The Year of Our Lord 1946

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 53.1 Resigned Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

1 Nov 26.4 Ordained Priest St. Karol Józef Wojtyła † Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

2 Nov 68.0 Died John Patrick Barrett † Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

46.8 Appointed Emilio Antonio di Pasquo † Bishop of San Luis, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina

49.3 Appointed Germiniano Esorto † Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Born Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

3 Nov Born Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

63.4 Ordained Bishop Liberato Tosti † Titular Archbishop of Leucas Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua

4 Nov 57.8 Appointed Josef Beran † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

5 Nov 38.5 Ordained Bishop Daniel Eugene Ivancho † Titular Bishop of Europus

Born Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Malanje, Angola

8 Nov Born Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru

Born Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

42.9 Appointed Léon-Etienne Duval † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

66.8 Appointed Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil Bishop-Elect of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil

9 Nov 71.0 Appointed Francis Joseph Beckman † Titular Archbishop of Phulli Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

71.0 Resigned Francis Joseph Beckman † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed George Joseph Donnelly † Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

42.5 Appointed Bl. Vasil Hopko † Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovakian), Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia

42.5 Appointed Bl. Vasil Hopko † Titular Bishop of Midila Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia

88.9 Died Athanase Ignace Nuri † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

10 Nov Born Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

11 Nov 70.6 Succeeded Henry Patrick Rohlman † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

12 Nov 69.7 Died Camillo Caccia Dominioni † Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy

13 Nov Born Adolfo González Montes Bishop of Almería, Spain

14 Nov 81.8 Appointed Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

16 Nov 83.5 Died Antonio Lega † Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

17 Nov Born Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

70.9 Ordained Bishop Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

Born Mario Meini Bishop of Fiesole, Italy

18 Nov 58.9 Died Vincentas Borisevicius † Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

63.1 Died Christian Herman Winkelmann † Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

19 Nov 72.8 Died Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain

20 Nov Born Jonás Guerrero Corona Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

21 Nov 48.7 Ordained Bishop Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Titular Bishop of Paphus Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

16.5 Professed Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

23 Nov Born Joseph Serge Miot † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

Born Michele Pennisi Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

Born Bernd Joachim Uhl Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

24 Nov 70.6 Appointed Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo † Bishop of Ica, Peru

104.1 Beatified St. Antonino Fantosati, O.F.M. Ref. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China

107.1 Beatified St. Francesco Antonio Domenico Fogolla, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China

112.9 Beatified St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China

Born Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B. Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

59.6 Appointed Balbino Santos y Olvera † Archbishop of Granada, Spain

40.8 Ordained Bishop Ignace Ziadé † Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

25 Nov Born Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

26 Nov 57.8 Appointed Felice Beccaro † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

57.3 Died Louis Francis Kelleher † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

46.5 Appointed Martin John O’Connor † Rector of the Pontifical North American College President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

Born Paul Robert Sanchez Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

27 Nov Born Roland Minnerath Archbishop of Dijon, France

28 Nov 32.0 Appointed Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru

29 Nov Born Andrew Francis † Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan

30 Nov 58.1 Ordained Bishop László Bánáss † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

Born Edward William Clark Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

Born José Andrés Corral Arredondo † Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México

43.9 Ordained Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Scilium Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

38.5 Ordained Bishop Benedito Zorzi † Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1 Dec 27.1 Ordained Priest Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay

Born Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

46.5 Ordained Bishop Anton Vovk † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

28.0 Ordained Deacon Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. † Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Superior General Emeritus

Born Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

2 Dec Born Carlos Suárez Cázares Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

4 Dec 61.1 Appointed Luigi Cammarata † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

61.1 Appointed Luigi Cammarata † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

Born Ângelo Pignoli Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

6 Dec 53.8 Appointed Paweł Czesław Rydzewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

53.8 Appointed Paweł Czesław Rydzewski † Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

Born Andrés Vargas Peña Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México

7 Dec 50.1 Appointed Albert Lewis Fletcher † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

8 Dec 57.9 Ordained Bishop Josef Beran † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

36.1 Ordained Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania

46.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Urbani † Titular Bishop of Axomis Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

