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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	62.0	Appointed	Georges Jacquot †	Archbishop of Marseille, France
2 Nov		Born	Valentine Tsamma Seane	Lobaste	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
3 Nov	50.6	Appointed	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
	50.6	Resigned	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	80.1	Appointed	Lafayette Libânio †	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	80.1	Retired	Lafayette Libânio †	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Bunda	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
	39.7	Appointed	Gilberto Pereira Lopes	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Nov	23.6	Professed	Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. †	Member of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Bishop of El Banco, Colombia
	88.2	Died	Heinrich Roleff †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
6 Nov	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
12 Nov	71.5	Appointed	Abdallah Nujaim †	Titular Bishop of Parembolae in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
	71.5	Resigned	Abdallah Nujaim †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	54.8	Appointed	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	41.0	Appointed	Anthyme Bayala †	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	54.8	Appointed	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
	58.9	Appointed	John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
	48.9	Appointed	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
	37.4	Appointed	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M.	Bishop of Daru, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
	59.0	Appointed	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	69.1	Appointed	Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	50.7	Appointed	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
	57.1	Appointed	Leo Lemay, S.M. †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.1	Resigned	Bernard Schilling, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	52.1	Resigned	Bernard Schilling, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	48.1	Appointed	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Appointed	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sukarnapura, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
	53.9	Appointed	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Appointed	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	53.9	Appointed	Paschal Sweeney, C.P. †	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Manokwari, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
	34.7	Appointed	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	77.9	Died	Antonio Tani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
17 Nov	83.3	Appointed	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Perdices	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	83.3	Retired	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	83.3	Retired	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	53.9	Succeeded	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	89.3	Resigned	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	82.6	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
18 Nov	40.2	Appointed	Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.	Shappa	Vicar Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
	53.6	Appointed	Teotimo C. Pacis, C.M. †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
	51.0	Appointed	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †	Prelate of Bayombong, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
19 Nov	77.9	Appointed	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Subbar	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	77.9	Retired	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez	Priest of Sonsón, Colombia	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Fabio Suescún Mutis	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Colombia, Military
	74.7	Appointed	Matthias Wehr †	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
	74.7	Retired	Matthias Wehr †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Marie Delarue †	Bishop of Nanterre, France
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères †	Bishop of Créteil, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	56.2	Appointed	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
	56.2	Resigned	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	40.6	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	43.3	Succeeded	David Picão †	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	79.1	Appointed	Idílio José Soares †	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	79.1	Resigned	Idílio José Soares †	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean François Marie Streiff †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Appointed	José del Carmen Valle Gallardo †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	78.7	Died	Pavao Butorac †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	59.1	Succeeded	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
24 Nov	64.2	Died	Abel Ribeiro Camelo †	Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
26 Nov	43.0	Appointed	Luigi Bettazzi	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	87.7	Died	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
27 Nov		Born	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Managua	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
29 Nov	64.6	Appointed	Basil Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	64.6	Appointed	Basil Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	57.2	Appointed	Raffaele Macario †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	71.2	Appointed	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	71.2	Resigned	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Alfonso Reyes Ramos †	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
	63.4	Appointed	Pietro Severi †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	90.9	Appointed	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	90.9	Retired	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Salvador D’Souza †	Bishop of Baroda, India
	39.2	Appointed	Eduardo Herrera Riera †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela
	51.4	Appointed	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Appointed	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Titular Bishop of Praecausa	Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
	75.6	Retired	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Mariano José Parra León †	Bishop of Cumaná, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	47.8	Appointed	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Prelate of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
	47.8	Appointed	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
	52.1	Appointed	Aureliano Sorrentino †	Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
Dec	74.1	Retired	Pierre Brot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Superior General of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	50.3	Resigned	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Prefect of Mitú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	75.2	Retired	André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec	83.5	Retired	Maurice Feltin †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	83.5	Retired	Maurice Feltin †	Vicar Apostolic of France, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	83.5	Retired	Maurice Feltin †	Bishop of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	53.9	Appointed	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Bishop of France, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	53.9	Appointed	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Bishop of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	53.9	Succeeded	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
3 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Paul D’Souza	Priest of Mangalore, India	Bishop
