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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	82.6	Died	Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
4 Nov	67.7	Died	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
6 Nov	50.5	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	50.5	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
	43.8	Appointed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
7 Nov	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Re	Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
	46.2	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
8 Nov	57.9	Died	Stéphane Katchou †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	79.5	Died	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
9 Nov	43.7	Appointed	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop
	43.7	Appointed	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
10 Nov	64.6	Appointed	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz	Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Appointed	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
12 Nov	47.0	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop
	47.0	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
13 Nov	73.9	Died	Julius Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
14 Nov	73.2	Appointed	Domenico Vacchiano †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
15 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Horácio Coelho Cristino †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
16 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Girônimo Zanandréa	Coadjutor Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
17 Nov	80.8	Died	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Nov	69.6	Resigned	Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Victor Adibe Chikwe	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
	62.6	Appointed	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	62.6	Appointed	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	42.3	Appointed	Jean-Gabriel Diarra	Bishop of San, Mali
	74.2	Retired	Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	71.7	Appointed	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
	65.5	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	58.8	Appointed	Fritz Lobinger	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Anthony Peter Mayalla †	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
	38.7	Appointed	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop
	66.8	Resigned	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †	Bishop of San, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Athanasius Atule Usuh	Coadjutor Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop
19 Nov	94.4	Died	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	84.5	Died	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
20 Nov	75.0	Retired	Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	James Thomas McHugh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	55.9	Appointed	James Thomas McHugh †	Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	52.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	52.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	42.4	Appointed	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
21 Nov	63.2	Appointed	Nicolas M. Mondejar	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Vicente Macanan Navarra	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
23 Nov	59.9	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.5	Appointed	Theodor Hubrich †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany
	49.9	Appointed	Vilhelms Nukšs †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	49.9	Appointed	Vilhelms Nukšs †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
24 Nov	51.3	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	51.3	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos	Titular Bishop of Petina	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
25 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
26 Nov	47.6	Appointed	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	76.2	Died	Angel Pérez Cisneros †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
28 Nov	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Bertello	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	40.9	Appointed	Edward Eugeniusz Bialoglowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
	40.9	Appointed	Edward Eugeniusz Bialoglowski	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
	53.0	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	53.0	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	53.0	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
29 Nov	28.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Priest of La Paz, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Nov	54.5	Appointed	Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
	54.0	Appointed	Ercole Lupinacci	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi, Italy
	77.0	Retired	Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
	64.3	Appointed	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
	82.1	Died	Josef Vrana †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic
1 Dec	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
	82.1	Died	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Prelate Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	79.2	Died	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy
3 Dec	90.0	Died	Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
4 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	48.7	Appointed	Adam Lepa	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	48.7	Appointed	Adam Lepa	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	52.1	Appointed	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	55.0	Appointed	Anton Tamarut †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
5 Dec	70.0	Resigned	Heinrich Theissing †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
6 Dec	33.1	Ordained Priest	Otacílio Luziano Da Silva	Priest of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	70.6	Died	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Dec	64.4	Appointed	Luigi Belloli	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Emanuele Catarinicchia	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Alessandro Maria Gottardi †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mani	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	62.4	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
8 Dec	64.5	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	30.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Dang Duc Ngan	Priest of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Masseroni	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Vilhelms Nukšs †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	59.0	Appointed	Nicola Rotunno †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Saw Po Ray	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona	Priest of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop of Ica, Peru
9 Dec	75.1	Died	Thomas McDonnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
10 Dec	71.3	Died	Pasquale Bacile †	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	Resigned	François Kabangu wa Mutela †	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	73.5	Resigned	Patrick Lennon †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	56.6	Succeeded	Laurence Ryan †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	77.0	Retired	Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti †	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Michel Sabbah	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
12 Dec	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	59.5	Appointed	Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	63.7	Appointed	John Gavin Nolan †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	63.7	Appointed	John Gavin Nolan †	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
13 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Damián Santiago Bitar	Priest of Villa María, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	73.2	Died	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	84.4	Died	Leo D'Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Coadjutor Bishop of Pontoise, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	55.2	Appointed	Anthony Michael Milone	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	46.4	Appointed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Ariari, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
	46.4	Appointed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
17 Dec	87.4	Died	Bernard Jan Alfrink †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	40.5	Appointed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz	Coadjutor Bishop of Isabela, Philippines	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo	Priest of Abancay, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
18 Dec	87.3	Died	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	75.2	Retired	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	75.3	Died	Frans Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
	60.8	Resigned	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	51.1	Succeeded	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	52.2	Succeeded	Francisco C. San Diego	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines
19 Dec	54.7	Appointed	Henryk Muszynski	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	46.2	Appointed	Manual Pelino Domingues	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
	46.2	Appointed	Manual Pelino Domingues	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Clemens Pickel	Deacon of Dresden-Meissen, Germany	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Deacon of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20 Dec	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
21 Dec	75.8	Died	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
	65.4	Resigned	Jean Rémond †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Dec	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
	97.8	Died	Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuttack, India
28 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Jose Pandarassery	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
29 Dec	44.3	Appointed	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Stagnum	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
30 Dec	57.5	Appointed	Eduardo Alas Alfaro	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Georges Fonghoro	Priest of Mopti, Mali	Bishop
	74.3	Died	Helmut Hermann Wittler †	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
31 Dec	75.9	Retired	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Succeeded	Benedict To Varpin	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus

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