Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 75.4 | Retired | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary | Apostolic Nuncio |
2 Dec | 59.1 | Installed | Dulcênio Fontes de Matos | Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil | |
78.1 | Retired | Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.9 | Ordained Bishop | Hermann Glettler, Comm. l'Emm. | Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria | ||
54.0 | Appointed | Mirosław Gucwa | Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic | ||
54.4 | Installed | Rocco Pennacchio | Archbishop of Fermo, Italy | ||
66.4 | Installed | Michele Seccia | Archbishop of Lecce, Italy | ||
75.0 | Retired | Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz | Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Dec | 49.2 | Ordained Bishop | Luciano Paolucci Bedini | Bishop of Gubbio, Italy | |
4 Dec | 48.2 | Appointed | Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. | Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA | |
48.2 | Appointed | Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. | Titular Bishop of Cataquas | Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA | |
5 Dec | 64.6 | Died | Elenito de los Reyes Galido † | Bishop of Iligan, Philippines | |
55.4 | Appointed | Barry Christopher Knestout | Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA | ||
46.2 | Appointed | Marcelo Julián Margni | Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina | Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina | |
46.2 | Appointed | Marcelo Julián Margni | Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum | Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina | |
50.5 | Appointed | Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. | Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand | |
6 Dec | 68.2 | Installed | Anders Arborelius, O.C.D. | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli | Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden |
48.1 | Appointed | Severo Cagátan Caérmare | Apostolic Administrator of Iligan, Philippines | Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines | |
75.0 | Retired | Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes | Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.9 | Died | Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA | ||
58.5 | Succeeded | Bruno Elizeu Versari | Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil | Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil | |
7 Dec | 67.9 | Appointed | Carlos Aguiar Retes | Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District | |
55.7 | Appointed | James Raphael Anaparambil | Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India | Bishop | |
66.7 | Appointed | Michel Christian Alain Aupetit | Archbishop of Paris, France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
65.2 | Ordained Bishop | Giacomo Cirulli | Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy | ||
56.4 | Appointed | Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca | Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador | ||
56.4 | Appointed | Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca | Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military | Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador | |
61.9 | Ordained Bishop | Enrique Esteban Delgado | Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari | Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA | |
75.5 | Retired | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Archbishop of México, Federal District | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | André Armand Vingt-Trois | Archbishop of Paris, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
89.9 | Died | Matthias Yu Chengxin † | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China | ||
8 Dec | 52.2 | Appointed | Joseph Arshad | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Bishop |
62.3 | Appointed | Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop of Municipa | Prefect of Azerbaijan | |
66.2 | Died | Carlos María Franzini † | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina | ||
54.5 | Appointed | Pierre Goudreault | Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada | ||
75.0 | Retired | Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † | Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.8 | Succeeded | Romuald Kamiński | Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | ||
62.3 | Installed | Egidio Miragoli | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy | ||
76.1 | Retired | Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. | Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Dec | 63.5 | Appointed | Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Naha, Japan | |
60.8 | Ordained Bishop | Andrzej Kaleta | Titular Bishop of Maxita | Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland | |
76.7 | Retired | Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Naha, Japan | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.5 | Installed | Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz | Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
10 Dec | 94.9 | Died | Antonio Riboldi, I.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy | |
48.9 | Installed | Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel | Bishop of Toruń, Poland | Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | |
11 Dec | 49.3 | Appointed | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina |
71.5 | Appointed | Brendan Kelly | Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi | Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Dec | 93.2 | Died | Alphonsus Liguori Penney † | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | |
13 Dec | 90.5 | Died | John Joseph Gerry † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia | |
87.2 | Died | André Haddad, B.S. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | ||
59.3 | Appointed | Celso Antônio Marchiori | Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil | ||
15 Dec | 50.8 | Appointed | Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada | |
72.5 | Resigned | Christie Albert Macaluso | Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
54.4 | Installed | Joseph Mark Siegel | Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA | ||
16 Dec | 55.2 | Ordained Bishop | José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil | Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil |
44.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gustavo Oscar Carrara | Titular Bishop of Thasbalta | Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina | |
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso | Titular Archbishop of Foratiana | Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan | |
59.1 | Appointed | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. | Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan | Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan | |
59.1 | Installed | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. | Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan | ||
73.6 | Appointed | Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei | Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos | ||
62.6 | Installed | Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral | Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.3 | Appointed | Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa | Apostolic Administrator of Paksé, Laos | Vicar Apostolic | |
44.6 | Ordained Bishop | Darius Trijonis | Titular Bishop of Fissiana | Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania | |
17 Dec | 79.3 | Ceased | Bernard Louis Marie Charrier | Apostolic Administrator of Aire et Dax, France | Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France |
54.6 | Installed | Anthony James Corcoran, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan | ||
53.4 | Ordained Bishop | Aldemiro Sena dos Santos | Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil | ||
59.3 | Installed | Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu | Bishop of Aire et Dax, France | ||
18 Dec | 84.9 | Died | George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand | |
19 Dec | 64.6 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen | Titular Bishop of Acalissus | Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA |
53.8 | Appointed | Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta | Official of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina | |
20 Dec | 86.1 | Died | Bernard Francis Law † | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
53.7 | Appointed | Sebastião Lima Duarte | Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil | ||
22 Dec | 49.6 | Ordained Bishop | Roberto Pío Álvarez | Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto | Bishop of Rawson, Argentina |
23 Dec | 58.1 | Ordained Bishop | Alejandro Pablo Benna | Titular Bishop of Vardimissa | Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina |
90.3 | Died | William George Curlin † | Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | ||
91.8 | Died | Héctor Morera Vega † | Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán, Costa Rica | ||
25 Dec | 83.0 | Died | Stanisław Kędziora † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | |
26 Dec | 78.3 | Died | Pavel Hájek † | Bishop | |
91.1 | Died | Francis Joseph Walmsley † | Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military | ||
27 Dec | 65.2 | Installed | Giacomo Cirulli | Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy | |
58.7 | Installed | Charles Jason Gordon | Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | ||
75.5 | Retired | Josaphat Louis Lebulu | Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus | |
66.5 | Appointed | Isaac Amani Massawe | Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania | ||
28 Dec | 89.8 | Died | Giulio Einaudi † | Apostolic Nuncio | |
89.5 | Died | Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † | Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil | ||
29 Dec | 83.8 | Died | Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador | |
52.2 | Appointed | José Cobo Cano | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
52.2 | Appointed | José Cobo Cano | Titular Bishop of Beatia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain | |
76.3 | Retired | Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. | Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco | Archbishop Emeritus | |
65.6 | Appointed | Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco | ||
57.5 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli | Titular Bishop of Pauzera | Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina | |
51.5 | Appointed | Santos Montoya Torres | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain | |
51.5 | Appointed | Santos Montoya Torres | Titular Bishop of Horta | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain | |
43.6 | Appointed | Jesús Vidal Chamorro | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | |
43.6 | Appointed | Jesús Vidal Chamorro | Titular Bishop of Elepla | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | |
30 Dec | 79.2 | Ceased | Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez | Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic |
69.6 | Installed | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka | ||
47.6 | Appointed | Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | |
49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez | Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | ||
81.0 | Ceased | Joseph Kingsley Swampillai | Apostolic Administrator of Mannar, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | |
31 Dec | 84.6 | Died | Clément Fecteau † | Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada | |
92.1 | Died | Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil |
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