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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
3 Dec49.8InstalledDieudonné BogmisBishop of Eséka, Cameroon
57.9AppointedFrancis Daw TangBishop of Myitkyina, MyanmarBishop Emeritus
4 Dec96.5DiedKevin William Barden, O.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
49.7Ordained BishopRicardo García GarcíaPrelate of Yauyos, Peru
75.9RetiredLucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)Bishop of Hsinchu, TaiwanBishop Emeritus
51.4AppointedJames Liu Tan-kueiBishop of Hsinchu, TaiwanBishop Emeritus
53.6InstalledJean-Bosco NtepBishop of Edéa, Cameroon
5 Dec26.4Ordained DeaconRoko GlasnovićDeacon of Šibenik (Knin), CroatiaBishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
61.1CeasedAndrej GlavanApostolic Administrator of Ljubljana, SloveniaBishop Emeritus of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
65.6Ordained BishopManfred GrotheTitular Bishop of Hippo DiarrhytusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
45.0Ordained BishopMatthias KönigTitular Bishop of ElicrocaAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
48.5Ordained BishopJean MbargaBishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, CameroonArchbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
59.8InstalledAlojz UranArchbishop of Ljubljana, SloveniaArchbishop Emeritus
6 Dec71.7AppointedLubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), UkraineCardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus
71.7AppointedLubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), UkraineCardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.7AppointedHlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
55.3AppointedWasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 Dec61.4AppointedCornelius Fontem EsuaCoadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus
61.7AppointedSegismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
49.8AppointedCastor Paul MsemwaCoadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, TanzaniaBishop
8 Dec30.5Ordained PriestGiovani Edgar AranaPriest of La Paz, BoliviaBishop of El Alto, Bolivia
54.4InstalledOrani João Tempesta, O. Cist.Archbishop of Belém do Pará, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Dec91.6DiedOtàvio Barbosa AguiarBishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
61.2AppointedMichael Joseph BransfieldBishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USABishop Emeritus
76.3RetiredJohn Francis DonoghueArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USAArchbishop Emeritus
54.8AppointedDemetrio Fernández GonzálezBishop of Tarazona, SpainBishop of Córdoba, Spain
57.0AppointedWilton Daniel GregoryArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USACardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
47.0Ordained BishopKevin Carl RhoadesBishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
76.3RetiredBernard William SchmittBishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USABishop Emeritus
10 Dec51.9ResignedAnastase MutabaziBishop of Kabgayi, RwandaBishop Emeritus
11 Dec44.5AppointedReynaldo Gonda EvangelistaBishop of Boac, PhilippinesBishop of Imus, Philippines
89.4DiedTomás Enrique Márquez GómezBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
67.5AppointedFaustino Sainz MuñozApostolic Nuncio to Great BritainApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
50.4Ordained BishopMoacir SilvaBishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 Dec65.6Ordained BishopÁngel Rubio CastroTitular Bishop of VergiBishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
78.3DiedPavlo VasylykBishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
45.0SucceededVolodymyr ViytyshynBishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), UkraineArchbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Dec65.5Ordained BishopWilliam Joseph DendingerBishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USABishop Emeritus
14 Dec44.9AppointedAntoni DziemiankoAuxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, BelarusBishop of Pinsk, Belarus
53.9Ordained BishopGonzalo Galván CastilloBishop of Autlán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
68.3AppointedGuido Plante, P.M.E. †Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca, HondurasBishop Emeritus
15 Dec54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Barbados, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Guyana, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Suriname, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
75.1RetiredSebastião Roque Rabelo MendesAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec59.1AppointedPaul Joseph BradleyAuxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
59.1AppointedPaul Joseph BradleyTitular Bishop of AfufeniaBishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
64.0Ordained BishopClaude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.Bishop of Laghouat, AlgeriaBishop Emeritus
65.5AppointedJaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I.Bishop of Huánuco, PeruBishop Emeritus
