Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
2 Dec | 49.7 | Appointed | Albert Hemrom | Coadjutor Bishop of Dibrugarh, India | Bishop |
3 Dec | 62.7 | Appointed | Robert Ovide Bourgon | Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
57.4 | Appointed | Elias Joseph Gonsalves | Archbishop of Nagpur, India | ||
57.4 | Appointed | Elias Joseph Gonsalves | Apostolic Administrator of Amravati, India | Archbishop of Nagpur, India | |
54.5 | Appointed | Janusz Edward Mastalski | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | ||
54.5 | Appointed | Janusz Edward Mastalski | Titular Bishop of Noba | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
60.3 | Appointed | Franciszek Ślusarczyk | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect | |
60.3 | Appointed | Franciszek Ślusarczyk | Titular Bishop of Cillium | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
4 Dec | 54.4 | Installed | Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero | Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México | |
53.9 | Installed | Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. | Bishop of Portugal, Military | ||
6 Dec | 64.6 | Appointed | Đura Dudar | Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci) | |
91.1 | Died | Frank Joseph Rodimer † | Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | ||
7 Dec | 56.5 | Ordained Bishop | Guillermo Eduardo Caride | Titular Bishop of Iomnium | Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina |
50.7 | Appointed | António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique | ||
50.7 | Appointed | António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo | Titular Bishop of Arsennaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique | |
75.2 | Retired | Thomas Kaboré | Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.4 | Appointed | Théophile Nare | Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso | ||
8 Dec | 80.5 | Beatified | Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | |
67.0 | Appointed | Lawrence Duffy | Bishop of Clogher, Ireland | ||
48.0 | Appointed | Filbert Felician Mhasi | Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania | ||
45.2 | Ordained Bishop | Gábor Mohos | Titular Bishop of Iliturgi | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | |
77.2 | Retired | Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † | Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
48.2 | Appointed | Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap. | Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia | ||
58.1 | Ordained Bishop | Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets | Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands | ||
53.5 | Appointed | Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint | Bishop of Jacmel, Haďti | ||
9 Dec | 63.7 | Appointed | Abel Gabuza † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa | |
76.9 | Died | Guire Poulard † | Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haďti | ||
10 Dec | 79.6 | Appointed | Bali Gali | Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah, India | Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India |
56.6 | Resigned | Prasad Gallela | Bishop of Cuddapah, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Dec | 81.6 | Retired | Innayya Chinna Addagatla | Bishop of Srikakulam, India | Bishop Emeritus |
52.6 | Appointed | José Eudes Campos do Nascimento | Bishop of Săo Joăo del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
75.0 | Retired | Martin William Currie | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus | |
62.5 | Appointed | Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. | Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada | |
62.5 | Appointed | Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop of Melzi | Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada | |
62.2 | Appointed | Peter Joseph Hundt | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | ||
51.1 | Appointed | Carlos José de Oliveira | Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil | ||
51.3 | Appointed | Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez | Bishop of Armenia, Colombia | ||
60.3 | Resigned | Franciszek Ślusarczyk | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect | |
60.3 | Resigned | Franciszek Ślusarczyk | Titular Bishop of Cillium | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
13 Dec | 50.4 | Appointed | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina | |
48.9 | Appointed | Michael Gerber | Bishop of Fulda, Germany | ||
14 Dec | 84.8 | Died | Salvador Flores Huerta † | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México | |
47.1 | Appointed | Alexandre François Marie Joly | Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | ||
47.1 | Appointed | Alexandre François Marie Joly | Titular Bishop of Privata | Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | |
68.6 | Died | Patrick Daniel Koroma † | Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone | ||
57.2 | Ordained Bishop | Damián Gustavo Nannini | Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina | ||
65.0 | Died | Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. † | Bishop of Gwalior, India | ||
46.8 | Appointed | Bruno Paul Marie Valentin | Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France | ||
46.8 | Appointed | Bruno Paul Marie Valentin | Titular Bishop of Vaison | Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France | |
15 Dec | 61.5 | Ordained Bishop | José María Gil Tamayo | Bishop of Ávila, Spain | |
52.3 | Ordained Bishop | Marco Mellino | Titular Bishop of Cresima | Secretary of the Council of Cardinals | |
49.2 | Ordained Bishop | Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. | Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea | ||
45.1 | Ordained Bishop | Ciro Quispe López | Prelate of Juli, Peru | ||
16 Dec | 48.2 | Installed | Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
61.7 | Ordained Bishop | Armando Esteves Domingues | Titular Bishop of Centenaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | |
64.5 | Installed | Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. | Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil | ||
91.7 | Died | Eugčne Philippe LaRocque † | Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | ||
69.7 | Installed | Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana | Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan | |
60.4 | Appointed | Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I. | Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | |
52.7 | Installed | Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. | Archbishop of Huambo, Angola | ||
17 Dec | 89.8 | Died | Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks † | Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay | |
18 Dec | 60.8 | Appointed | Robert Anthony Llanos | Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | |
58.1 | Installed | Joseph Vũ Văn Thięn | Archbishop of Hŕ Nội, Viet Nam | ||
19 Dec | 51.5 | Appointed | Joăo Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. | Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
87.9 | Died | Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David † | Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France | ||
75.8 | Retired | Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. | Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.2 | Appointed | Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho | Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
69.0 | Resigned | Alexander Salazar | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 76.1 | Died | Gerard Bernacki † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland | |
67.9 | Appointed | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela | ||
52.1 | Appointed | Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga | Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania | ||
22 Dec | 48.2 | Confirmed | Elias Al-Debei | Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria | |
73.8 | Confirmed | Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado | Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey | ||
64.0 | Appointed | Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks | Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bishop | |
45.1 | Appointed | Robert Saeed Jarjis | Titular Bishop of Arsamosata | Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | |
45.1 | Confirmed | Robert Saeed Jarjis | Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | ||
63.1 | Appointed | Jose Kalluvelil | Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar) | ||
86.1 | Died | Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India | ||
63.2 | Confirmed | Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. | Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq | ||
65.9 | Appointed | Alphonse Nguyęn Huu Long, P.S.S. | Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | ||
73.8 | Appointed | Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. | Bishop of Hŕ Tĩnh, Viet Nam | ||
48.6 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengibar | Bishop of Guadix, Spain | ||
23 Dec | 64.5 | Installed | Désiré Tsarahazana | Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar |
24 Dec | 94.2 | Died | Rosario Mazzola † | Bishop Emeritus of Cefalů, Italy | |
75.4 | Retired | Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. | Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.9 | Appointed | Susitino Sionepoe, S.M. | Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
27 Dec | 58.4 | Appointed | Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
58.4 | Appointed | Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. | Titular Bishop of Carinola | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
56.5 | Appointed | Juan Gómez | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia | ||
56.5 | Appointed | Juan Gómez | Titular Bishop of Semta | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
84.1 | Died | Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland | ||
28 Dec | 50.4 | Installed | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina | |
78.6 | Died | Santiago García Aracil † | Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain | ||
87.7 | Died | Attila Miklósházy, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus | ||
88.8 | Died | Robert Edward Mulvee † | Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | ||
31 Dec | 74.7 | Resigned | Philip Leo O’Reilly | Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
87.7 | Died | István Seregély † | Archbishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary |
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