The Year of Our Lord 1974

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 79.6 Died Felice Bonomini † Bishop of Como, Italy

60.9 Succeeded Teresio Ferraroni † Bishop of Como, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.7 Ordained Priest Armando Trasarti Priest Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

2 Nov 52.6 Ordained Bishop Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

6 Nov 77.4 Died Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

7 Nov 73.4 Died Vittorio Longo † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

48.2 Appointed Robert Pierre Sarrabère Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Robert Pierre Sarrabère Titular Bishop of Vassinassa Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France

8 Nov 75.1 Died Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

29.3 Ordained Priest Bruno Pius Ngonyani Priest Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania

9 Nov 82.7 Died Maturino Blanchet, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy

11 Nov 60.1 Appointed Thomas Joseph Grady † Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

85.0 Died Umberto Malchiodi † Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

12 Nov 45.0 Appointed Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

58.1 Died Karl Christian Ebert † Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

61.3 Appointed Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

40.3 Appointed Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop

40.3 Appointed Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Titular Bishop of Hodelm Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

13 Nov 64.1 Appointed José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov 68.4 Appointed Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey

68.4 Appointed Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Atenia Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey

17 Nov 54.2 Ordained Bishop Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina

18 Nov 48.6 Appointed Sydney Anicetus Charles Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Peter Poreku Dery † Bishop of Tamale, Ghana Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

63.4 Resigned Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. † Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya Bishop of Wa, Ghana Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana

42.6 Appointed Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.9 Appointed Adrian Mung'andu † Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

72.4 Resigned Timothy Phelim O'Shea, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

68.8 Resigned Willem van Kester, M.H.M. † Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed Patrick Webster, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

19 Nov 76.6 Retired Wilhelm Sedlmeier † Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 43.1 Appointed Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga Bishop of Benguela, Angola Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 52.5 Ordained Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su † Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

22 Nov 47.3 Appointed François Gayot, S.M.M. Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

23 Nov 86.3 Died Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva † Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

40.2 Ordained Bishop Zacarias Kamwenho Titular Bishop of Tabla Archbishop of Lubango, Angola

24 Nov 52.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

38.0 Ordained Bishop Théodore-Adrien Sarr Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal

39.9 Ordained Bishop Gregory Singkai † Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

29 Nov 25.0 Ordained Priest Héctor Cubillos Peña Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia

71.4 Resigned Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa Abbot Emeritus

30 Nov 26.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Angelo Grech Priest of Melbourne, Australia Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

25.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Moretti Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

3 Dec 41.6 Ordained Bishop Petero Mataca Titular Bishop of Siminina Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

70.3 Died Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

5 Dec 26.8 Ordained Priest Cherubim Dambui Priest of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

6 Dec 49.9 Appointed Francesco Colasuonno † Titular Archbishop of Truentum Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

49.9 Appointed Francesco Colasuonno † Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

57.1 Resigned Michael Joseph Green † Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

52.8 Appointed Norman Francis McFarland Apostolic Administrator of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

7 Dec 26.4 Ordained Priest Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

47.9 Ordained Bishop Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé † Bishop of Ségou, Mali

24.5 Ordained Priest Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Priest of Order of Cistercians Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil

8 Dec 51.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Casale Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

29.3 Ordained Priest Albert D'Souza Priest Archbishop of Agra, India

27.7 Ordained Priest Boniface Lele Priest of Kitui, Kenya Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya

54.4 Ordained Bishop Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. Titular Bishop of Thagamuta Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

24.1 Ordained Priest Fernando Arêas Rifan Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

26.6 Ordained Priest José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

9 Dec 29.2 Ordained Priest Peter Kang U-il Priest of Seoul, Korea (South) Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)

11 Dec 47.5 Appointed Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

47.5 Appointed Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

54.5 Appointed Abel Costas Montaño Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

24.4 Ordained Priest Bruno Gamberini Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 Dec 48.3 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Ama † Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon

48.3 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Ama † Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon

61.6 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

68.2 Appointed Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. † Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan Archbishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Giovanni Benedetti Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

57.8 Appointed Giovanni Benedetti Titular Bishop of Limata Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

51.1 Appointed Hubert Brandenburg Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

51.1 Appointed Hubert Brandenburg Titular Bishop of Strathernia Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

56.3 Ordained Bishop Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Ruspae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

