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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil †		Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India
	35.0	Ordained Bishop	José Varani †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Nov	61.1	Died	Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China
3 Nov		Born	Bernard Bober		Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
4 Nov	61.1	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Apostolic Administrator of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
		Born	John Charles Wester		Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
6 Nov	56.3	Appointed	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Bishop of Brazil, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.		Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
		Born	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Nov	61.5	Appointed	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Apostolic Administrator of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
	66.8	Died	Krizosztom (Ferenc) Kelemen, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
	24.2	First Vows	Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen, Jr., O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
8 Nov	57.5	Died	Albini Lafortune †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
	37.0	Succeeded	Joseph Albertus Martin †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Kavukattu †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov		Born	Casimiro López Llorente		Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
11 Nov	78.0	Died	José de Jesús López y González †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
	70.8	Appointed	Clemente Micara †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	79.1	Appointed	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
12 Nov	67.7	Died	Bl. Hryhory Lakota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
13 Nov	29.0	Professed	Luca Collino, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
		Born	Antal Spányi		Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
14 Nov	70.1	Died	Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	48.3	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
	48.3	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
16 Nov	87.9	Died	Joseph Marie Cuaz, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos
	83.9	Died	Ercolano Marini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. †		Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
		Born	Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez		Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México
		Born	Edmund Woga, C.SS.R.		Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
18 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Cleven †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Cleven †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Alessandro D’Errico		Apostolic Nuncio
	76.2	Died	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
19 Nov	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexandru Todea †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
20 Nov	42.2	Appointed	János Bárd †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.2	Appointed	János Bárd †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	45.0	Appointed	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	45.0	Appointed	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Titular Bishop of Barata	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	85.0	Died	Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
21 Nov		Born	Lawrence Thomas Persico		Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Nov	62.0	Died	Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
	47.7	Appointed	Gracija Ivanovic †	Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	70.2	Resigned	David O’Leary, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	82.9	Died	Giovanni Spada, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	43.5	Succeeded	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
26 Nov	38.5	Ordained Bishop	João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
30 Nov	74.8	Appointed	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Raymund Wang Chong Lin †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
1 Dec		Born	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer		Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
	51.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	51.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
2 Dec	49.0	Installed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Otto Georgens		Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
3 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Heitor de Araújo Sales	Priest of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	16.0	Professed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	26.8	Ordained Priest	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Elizeu Simões Mendes †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
4 Dec		Born	Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Valerian Gracias †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
	80.2	Died	Johannes Baptist Höcht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	57.7	Appointed	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Sugdaea	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	57.7	Resigned	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Dec		Born	Lajos Varga		Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
6 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
7 Dec	63.9	Resigned	Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi
8 Dec	27.2	Ordained Priest	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Priest	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Virgílio de Pauli †	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Gonzaga Fernandes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
	49.0	Installed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Bruno Maldaner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	46.7	Installed	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
9 Dec	78.9	Appointed	Albino Morera †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	78.9	Retired	Albino Morera †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	35.7	Appointed	José Rincón Bonilla †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	35.7	Appointed	José Rincón Bonilla †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
10 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Urbano José Allgayer †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Rómulo García †	Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
11 Dec	63.0	Appointed	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	55.8	Appointed	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	55.8	Appointed	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	55.3	Appointed	Maurice Schexnayder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Maurice Schexnayder †	Titular Bishop of Tuscamia	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
12 Dec		Born	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro		Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
	69.9	Appointed	Iwannis (Youhanna) Gandour †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra
	62.3	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
	62.3	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Titular Archbishop of Sion	Archbishop of Spain, Military
	63.0	Appointed	Patrick O’Boyle †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Justin Tetmu Samba †		Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
13 Dec	61.6	Died	George Joseph Donnelly †	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	78.9	Died	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
14 Dec	57.1	Appointed	Luis Cabrera Cruz †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	53.9	Appointed	Eduardo Martinez González †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Appointed	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
		Born	Ilídio Pinto Leandro †		Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
		Born	Carl Leonard Reid		Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
15 Dec		Born	Irineu Roque Scherer †		Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Dec		Born	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu		Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Frane Franić †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
	46.8	Appointed	Francesco Minerva †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	Corrado Mingo †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
18 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio
	49.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Apostolic Nuncio
	46.4	Installed	Matthew Kavukattu †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Dec		Born	Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M.		Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
21 Dec	50.8	Appointed	Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	23.5	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Gerry †	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Priest of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.3	Died	Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Quinn †	Priest of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
	42.3	Appointed	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Bishop of Philippines, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
22 Dec	77.2	Died	Hugh Charles Boyle †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	43.1	Succeeded	John Francis Dearden †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
		Born	Tomáš Galis		Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
	40.5	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
	40.5	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
23 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Biffi †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Guy Gérard Deroubaix †	Deacon of Lille, France	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Dominik Hrušovský †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
	42.3	Appointed	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	42.3	Appointed	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ingila	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Priest of Santiago de Chile
	45.6	Appointed	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	45.6	Appointed	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	57.0	Appointed	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
	57.0	Appointed	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicius	Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
	52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Titular Archbishop of Anasartha	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
	52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Coadjutor Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Štefan Vrablec †	Priest of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
24 Dec	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Herbert Bednorz †	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
25 Dec	67.6	Died	Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
		Born	Noël Treanor †		Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
27 Dec	26.3	Ordained Priest	Pedro Fré, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	62.6	Appointed	Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O. Cist. †	Abbot	Abbot Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
28 Dec	44.8	Appointed	Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
30 Dec		Born	José María Ortega Trinidad		Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru

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