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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	80.9	Retired	Luigi Poggi †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus
	80.9	Retired	Luigi Poggi †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
3 Nov	70.5	Died	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	89.7	Retired	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Succeeded	Joseph Nguyên Van Yên	Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	68.9	Died	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
4 Nov	65.1	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Installed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
5 Nov	76.2	Retired	Lorenzo Antonetti †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	71.4	Resigned	Joseph Banchong Aribarg †	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	72.2	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Bishop of Kannur, India	Bishop of Calicut, India
	63.4	Appointed	Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Bishop
	56.0	Appointed	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
	62.1	Appointed	Vincent Michael Concessao	Archbishop of Agra, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
	61.7	Appointed	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
	39.5	Appointed	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Windhoek, Namibia	Archbishop
	39.5	Appointed	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
	49.0	Appointed	Antony Pappusamy	Auxiliary Bishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop
	49.0	Appointed	Antony Pappusamy	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Archbishop of Madurai, India
	43.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Tiama	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
	61.6	Appointed	Pierre Trân Ðinh Tu	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov	45.6	Appointed	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	45.6	Appointed	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	78.2	Died	Elias Nijmé, B.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
7 Nov	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
8 Nov	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Barwa	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
	58.6	Installed	Pier Giorgio Debernardi	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	70.4	Died	Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
	57.3	Appointed	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Algeria
	57.3	Appointed	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Algeria
11 Nov	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Victor Henry Thakur	Bishop of Bettiah, India	Archbishop of Raipur, India
	67.4	Appointed	José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R.	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	60.5	Appointed	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.5	Appointed	Jean-Claude Périsset	Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	59.5	Appointed	Jean-Claude Périsset	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
13 Nov	60.7	Died	Mário Zanetta †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
14 Nov	63.8	Appointed	Noël Delaquis	Titular Bishop of Gravelbourg	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
	47.9	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
	47.9	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
	50.6	Appointed	Gennaro Pascarella	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	71.2	Resigned	Albert Joseph Tsiahoana †	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Nov	80.2	Died	Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
	96.6	Died	Leo Aloysius Pursley †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
16 Nov	60.3	Appointed	Annetto Depasquale †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	60.3	Appointed	Annetto Depasquale †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
17 Nov	49.1	Appointed	Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.	Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
	75.0	Retired	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
	79.5	Retired	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Nov	46.0	Appointed	Luíz Carlos Eccel	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	56.6	Appointed	Gualtiero Bassetti	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
	76.1	Retired	Ettore Di Filippo †	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Appointed	Armando Dini	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Andrea Mugione	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
22 Nov	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin	Bishop of Moulins, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	36.0	Ordained Priest	Ailton Menegussi	Priest of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	53.8	Installed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
23 Nov	58.9	Appointed	Roberto Lückert León	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	87.6	Died	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
25 Nov	27.0	Ordained Priest	Christudas Rajappan	Priest of Trivandrum, India	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Nov	38.0	Ordained Priest	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	76.5	Died	Djuro Kokša †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
27 Nov	49.9	Appointed	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	49.9	Appointed	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	58.5	Appointed	Daniel Eugene Hurley	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia
	68.4	Appointed	André Wouking †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
28 Nov	47.0	Appointed	Rafael Cob García	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
	47.0	Appointed	Rafael Cob García	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
	49.5	Succeeded	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	44.4	Appointed	Lawrence Pius Dorairaj	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
	44.4	Appointed	Lawrence Pius Dorairaj	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
	85.2	Died	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	93.1	Died	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	71.8	Retired	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
	60.6	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.	Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia	Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia
	42.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia	Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia
	46.2	Appointed	Salvatore Pennacchio	Titular Archbishop of Montemarano	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
	46.2	Appointed	Salvatore Pennacchio	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
	45.9	Appointed	Rosario Pio Ramolo, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Goré, Chad
	52.5	Appointed	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
	48.1	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Lai, Chad	Bishop of Sarh, Chad
	72.2	Resigned	Lawrence Donald Soens	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov	73.9	Installed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eugenio	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
30 Nov	61.9	Appointed	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1 Dec	80.5	Died	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	47.4	Appointed	Robert Joseph McManus	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	47.4	Appointed	Robert Joseph McManus	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
2 Dec	75.9	Retired	Tomás Balduino, O.P. †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	84.8	Died	Ferdinando Maggioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	69.8	Died	Américo do Couto Oliveira †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	54.4	Appointed	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
3 Dec	75.0	Retired	Franco Brambilla †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	62.6	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
4 Dec	60.2	Appointed	Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Jean Gagnon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
	57.5	Appointed	Jean Gagnon †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
	75.2	Retired	José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Dec	34.0	Ordained Priest	Pio Hipunyati	Priest of Ondjiva, Angola	Bishop
	53.6	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	45.7	Professed	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Orlando Olave Villanoba	Priest of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia
	62.7	Appointed	José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H.	Titular Bishop of Aufinium	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	62.7	Appointed	José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Secretary Emeritus
	74.6	Appointed	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Dec	80.4	Died	Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	74.3	Died	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
	32.1	Ordained Priest	Dionísio Hisiilenapo	Priest of Ondjiva, Angola	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
7 Dec	53.7	Appointed	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin	Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
	53.7	Appointed	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
	88.0	Died	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	66.9	Appointed	James Thomas McHugh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop
	68.8	Appointed	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	71.8	Died	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	68.8	Appointed	Giorgio Zur †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
8 Dec	38.7	Ordained Priest	Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
9 Dec	56.8	Appointed	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
11 Dec	75.3	Retired	John Peter Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	47.7	Ordained Deacon	Stephen Jay Berg	Deacon of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
	40.4	Appointed	Everardus Johannes de Jong	Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	40.4	Appointed	Everardus Johannes de Jong	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Kalfa Sanou	Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso
13 Dec	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Deacon of Other	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Dec	30.6	Ordained Priest	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
15 Dec	99.2	Died	Giuseppe Garneri †	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
17 Dec	64.0	Died	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
18 Dec	31.0	Ordained Priest	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
19 Dec	75.6	Retired	Bruno Foresti	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Nyandoro	Priest of Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe
	66.8	Appointed	Giulio Sanguineti	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	30.8	Ordained Priest	Devair Araújo da Fonseca	Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo Arturo González Amador	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Algeria
22 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Franz Dietl	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Franz Dietl	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	75.4	Retired	Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Dec	31.0	Ordained Deacon	Luiz Gonçalves Knupp	Deacon of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
29 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.	Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
	90.5	Died	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	39.5	Appointed	Vlado Košić	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Bishop of Sisak, Croatia
	39.5	Appointed	Vlado Košić	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop of Sisak, Croatia
	54.9	Appointed	Josip Mrzljak	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Varaždin, Croatia
	54.9	Appointed	Josip Mrzljak	Titular Bishop of Caltadria	Bishop Emeritus of Varaždin, Croatia
	49.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Bishop of Tibú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
	54.5	Appointed	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
	62.4	Died	Patras Yusaf †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
30 Dec	25.7	Ordained Priest	John Nellikunnel	Priest	Bishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India
	53.2	Appointed	Salvatore Paruzzo	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Dec	70.5	Resigned	Wolfgang Kirchgässner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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