40.1 Appointed Benito Cocchi Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

40.1 Appointed Benito Cocchi Titular Bishop of Zaraï Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

72.9 Resigned André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. † Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Bruno Foresti Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

51.6 Appointed Bruno Foresti Titular Bishop of Plestia Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

57.5 Appointed Vincenzo Franco Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

46.9 Appointed Joseph Abangite Gasi Bishop of Tombura, Sudan Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan

53.2 Appointed Odore Joseph Gendron Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Decio Lucio Grandoni † Bishop of Orvieto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

46.7 Appointed Decio Lucio Grandoni † Bishop of Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

54.0 Appointed Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

54.0 Appointed Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

54.0 Resigned Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

45.0 Appointed Angel T. Hobayan Bishop of Catarman, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Hugh Lindsay Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

34.3 Appointed Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan Archbishop of Juba, Sudan

39.2 Appointed Mauro Morelli Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

39.2 Appointed Mauro Morelli Titular Bishop of Vatarba Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

62.6 Appointed Pietro Palazzini † Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

49.5 Appointed José Esaul Robles Jiménez † Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

48.7 Appointed José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R. Bishop of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Succeeded Hernando Rojas Ramirez † Bishop of Espinal, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia

69.0 Appointed Antonio Samorè † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

37.3 Appointed Anselme Titianma Sanon Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

41.9 Appointed Angélico Sândalo Bernardino Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

41.9 Appointed Angélico Sândalo Bernardino Titular Bishop of Tambeae Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

58.5 Appointed Karl-August Siegel † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Appointed Karl-August Siegel † Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

61.7 Appointed Dino Tomassini † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

61.7 Appointed Dino Tomassini † Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy Bishop of Assisi, Italy

65.1 Resigned Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa † Bishop of Espinal, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Francisco Manuel Vieira Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.1 Appointed Francisco Manuel Vieira Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

69.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Villot † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

62.3 Appointed Ireneus Wien Dud † Archbishop of Juba, Sudan Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Pio Yukwan Deng † Bishop of Malakal, Sudan

33.8 Appointed Gabriel Zubeir Wako Bishop of Wau, Sudan Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan

13 Dec 43.0 Appointed Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. † Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

75.7 Retired Johannes Pohlschneider † Bishop of Aachen, Germany Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 28.8 Ordained Priest Gerald Almeida Priest Bishop of Jabalpur, India

25.0 Ordained Priest John Anthony Boissonneau Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

41.0 Appointed Francisco José Cox Huneeus Bishop of Chillán, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

70.2 Appointed Mario De Santis † Titular Bishop of Aeca Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy

70.2 Appointed Mario De Santis † Auxiliary Bishop of Foggia, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy

58.1 Appointed José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Matthew Kia Yen-wen Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

27.6 Ordained Priest Victor Kindo Priest of Raigarh, India Bishop of Jashpur, India

67.0 Appointed Giuseppe Lenotti † Bishop of Troia, Italy Archbishop of Foggia, Italy

67.0 Appointed Giuseppe Lenotti † Bishop of Bovino, Italy Archbishop of Foggia, Italy

27.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Mennini Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

27.5 Ordained Priest John Baptist Odama Priest Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda

82.3 Retired Antonio Pirotto † Bishop of Troia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Ordained Bishop Tiago Postma † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Héctor Rueda Hernández Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

16 Dec 60.2 Installed Thomas Joseph Grady † Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 87.2 Died Luis Almarcha Hernández † Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

18 Dec 61.7 Appointed Antonio del Giudice † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

54.3 Installed Edward Cornelius O'Leary † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Perumthotttam Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India Archbishop

68.8 Appointed Eduard Schick † Bishop of Fulda, Germany Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Peter Turang Priest Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

19 Dec 43.8 Appointed Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Moundou, Chad Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Resigned Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Moundou, Chad Bishop Emeritus

38.3 Appointed Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. Bishop of Guntur, India Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India

50.3 Appointed Nicolas M. Mondejar Bishop of Romblon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

42.4 Appointed Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 49.5 Appointed Mervyn Alban Alexander Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Ordained Bishop Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Titular Bishop of Hodelm Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

21 Dec 30.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Krishnagar, India

22 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28.2 Ordained Priest Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

24.9 Ordained Priest Demetrio Fernández González Priest of Toledo, Spain Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

25.4 Ordained Priest Vasyl Semeniuk Priest of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop

31.0 Ordained Priest Lewis Zeigler Priest of Monrovia, Liberia Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia

23 Dec 42.8 Appointed Wladyslaw Bobowski Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

42.8 Appointed Wladyslaw Bobowski Titular Bishop of Abernethia Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

53.4 Appointed Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. † Bishop of Beira, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

60.2 Died Amelio Poggi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

50.8 Appointed Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

24 Dec 88.4 Died Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military

45.5 Appointed Pier Giuliano Tiddia Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy

45.5 Appointed Pier Giuliano Tiddia Titular Bishop of Minturnae Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy

28 Dec 52.5 Appointed John Joseph Mulcahy † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed John Joseph Mulcahy † Titular Bishop of Penafiel Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

40.1 Appointed Alberto Jover Piamonte † Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines Archbishop

40.1 Appointed Alberto Jover Piamonte † Titular Bishop of Gubaliana Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

52.7 Appointed Joseph John Ruocco † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

52.7 Appointed Joseph John Ruocco † Titular Bishop of Polinianum Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

30 Dec 42.4 Appointed John Michael D'Arcy Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

42.4 Appointed John Michael D'Arcy Titular Bishop of Mediana Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

51.8 Died Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

31 Dec 47.3 Appointed Thomas Vose Daily Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

47.3 Appointed Thomas Vose Daily Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	79.6	Died	Felice Bonomini †	Bishop of Como, Italy
60.9	Succeeded	Teresio Ferraroni †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.7	Ordained Priest	Armando Trasarti	Priest	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
2 Nov	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
6 Nov	77.4	Died	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Nov	73.4	Died	Vittorio Longo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Robert Pierre Sarrabère	Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Robert Pierre Sarrabère	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
8 Nov	75.1	Died	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
29.3	Ordained Priest	Bruno Pius Ngonyani	Priest	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
9 Nov	82.7	Died	Maturino Blanchet, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
11 Nov	60.1	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
85.0	Died	Umberto Malchiodi †	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
12 Nov	45.0	Appointed	Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui	Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
58.1	Died	Karl Christian Ebert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
61.3	Appointed	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
40.3	Appointed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop
40.3	Appointed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
13 Nov	64.1	Appointed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	68.4	Appointed	Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
68.4	Appointed	Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
17 Nov	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
18 Nov	48.6	Appointed	Sydney Anicetus Charles	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Peter Poreku Dery †	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
63.4	Resigned	Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. †	Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya	Bishop of Wa, Ghana	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
42.6	Appointed	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.9	Appointed	Adrian Mung'andu †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
72.4	Resigned	Timothy Phelim O'Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
68.8	Resigned	Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Nov	76.6	Retired	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	43.1	Appointed	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga	Bishop of Benguela, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Kim Nam-su †	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	47.3	Appointed	François Gayot, S.M.M.	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
23 Nov	86.3	Died	Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva †	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Zacarias Kamwenho	Titular Bishop of Tabla	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
24 Nov	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bassim, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Théodore-Adrien Sarr	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregory Singkai †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
29 Nov	25.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Cubillos Peña	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
71.4	Resigned	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa	Abbot Emeritus
30 Nov	26.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Angelo Grech	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Moretti	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Dec	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Petero Mataca	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
70.3	Died	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
5 Dec	26.8	Ordained Priest	Cherubim Dambui	Priest of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
6 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Titular Archbishop of Truentum	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
49.9	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
57.1	Resigned	Michael Joseph Green †	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
52.8	Appointed	Norman Francis McFarland	Apostolic Administrator of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
7 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †	Bishop of Ségou, Mali
24.5	Ordained Priest	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
8 Dec	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Casale	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
29.3	Ordained Priest	Albert D'Souza	Priest	Archbishop of Agra, India
27.7	Ordained Priest	Boniface Lele	Priest of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Thagamuta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
24.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26.6	Ordained Priest	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
9 Dec	29.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Kang U-il	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)
11 Dec	47.5	Appointed	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
47.5	Appointed	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
54.5	Appointed	Abel Costas Montaño	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
24.4	Ordained Priest	Bruno Gamberini	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
48.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
61.6	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
68.2	Appointed	Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. †	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Giovanni Benedetti	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Giovanni Benedetti	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
51.1	Appointed	Hubert Brandenburg	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
51.1	Appointed	Hubert Brandenburg	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
40.1	Appointed	Benito Cocchi	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
40.1	Appointed	Benito Cocchi	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
72.9	Resigned	André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Bruno Foresti	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Bruno Foresti	Titular Bishop of Plestia	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
57.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Franco	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
46.9	Appointed	Joseph Abangite Gasi	Bishop of Tombura, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan
53.2	Appointed	Odore Joseph Gendron	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
46.7	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
54.0	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
54.0	Resigned	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
45.0	Appointed	Angel T. Hobayan	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
34.3	Appointed	Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Archbishop of Juba, Sudan
39.2	Appointed	Mauro Morelli	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
39.2	Appointed	Mauro Morelli	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Pietro Palazzini †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
49.5	Appointed	José Esaul Robles Jiménez †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
48.7	Appointed	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Succeeded	Hernando Rojas Ramirez †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
69.0	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
37.3	Appointed	Anselme Titianma Sanon	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
41.9	Appointed	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
41.9	Appointed	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
58.5	Appointed	Karl-August Siegel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Appointed	Karl-August Siegel †	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
61.7	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
61.7	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
65.1	Resigned	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Francisco Manuel Vieira	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.1	Appointed	Francisco Manuel Vieira	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
69.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Villot †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
62.3	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Archbishop of Juba, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Bishop of Malakal, Sudan
33.8	Appointed	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Bishop of Wau, Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
13 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	28.8	Ordained Priest	Gerald Almeida	Priest	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
25.0	Ordained Priest	John Anthony Boissonneau	Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
41.0	Appointed	Francisco José Cox Huneeus	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
70.2	Appointed	Mario De Santis †	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
70.2	Appointed	Mario De Santis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
58.1	Appointed	José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Matthew Kia Yen-wen	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
27.6	Ordained Priest	Victor Kindo	Priest of Raigarh, India	Bishop of Jashpur, India
67.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
67.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
27.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Mennini	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
27.5	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Odama	Priest	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
82.3	Retired	Antonio Pirotto †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Tiago Postma †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Héctor Rueda Hernández	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
16 Dec	60.2	Installed	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	87.2	Died	Luis Almarcha Hernández †	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
18 Dec	61.7	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
54.3	Installed	Edward Cornelius O'Leary †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Perumthotttam	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop
68.8	Appointed	Eduard Schick †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Turang	Priest	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
19 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Resigned	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
38.3	Appointed	Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S.	Bishop of Guntur, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
50.3	Appointed	Nicolas M. Mondejar	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
42.4	Appointed	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	49.5	Appointed	Mervyn Alban Alexander	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
21 Dec	30.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
22 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28.2	Ordained Priest	Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
24.9	Ordained Priest	Demetrio Fernández González	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
25.4	Ordained Priest	Vasyl Semeniuk	Priest of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
31.0	Ordained Priest	Lewis Zeigler	Priest of Monrovia, Liberia	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
23 Dec	42.8	Appointed	Wladyslaw Bobowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
42.8	Appointed	Wladyslaw Bobowski	Titular Bishop of Abernethia	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
53.4	Appointed	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
60.2	Died	Amelio Poggi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
50.8	Appointed	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
24 Dec	88.4	Died	Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
45.5	Appointed	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
45.5	Appointed	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
28 Dec	52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Titular Bishop of Penafiel	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
40.1	Appointed	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop
40.1	Appointed	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
52.7	Appointed	Joseph John Ruocco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
52.7	Appointed	Joseph John Ruocco †	Titular Bishop of Polinianum	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Dec	42.4	Appointed	John Michael D'Arcy	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
42.4	Appointed	John Michael D'Arcy	Titular Bishop of Mediana	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
51.8	Died	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
31 Dec	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Vose Daily	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
47.3	Appointed	Thomas Vose Daily	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

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