17 Dec76.3DiedLawrence James McNamaraBishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
18 Dec76.0RetiredGiuseppe AgostinoArchbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
70.3AppointedAmbrose Battista De PaoliApostolic Nuncio to Australia
51.3AppointedKazimierz GurdaAuxiliary Bishop of Kielce, PolandBishop of Siedlce, Poland
51.3AppointedKazimierz GurdaTitular Bishop of ChusiraBishop of Siedlce, Poland
65.7AppointedPeter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Alindao, Central African RepublicBishop Emeritus
65.5AppointedSalvatore NunnariArchbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
48.1AppointedLuigi Ernesto PallettiAuxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, ItalyBishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
48.1AppointedLuigi Ernesto PallettiTitular Bishop of FundiBishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
58.2Ordained BishopÁngel Polivio Sánchez LoaizaBishop of Guaranda, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
34.8IncardinatedCyr-Nestor YapaupaPriest of Alindao, Central African RepublicBishop
19 Dec62.2InstalledJoaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del CastilloBishop of Getafe, SpainBishop Emeritus
50.3InstalledJosé Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.Bishop of Cajamarca, PeruBishop Emeritus
65.9InstalledAlfonso Milián SorribasBishop of Barbastro-Monzón, SpainBishop Emeritus
93.7DiedLonginus Gabriel PereiraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
64.0InstalledClaude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.Bishop of Laghouat, AlgeriaBishop Emeritus
20 Dec54.3AppointedThomas Edward GullicksonApostolic Nuncio to Grenada, AntillesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
21 Dec57.1AppointedManuel da Rocha FelícioCoadjutor Bishop of Guarda, PortugalBishop
56.3AppointedAntónio Francisco dos SantosAuxiliary Bishop of Braga, PortugalBishop of Porto, Portugal
56.3AppointedAntónio Francisco dos SantosTitular Bishop of MagnetumBishop of Porto, Portugal
76.4RetiredMaurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
59.8AppointedMaurice Marcel GardèsArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
80.8DiedGabriel Lee Gab-souBishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
22 Dec45.8AppointedSebastião Bandeira CoêlhoAuxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, BrazilBishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
45.8AppointedSebastião Bandeira CoêlhoTitular Bishop of ThubursicumBishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
58.2InstalledÁngel Polivio Sánchez LoaizaBishop of Guaranda, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
23 Dec76.8RetiredPietro BottaccioliBishop of Gubbio, ItalyBishop Emeritus
63.3AppointedMario CeccobelliBishop of Gubbio, ItalyBishop Emeritus
88.9DiedPietro FiordelliBishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
27 Dec81.8DiedThomas Kevin O’BrienAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
28 Dec49.5Ordained BishopPaul Stagg CoakleyBishop of Salina, Kansas, USAArchbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
29 Dec60.4AppointedRobert James CarlsonBishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
55.2AppointedPedro José ContiBishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.5AppointedDaniel Nicholas DiNardoCoadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USACardinal, Archbishop
73.9AppointedJoseph Anthony FiorenzaArchbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USAArchbishop Emeritus
75.4RetiredPatrick Fernández FloresArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USAArchbishop Emeritus
53.0AppointedJosé Horacio Gómez VelascoArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USAArchbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
30.6Ordained PriestHani Nassif Wasef Bakhoum KiroulosPriest of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), EgyptCurial Bishop
55.7AppointedJerome Edward ListeckiBishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USAArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
54.3AppointedCarlos VerzelettiBishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
30 Dec89.9DiedSalvatore AstaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
55.1AppointedFreddy Jesús Fuenmayor SuárezBishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
72.5ResignedRamón Ovidio Pérez MoralesBishop of Los Teques, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
31 Dec75.5RetiredGeorges Edmond Robert GilsonArchbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
75.5RetiredGeorges Edmond Robert GilsonPrelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
64.9SucceededYves François PatenôtreArchbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
64.9SucceededYves François PatenôtrePrelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
88.8DiedCharles-Auguste-Marie PatyBishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

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