28.0 Ordained Priest Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Superior General Emeritus

9 Dec 58.5 Died Georges Baraka † Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

12 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Packiam Arokiaswamy † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

43.4 Appointed Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon Bishop of Douala, Cameroon

43.4 Appointed Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Themisonium Bishop of Douala, Cameroon

42.7 Appointed Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lucknow, India

63.6 Resigned Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

31.0 Appointed Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

31.0 Appointed Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Turuzi Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

73.5 Appointed Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † Titular Archbishop of Drizipara Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

73.5 Retired Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † Bishop of Łódź, Poland Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Franciszek Jedwabski † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

51.8 Appointed Franciszek Jedwabski † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

34.9 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

46.3 Appointed Bernard Denis Stewart † Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Bernard Denis Stewart † Titular Bishop of Ucres Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

60.6 Appointed Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

60.6 Appointed Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

14 Dec 44.1 Appointed Karol Pękala † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

44.1 Appointed Karol Pękala † Titular Bishop of Trocmades Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

15 Dec 34.8 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Aramburu † Titular Bishop of Plataea Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

36.4 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Leuce Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.9 Ordained Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo † Bishop of San Luis, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina

43.1 Ordained Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik † Titular Bishop of Abrittum Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

52.9 Died Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

32.1 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † Priest of Kampala, Uganda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Héctor Rueda Hernández † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

17 Dec Born Vincent Kympat † Bishop of Jowai, India

19 Dec Born Gregorio Martínez Sacristán † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

Born Jan Szkodoń Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

Born Gregory Taik Maung Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar

Born Francis Daw Tang Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar

20 Dec 53.4 Appointed Michal Klepacz † Bishop of Łódź, Poland

21 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Orán, Argentina

29.3 Ordained Priest José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

25.3 Ordained Priest Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina

26.6 Ordained Priest Luigi Dusio, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

22.5 Ordained Priest Filippo Franceschi † Priest of Lucca, Italy Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

23.9 Ordained Priest Juan José Gerardi Conedera † Priest of Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

26.0 Ordained Priest Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

48.2 Ordained Bishop Silvino Martínez † Titular Bishop of Canatha Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

32.4 Ordained Priest Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

25.3 Ordained Priest Edward Thomas O’Meara † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

27.0 Ordained Priest Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. † Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

25.8 Ordained Priest Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

22 Dec 28.9 Ordained Priest Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † Priest Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

25 Dec 71.5 Died George Henry Bennett † Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

59.4 Died Juan Pascual Chimento † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

28 Dec Born Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. Bishop of Djibouti

Born Salvatore Muratore Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

29 Dec 33.1 Ordained Priest Patrick Kla Juwle † Priest of Liberia, Liberia Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

