna † Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

9 Nov 59.1 Appointed José Newton de Almeida Baptista † Bishop of Brazil, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

69.3 Resigned Jaime de Barros Câmara † Bishop of Brazil, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

53.0 Appointed Giuseppe Bonfigioli † Coadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

53.0 Appointed Giuseppe Bonfigioli † Titular Archbishop of Darnis Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

77.9 Died Antonio Farage † Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti

12 Nov 54.7 Appointed Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop

54.7 Appointed Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. † Titular Archbishop of Perge Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala

Born Herman Willebrordus Woorts Abcoude Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

13 Nov 61.9 Died Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O. † Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

14 Nov 53.2 Appointed Elías Prado Tello † Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

53.2 Appointed Elías Prado Tello † Titular Bishop of Theveste Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

15 Nov Born Alick Banda Mufulira Bishop of Ndola, Zambia

72.2 Appointed Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello † Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

72.2 Appointed Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

16 Nov 43.4 Appointed William Dunne, S.P.S. † Bishop of Kitui, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes † Bishop of Mysore, India

35.4 Appointed Alphonsus Mathias Bishop of Chikmagalur, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

17 Nov 72.5 Ordained Bishop Federico Sargolini † Titular Bishop of Lysias Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest José Joaquín Troconis Montiel Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela

18 Nov 41.3 Succeeded Luis Aponte Martínez Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

63.1 Appointed James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Benda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

63.1 Resigned James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

21 Nov Born Benedito Araújo Paço do Lumiar Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

23 Nov Born Salutaris Melchior Libena Itete Bishop of Ifakara, Tanzania

52.8 Appointed Raul Silva Silva † Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

52.8 Appointed Raul Silva Silva † Titular Bishop of Eudoxias Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

24 Nov 36.9 Ordained Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku † Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

Born Milton Kenan Júnior Taiúva Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

25 Nov 47.9 Appointed Joseph Thomas Daley † Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop

47.9 Appointed Joseph Thomas Daley † Titular Bishop of Barca Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

50.2 Appointed John Joseph Graham † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed John Joseph Graham † Titular Bishop of Sabrata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

45.5 Appointed Bernard Matthew Kelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Bernard Matthew Kelly † Titular Bishop of Tegea Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

26 Nov Born Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen Curupaity (Santa Fe) Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

29 Nov Born Anton Bal Yuri Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea

48.1 Appointed Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia Prelate of Los Ríos, Ecuador Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador

48.1 Appointed Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador

52.2 Appointed Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán † Prelate of El Oro, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

52.2 Appointed Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán † Titular Bishop of Comana Pontica Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

50.2 Appointed Carlo Martini † Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

30 Nov 25.2 Ordained Priest George Valiamattam Priest Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India

Dec 54.4 Appointed Isaac Ghattas † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

47.7 Appointed Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. † Prior General of Agostiniani Scalzi Prior General Emeritus

1 Dec 28.2 Ordained Priest João Bergese † Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

24.3 Ordained Priest Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle Priest Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala

24.8 Ordained Priest Isaías Duarte Cancino † Priest of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop of Cali, Colombia

24.7 Ordained Priest Héctor González Martínez Priest of Durango, México Archbishop

24.2 Ordained Priest Camilo Diaz Gregorio Priest of San Jose, Philippines Prelate of Batanes, Philippines

54.1 Ordained Bishop Gerard William Tickle † Titular Bishop of Bela Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

25.7 Ordained Priest Ercílio Turco Priest of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2 Dec 49.1 Appointed Joseph Aloysius Durick † Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Castra Nova Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

61.0 Resigned Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Died Louis-Sylvain Robin † Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

4 Dec Born Modeste Kambou Bouti Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso

5 Dec 63.4 Appointed Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. † Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

64.0 Died John Christopher Cody † Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada

7 Dec 60.5 Ordained Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Berrhoea Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru

46.7 Installed Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. † Prelate of Arica, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile

8 Dec 26.9 Ordained Priest Simon Atallah, O.A.M. Priest of Antonin Maronite Order Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon

56.9 Ordained Bishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

27.1 Ordained Priest Osvaldo Giuntini Priest Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil

9 Dec 49.9 Appointed Gaetano Alibrandi † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland

57.8 Appointed Egano Righi-Lambertini † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

10 Dec 76.0 Died Vincentas Borisevicius † Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

39.0 Appointed Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

39.0 Appointed Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Pyrgos Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

49.1 Appointed Justinus Darmojuwono † Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India Bishop

51.4 Appointed Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India

48.1 Appointed Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. Coadjutor Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Regiana Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia

49.3 Appointed Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bellary, India Bishop Emeritus

11 Dec 75.0 Died William MacNeely † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

12 Dec Born Andrzej Czaja Olesno-Wysoka Bishop of Opole, Poland

53.7 Appointed Francisco Maria da Silva † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

50.0 Ordained Bishop Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum Prelate of Juli, Peru

43.2 Ordained Bishop John James Ward † Titular Bishop of Bria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

17 Dec 45.3 Ordained Bishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

89.3 Appointed Patrice Flynn † Titular Bishop of Arneae Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France

89.3 Retired Patrice Flynn † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Succeeded Michel-Louis Vial † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

18 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Robert Henry Brom Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

59.5 Appointed Franco Costa † Titular Archbishop of Emmaüs Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

59.5 Resigned Franco Costa † Bishop of Crema, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Howard James Hubbard Priest of Albany, New York, USA Bishop

52.5 Appointed Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent † Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France Bishop Emeritus

19 Dec Born Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva San Martín Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina

61.5 Appointed Carlo Manziana, C.O. † Bishop of Crema, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 27.0 Ordained Priest Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a Priest Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23.7 Ordained Priest José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil

25.8 Ordained Priest Florentino Ferrer Cinense Priest Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

27.2 Ordained Priest Paulinus Costa Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

72.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

55.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Ferro † Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

26.9 Ordained Priest Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

23.6 Ordained Priest Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis Priest of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

24.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Kaithathara Priest Bishop of Gwalior, India

30.9 Ordained Priest Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Guillermo Loría Garita Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

28.0 Ordained Priest Ignatius Menezes Priest Bishop of Ajmer, India

24.2 Ordained Priest Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya Priest of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29.0 Ordained Priest Faustin Ngabu Priest Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

33.9 Ordained Priest Albert Kanene Obiefuna † Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

31.9 Ordained Priest Nicolas Okioh † Priest of Natitingou, Benin Bishop Emeritus

28.2 Ordained Priest Francisco Capiral San Diego Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines

25.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Savundaranayagam Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop

27.1 Ordained Priest Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo Priest of Masaka, Uganda Bishop of Moroto, Uganda

24.8 Ordained Priest José Mário Stroeher Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25.7 Ordained Priest Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Laurent Yapi † Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

22 Dec 25.1 Ordained Priest Pedro D. Arigo Priest Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

23 Dec 21.5 Professed Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

23.0 Ordained Priest Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Jr. Priest of Malolos, Philippines Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines

71.8 Appointed Josyf Ivanovycè Slipyj (Slipiy) † Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

25 Dec 55.5 Installed Juan Carlos Ferro † Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

26 Dec 61.4 Succeeded Giuseppe Mancuso † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Salta, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

28 Dec 70.2 Died Karel Justien Calewaert † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

47.5 Appointed Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. † Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras Prelate Emeritus

29 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti † Priest Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala

32.6 Ordained Priest Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

52.9 Ordained Bishop Raul Silva Silva † Titular Bishop of Eudoxias Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

Born David William Valencia Antonio Nagtupacan, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