	42.7	Appointed	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	42.7	Appointed	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Raúl Omar Rossi †	Priest	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
	41.9	Appointed	Manuel S. Salvador †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Coadjutor Archbishop
	41.9	Appointed	Manuel S. Salvador †	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
4 Dec	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Brian David Usanga †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
5 Dec		Born	Oscar Cantú	Houston, TX	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	49.7	Appointed	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
6 Dec	87.0	Died	Jean Delay †	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	44.1	Appointed	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
	44.1	Appointed	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
	46.9	Appointed	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	46.9	Appointed	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Titular Bishop of Filaca	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
7 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Teresio Ferraroni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Teresio Ferraroni †	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	58.2	Died	Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
	21.0	Solemn Professed	Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.	Member of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
	20.5	Professed	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	James Louis Schad †	Titular Bishop of Panatoria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
9 Dec	58.7	Appointed	Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
	58.4	Appointed	Robert Joseph Dwyer †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	89.5	Appointed	John Mark Gannon †	Titular Archbishop of Tacarata	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
	89.5	Retired	John Mark Gannon †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	89.1	Appointed	Edward Daniel Howard †	Titular Archbishop of Albulae	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
	89.1	Retired	Edward Daniel Howard †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	53.6	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	66.9	Appointed	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
	66.9	Resigned	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	John Francis Whealon †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
10 Dec	34.6	Ordained Priest	Anthony Soter Fernandez	Priest of Penang, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	52.2	Appointed	John Gerard McClean †	Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	52.2	Appointed	John Gerard McClean †	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Priest of Congregation of St. Basil	Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
11 Dec	30.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Nestorius Timanywa	Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
14 Dec	80.0	Appointed	Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †	Titular Archbishop of Maraguia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	80.0	Retired	Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Dec	82.5	Appointed	Acacio Chacón Guerra †	Titular Archbishop of Scebatiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
	82.5	Retired	Acacio Chacón Guerra †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.9	Appointed	Adriani Mkoba †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	76.9	Appointed	Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	76.9	Retired	Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Installed	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
	61.7	Appointed	Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaris in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	61.7	Resigned	Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	31.0	Ordained Priest	Christopher Shaman Abba †	Priest	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Barthélemy Adoukonou	Priest of Abomey, Benin	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	25.5	Ordained Priest	George Pell	Priest of Ballarat, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Stanley Roman	Priest	Bishop of Quilon, India
17 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Gianni Danzi †	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Priest of Versailles, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Arthur Leo Kennedy	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Nino Marzoli, C. R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	25.4	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Myers	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Gregory Singkai †	Priest of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.	Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Donald William Wuerl	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alejo Zavala Castro	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
18 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez †	Priest of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Fares Maakaroun	Priest	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Pereira Lopes	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Dec	38.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.	Superior of Trabzon, Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	53.2	Died	Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
	57.2	Died	Pablo Ramírez Taboada, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Huacho, Peru
21 Dec		Born	Ettore Balestrero	Genova, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
	79.3	Died	Egidio Bignamini †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Basil Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Vianney Fernando	Priest	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	37.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Kurongku †	Priest of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
22 Dec	31.8	Ordained Priest	Emilio Simeon Alluè, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Philippe Jean Louis Breton	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
		Born	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Juiz de Fora	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	28.8	Ordained Priest	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
	17.4	Professed	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
23 Dec	62.1	Died	John Anthony Kyne †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias	Priest	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
24 Dec	52.1	Appointed	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to China	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Priest	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
25 Dec	23.0	Professed	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
	80.7	Died	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
26 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †	Priest of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic
27 Dec	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Jose Ricare Manguiran	Priest	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
28 Dec	76.5	Appointed	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	76.5	Retired	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Brigido A. Galasgas †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
30 Dec	81.1	Died	Pietro Ciriaci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	58.5	Succeeded	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Bishop Emeritus
	67.0	Died	Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. †	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru
	25.0	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	53.6	Appointed	Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
	56.2	Appointed	Victor-Julien-André Gouet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.2	Appointed	Victor-Julien-André Gouet †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	78.9	Retired	Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Bishop Emeritus