39.0 Ordained Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

30 Dec 43.9 Appointed Alfredo Vicente Scherer † Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31 Dec Born Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Born Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	53.1	Resigned	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
1 Nov	26.4	Ordained Priest	St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
2 Nov	68.0	Died	John Patrick Barrett †	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
46.8	Appointed	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
49.3	Appointed	Germiniano Esorto †	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	Born	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé		Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
3 Nov		Born	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.		Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Liberato Tosti †	Titular Archbishop of Leucas	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua
4 Nov	57.8	Appointed	Josef Beran †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
5 Nov	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Eugene Ivancho †	Titular Bishop of Europus
	Born	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. †		Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
8 Nov		Born	Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C.		Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru
	Born	Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.		Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
42.9	Appointed	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
66.8	Appointed	Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil	Bishop-Elect of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
9 Nov	71.0	Appointed	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Titular Archbishop of Phulli	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
71.0	Resigned	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	George Joseph Donnelly †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
42.5	Appointed	Bl. Vasil Hopko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
42.5	Appointed	Bl. Vasil Hopko †	Titular Bishop of Midila	Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
88.9	Died	Athanase Ignace Nuri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
10 Nov		Born	Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S.		Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
11 Nov	70.6	Succeeded	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Nov	69.7	Died	Camillo Caccia Dominioni †	Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Nov		Born	Adolfo González Montes		Bishop of Almería, Spain
14 Nov	81.8	Appointed	Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
16 Nov	83.5	Died	Antonio Lega †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.		Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
70.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
	Born	Mario Meini		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
18 Nov	58.9	Died	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
63.1	Died	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
19 Nov	72.8	Died	Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
20 Nov		Born	Jonás Guerrero Corona		Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
21 Nov	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
16.5	Professed	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
23 Nov		Born	Joseph Serge Miot †		Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	Born	Michele Pennisi		Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	Born	Bernd Joachim Uhl		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
24 Nov	70.6	Appointed	Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo †	Bishop of Ica, Peru
104.1	Beatified	St. Antonino Fantosati, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China
107.1	Beatified	St. Francesco Antonio Domenico Fogolla, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
112.9	Beatified	St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
	Born	Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B.		Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
59.6	Appointed	Balbino Santos y Olvera †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
40.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Ziadé †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Nov		Born	Luigi Gatti		Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
26 Nov	57.8	Appointed	Felice Beccaro †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
57.3	Died	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
46.5	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
	Born	Paul Robert Sanchez		Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 Nov		Born	Roland Minnerath		Archbishop of Dijon, France
28 Nov	32.0	Appointed	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
29 Nov		Born	Andrew Francis †		Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
30 Nov	58.1	Ordained Bishop	László Bánáss †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	Born	Edward William Clark		Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	Born	José Andrés Corral Arredondo †		Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México
43.9	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Costa, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
38.5	Ordained Bishop	Benedito Zorzi †	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1 Dec	27.1	Ordained Priest	Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
	Born	Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda †		Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Vovk †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28.0	Ordained Deacon	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
	Born	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †		Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2 Dec		Born	Carlos Suárez Cázares		Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
4 Dec	61.1	Appointed	Luigi Cammarata †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
61.1	Appointed	Luigi Cammarata †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	Born	Ângelo Pignoli		Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
6 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
53.8	Appointed	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	Born	Andrés Vargas Peña		Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México
7 Dec	50.1	Appointed	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef Beran †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
36.1	Ordained Bishop	James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Urbani †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28.0	Ordained Priest	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
9 Dec	58.5	Died	Georges Baraka †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
12 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
43.4	Appointed	Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
43.4	Appointed	Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
42.7	Appointed	Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lucknow, India
63.6	Resigned	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
31.0	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
31.0	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
73.5	Appointed	Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński †	Titular Archbishop of Drizipara	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
73.5	Retired	Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
51.8	Appointed	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
34.9	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
46.3	Appointed	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
60.6	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
60.6	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
14 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Karol Pękala †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Karol Pękala †	Titular Bishop of Trocmades	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
15 Dec	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Maksimilijan Držecnik †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
52.9	Died	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
32.1	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †	Priest of Kampala, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Rueda Hernández †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
17 Dec		Born	Vincent Kympat †		Bishop of Jowai, India
19 Dec		Born	Gregorio Martínez Sacristán †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	Born	Jan Szkodoń		Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	Born	Gregory Taik Maung		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
	Born	Francis Daw Tang		Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar
20 Dec	53.4	Appointed	Michal Klepacz †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
21 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
29.3	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
25.3	Ordained Priest	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
26.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Dusio, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
22.5	Ordained Priest	Filippo Franceschi †	Priest of Lucca, Italy	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
23.9	Ordained Priest	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Priest of Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
26.0	Ordained Priest	Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Silvino Martínez †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
32.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
25.3	Ordained Priest	Edward Thomas O’Meara †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
27.0	Ordained Priest	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
25.8	Ordained Priest	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
22 Dec	28.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †	Priest	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
25 Dec	71.5	Died	George Henry Bennett †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
59.4	Died	Juan Pascual Chimento †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
28 Dec		Born	Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.		Bishop of Djibouti
	Born	Salvatore Muratore		Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
29 Dec	33.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Priest of Liberia, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
39.0	Ordained Bishop	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
30 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Dec		Born	Robert Charles Morlino †		Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube		Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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