30 Dec Born Vitaliy Skomarovskyi Berdychiv Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

31 Dec 50.7 Appointed Antonio del Giudice † Apostolic Internuncio to Korea Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	56.8	Appointed	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
85.0	Died	Ferdinand de Piontek †	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
3 Nov		Born	António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.	Quessua	Bishop of Caxito, Angola
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Petralia †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov	101.0	Died	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites
80.8	Appointed	Andrien-Jean Larribeau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
80.8	Retired	Andrien-Jean Larribeau, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
99.7	Died	Daniel Mannix †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
73.5	Succeeded	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
7 Nov	82.7	Died	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
72.0	Died	Eduardo Tonna †	Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Nov	59.1	Appointed	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Bishop of Brazil, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
69.3	Resigned	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Bishop of Brazil, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bonfigioli †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bonfigioli †	Titular Archbishop of Darnis	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
77.9	Died	Antonio Farage †	Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti
12 Nov	54.7	Appointed	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop
54.7	Appointed	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
	Born	Herman Willebrordus Woorts	Abcoude	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
13 Nov	61.9	Died	Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
14 Nov	53.2	Appointed	Elías Prado Tello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
53.2	Appointed	Elías Prado Tello †	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
15 Nov		Born	Alick Banda	Mufulira	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
72.2	Appointed	Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
72.2	Appointed	Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
16 Nov	43.4	Appointed	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes †	Bishop of Mysore, India
35.4	Appointed	Alphonsus Mathias	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
17 Nov	72.5	Ordained Bishop	Federico Sargolini †	Titular Bishop of Lysias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	José Joaquín Troconis Montiel	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
18 Nov	41.3	Succeeded	Luis Aponte Martínez	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
63.1	Appointed	James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Benda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
63.1	Resigned	James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
21 Nov		Born	Benedito Araújo	Paço do Lumiar	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
23 Nov		Born	Salutaris Melchior Libena	Itete	Bishop of Ifakara, Tanzania
52.8	Appointed	Raul Silva Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
52.8	Appointed	Raul Silva Silva †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
24 Nov	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
	Born	Milton Kenan Júnior	Taiúva	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Nov	47.9	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Daley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Daley †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
50.2	Appointed	John Joseph Graham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	John Joseph Graham †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
45.5	Appointed	Bernard Matthew Kelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Bernard Matthew Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Tegea	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
26 Nov		Born	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Curupaity (Santa Fe)	Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
29 Nov		Born	Anton Bal	Yuri	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
48.1	Appointed	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia	Prelate of Los Ríos, Ecuador	Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador
48.1	Appointed	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador
52.2	Appointed	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Prelate of El Oro, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
52.2	Appointed	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Titular Bishop of Comana Pontica	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
50.2	Appointed	Carlo Martini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
30 Nov	25.2	Ordained Priest	George Valiamattam	Priest	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
Dec	54.4	Appointed	Isaac Ghattas †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
47.7	Appointed	Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †	Prior General of Agostiniani Scalzi	Prior General Emeritus
1 Dec	28.2	Ordained Priest	João Bergese †	Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24.3	Ordained Priest	Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle	Priest	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala
24.8	Ordained Priest	Isaías Duarte Cancino †	Priest of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
24.7	Ordained Priest	Héctor González Martínez	Priest of Durango, México	Archbishop
24.2	Ordained Priest	Camilo Diaz Gregorio	Priest of San Jose, Philippines	Prelate of Batanes, Philippines
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Gerard William Tickle †	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
25.7	Ordained Priest	Ercílio Turco	Priest of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
61.0	Resigned	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Died	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
4 Dec		Born	Modeste Kambou	Bouti	Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso
5 Dec	63.4	Appointed	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
64.0	Died	John Christopher Cody †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
7 Dec	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Berrhoea	Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru
46.7	Installed	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Prelate of Arica, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
8 Dec	26.9	Ordained Priest	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.	Priest of Antonin Maronite Order	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
27.1	Ordained Priest	Osvaldo Giuntini	Priest	Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Gaetano Alibrandi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
57.8	Appointed	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
10 Dec	76.0	Died	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
39.0	Appointed	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
39.0	Appointed	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Pyrgos	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
49.1	Appointed	Justinus Darmojuwono †	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India	Bishop
51.4	Appointed	Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India
48.1	Appointed	Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
49.3	Appointed	Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bellary, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	75.0	Died	William MacNeely †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
12 Dec		Born	Andrzej Czaja	Olesno-Wysoka	Bishop of Opole, Poland
53.7	Appointed	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum	Prelate of Juli, Peru
43.2	Ordained Bishop	John James Ward †	Titular Bishop of Bria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Dec	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
89.3	Appointed	Patrice Flynn †	Titular Bishop of Arneae	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
89.3	Retired	Patrice Flynn †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Succeeded	Michel-Louis Vial †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
18 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Robert Henry Brom	Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
59.5	Appointed	Franco Costa †	Titular Archbishop of Emmaüs	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
59.5	Resigned	Franco Costa †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Howard James Hubbard	Priest of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop
52.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec		Born	Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva	San Martín	Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
61.5	Appointed	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	27.0	Ordained Priest	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23.7	Ordained Priest	José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
25.8	Ordained Priest	Florentino Ferrer Cinense	Priest	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
27.2	Ordained Priest	Paulinus Costa	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
72.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Ferro †	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
26.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
23.6	Ordained Priest	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis	Priest of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
24.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kaithathara	Priest	Bishop of Gwalior, India
30.9	Ordained Priest	Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J.	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Loría Garita	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
28.0	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Menezes	Priest	Bishop of Ajmer, India
24.2	Ordained Priest	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya	Priest of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29.0	Ordained Priest	Faustin Ngabu	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
33.9	Ordained Priest	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
31.9	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Okioh †	Priest of Natitingou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
28.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Capiral San Diego	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
25.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Savundaranayagam	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop
27.1	Ordained Priest	Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo	Priest of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop of Moroto, Uganda
24.8	Ordained Priest	José Mário Stroeher	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25.7	Ordained Priest	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Laurent Yapi †	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Pedro D. Arigo	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
23 Dec	21.5	Professed	Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco
23.0	Ordained Priest	Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Jr.	Priest of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
71.8	Appointed	Josyf Ivanovycè Slipyj (Slipiy) †	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25 Dec	55.5	Installed	Juan Carlos Ferro †	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
26 Dec	61.4	Succeeded	Giuseppe Mancuso †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Dec	70.2	Died	Karel Justien Calewaert †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
47.5	Appointed	Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Prelate Emeritus
29 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Priest	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
32.6	Ordained Priest	Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong †	Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Raul Silva Silva †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
	Born	David William Valencia Antonio	Nagtupacan, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
30 Dec		Born	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Berdychiv	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
31 Dec	50.7	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Internuncio to Korea	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq