The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 57.8 Ordained Bishop Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

48.0 Ordained Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

58.6 Ordained Bishop Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

3 Nov 66.6 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Cardinal, President Emeritus

5 Nov 58.0 Appointed Gerald Eugene Wilkerson Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

58.0 Appointed Gerald Eugene Wilkerson Titular Bishop of Vincennes Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

7 Nov 80.4 Retired Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine

73.9 Succeeded Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia Archbishop

49.3 Appointed Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. Titular Bishop of Bita Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

8 Nov 46.3 Ordained Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores Titular Bishop of Tatilti Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay

33.8 Ordained Priest Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo Priest of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

9 Nov 105.7 Beatified Bl. Vilmos Apor † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

31.1 Professed (Perpetual Vows) Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

53.3 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

88.0 Died Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi † Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan

158.3 Beatified Bl. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

10 Nov 68.3 Appointed Eduardo Davino † Bishop of Palestrina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Adrian Leo Doyle Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia Archbishop

50.0 Appointed Saúl Figueroa Albornoz Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

50.0 Appointed Saúl Figueroa Albornoz Titular Bishop of Amudarsa Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

56.5 Appointed Denis James Hart Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop

56.5 Appointed Denis James Hart Titular Bishop of Vagada Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

58.3 Appointed François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

11 Nov 75.1 Retired William Aquin Carew Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Japan Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

14 Nov 61.9 Appointed François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary † Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Archbishop

18 Nov 64.4 Died Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India

75.6 Retired Anton Bogetic Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Ivan Milovan Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

65.4 Appointed James Albert Murray Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

19 Nov 51.5 Appointed Juventino Kestering Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

73.7 Died John Gavin Nolan † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

76.4 Retired Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. † Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 83.3 Died Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bellary, India

21 Nov 43.0 Appointed Kizito Bahujimihigo Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

71.5 Appointed Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed Hubert Coppenrath Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

43.1 Appointed John Forrosuelo Du Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines

43.1 Appointed John Forrosuelo Du Titular Bishop of Timici Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines

47.7 Appointed Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

47.7 Appointed Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Valliposita Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

53.3 Appointed Oswald Lewis Coadjutor Bishop of Meerut, India Bishop of Jaipur, India

74.8 Appointed Emilio Ogñénovich † Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Cornelius Sim Prefect of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam Vicar Apostolic of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

22 Nov 88.5 Died Luciano Rubio, O.S.A. † Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine

23 Nov 61.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

60.5 Ordained Bishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

25 Nov 50.6 Appointed Richard John Garcia Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

50.6 Appointed Richard John Garcia Titular Bishop of Bapara Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

75.5 Retired Antonio Pagano † Bishop of Ischia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Filippo Strofaldi Bishop of Ischia, Italy

27 Nov 64.1 Appointed Angelo Daniel Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

42.2 Appointed Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Bishop of Linares, Chile

42.2 Appointed Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic Titular Bishop of Bencenna Bishop of Linares, Chile

28 Nov 47.7 Appointed Jose Serofia Palma Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines Archbishop

47.7 Appointed Jose Serofia Palma Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

29 Nov 68.6 Appointed Mario Francesco Pompedda † Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

30 Nov 69.8 Died Leo Edward O’Neil † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

1 Dec 63.3 Died Eugène Biletsi Onim † Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

2 Dec 49.3 Appointed Wolfgang Haas Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

3 Dec 88.7 Died Domenico Enrici † Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

5 Dec 51.8 Appointed Richard John Grecco Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

51.8 Appointed Richard John Grecco Titular Bishop of Uccula Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

6 Dec 54.6 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

54.6 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

54.6 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Mali Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

54.6 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

75.8 Retired Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired Czeslaw Lewandowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Dec 44.9 Ordained Bishop Patrick Le Gal Bishop of Tulle, France Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

8 Dec 45.7 Ordained Bishop Peter Louis Cakü Titular Bishop of Abidda Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

43.5 Ordained Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil

45.0 Ordained Bishop Stephen Lepcha Bishop of Darjeeling, India

85.4 Died Laurean Rugambwa † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

9 Dec 56.6 Ordained Bishop Denis James Hart Titular Bishop of Vagada Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

11 Dec 44.0 Appointed Csaba Ternyák Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

12 Dec 40.1 Ordained Priest Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

78.0 Retired Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

13 Dec 43.5 Appointed Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic Bishop

65.8 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale Official of the Secretariat of State

65.8 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan Official of the Secretariat of State

65.8 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. Apostolic Delegate to Somalia Official of the Secretariat of State

52.3 Appointed Mieczyslaw Cislo Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

52.3 Appointed Mieczyslaw Cislo Titular Bishop of Auca Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

64.2 Ordained Bishop Angelo Daniel Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

49.6 Appointed Wiktor Paweł Skworc Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Archbishop of Katowice, Poland

63.6 Resigned Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 75.6 Died Armando Franco † Bishop of Oria, Italy

76.0 Resigned Thomas Jerome Welsh † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 64.8 Appointed Edward Peter Cullen Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Ordained Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Amantia Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

83.1 Died Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

18 Dec 63.9 Installed Alexander Joseph Brunett Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

19 Dec 58.1 Appointed John Buckley Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

49.2 Appointed Salvatore Ligorio Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy

60.8 Installed John George Vlazny Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA

20 Dec 78.5 Died Wenceslas Kalibushi † Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda

69.3 Appointed Francesco Saverio Salerno Titular Bishop of Caere Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

69.3 Appointed Francesco Saverio Salerno Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

21 Dec 78.1 Died François Hoenen, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22 Dec 34.6 Appointed Aleksandr Kan, S.J. Superior of Kyrgyzstan Superior Emeritus

23 Dec 51.2 Appointed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

51.2 Appointed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Titular Bishop of Nesqually Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

44.0 Appointed Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

52.4 Appointed Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. † Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil

63.2 Appointed Geraldo Vieira Gusmão Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Francisco José Zugliani Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec 95.8 Died Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy

82.3 Died Charles Roman Koester † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

78.4 Died Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

25 Dec 80.1 Died Bronislaw Dabrowski, F.D.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

27 Dec 64.7 Appointed Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

34.0 Ordained Priest José Lampra Cà Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Auxiliary Bishop

28 Dec 71.7 Died Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania

51.3 Ordained Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. Bishop of Baroda, India

30 Dec 69.5 Succeeded Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Retired Michel Nguyên Khác Ngu † Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec 49.9 Appointed Luis Armando Collazuol Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

49.9 Appointed Luis Armando Collazuol Titular Bishop of Elo Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Nabil Andari	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
3 Nov	66.6	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
5 Nov	58.0	Appointed	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
58.0	Appointed	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Titular Bishop of Vincennes	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
7 Nov	80.4	Retired	Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
73.9	Succeeded	Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Archbishop
49.3	Appointed	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Bita	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
8 Nov	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Titular Bishop of Tatilti	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
33.8	Ordained Priest	Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo	Priest of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
9 Nov	105.7	Beatified	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
31.1	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Djomo Lola	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
88.0	Died	Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
158.3	Beatified	Bl. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
10 Nov	68.3	Appointed	Eduardo Davino †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Adrian Leo Doyle	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop
50.0	Appointed	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
50.0	Appointed	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
56.5	Appointed	Denis James Hart	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop
56.5	Appointed	Denis James Hart	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
58.3	Appointed	François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
11 Nov	75.1	Retired	William Aquin Carew	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
14 Nov	61.9	Appointed	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Archbishop
18 Nov	64.4	Died	Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
75.6	Retired	Anton Bogetic	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Ivan Milovan	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
65.4	Appointed	James Albert Murray	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	51.5	Appointed	Juventino Kestering	Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
73.7	Died	John Gavin Nolan †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
76.4	Retired	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	83.3	Died	Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bellary, India
21 Nov	43.0	Appointed	Kizito Bahujimihigo	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
71.5	Appointed	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	Hubert Coppenrath	Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
43.1	Appointed	John Forrosuelo Du	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines
43.1	Appointed	John Forrosuelo Du	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines
47.7	Appointed	Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
47.7	Appointed	Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
53.3	Appointed	Oswald Lewis	Coadjutor Bishop of Meerut, India	Bishop of Jaipur, India
74.8	Appointed	Emilio Ogñénovich †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Cornelius Sim	Prefect of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam	Vicar Apostolic of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
22 Nov	88.5	Died	Luciano Rubio, O.S.A. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine
23 Nov	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
25 Nov	50.6	Appointed	Richard John Garcia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
50.6	Appointed	Richard John Garcia	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
75.5	Retired	Antonio Pagano †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Filippo Strofaldi	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
27 Nov	64.1	Appointed	Angelo Daniel	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
42.2	Appointed	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Bishop of Linares, Chile
42.2	Appointed	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Linares, Chile
28 Nov	47.7	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Archbishop
47.7	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
29 Nov	68.6	Appointed	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
30 Nov	69.8	Died	Leo Edward O’Neil †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1 Dec	63.3	Died	Eugène Biletsi Onim †	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec	49.3	Appointed	Wolfgang Haas	Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
3 Dec	88.7	Died	Domenico Enrici †	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
5 Dec	51.8	Appointed	Richard John Grecco	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
51.8	Appointed	Richard John Grecco	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
6 Dec	54.6	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
54.6	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
54.6	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
54.6	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
75.8	Retired	Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Le Gal	Bishop of Tulle, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
8 Dec	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Louis Cakü	Titular Bishop of Abidda	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Lepcha	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
85.4	Died	Laurean Rugambwa †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
9 Dec	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Denis James Hart	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
11 Dec	44.0	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
12 Dec	40.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
78.0	Retired	Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B.	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
13 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic	Bishop
65.8	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Official of the Secretariat of State
65.8	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Official of the Secretariat of State
65.8	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Official of the Secretariat of State
52.3	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Cislo	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
52.3	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Cislo	Titular Bishop of Auca	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
64.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Daniel	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
49.6	Appointed	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
63.6	Resigned	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	75.6	Died	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
76.0	Resigned	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	64.8	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
83.1	Died	Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
18 Dec	63.9	Installed	Alexander Joseph Brunett	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec	58.1	Appointed	John Buckley	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
49.2	Appointed	Salvatore Ligorio	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
60.8	Installed	John George Vlazny	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
20 Dec	78.5	Died	Wenceslas Kalibushi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
69.3	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Salerno	Titular Bishop of Caere	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
69.3	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Salerno	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
21 Dec	78.1	Died	François Hoenen, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Dec	34.6	Appointed	Aleksandr Kan, S.J.	Superior of Kyrgyzstan	Superior Emeritus
23 Dec	51.2	Appointed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
51.2	Appointed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Nesqually	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
44.0	Appointed	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
52.4	Appointed	Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
63.2	Appointed	Geraldo Vieira Gusmão	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Francisco José Zugliani	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	95.8	Died	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
82.3	Died	Charles Roman Koester †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
78.4	Died	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
25 Dec	80.1	Died	Bronislaw Dabrowski, F.D.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
27 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
34.0	Ordained Priest	José Lampra Cà	Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Auxiliary Bishop
28 Dec	71.7	Died	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Godfrey de Rozario, S.J.	Bishop of Baroda, India
30 Dec	69.5	Succeeded	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Retired	Michel Nguyên Khác Ngu †	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
49.9	Appointed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina