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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	80.7	Resigned	Achille Liénart †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
1 Nov		Born	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón		Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. †	Titular Bishop of Africa	Prelate of Huarí, Peru
	51.4	Appointed	Agnelo Rossi †	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
2 Nov		Born	John Francis Doerfler		Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
3 Nov		Born	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.		Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	40.9	Appointed	Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	40.9	Appointed	Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk †	Titular Bishop of Ita	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
4 Nov	42.2	Appointed	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	80.0	Died	Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov		Born	Bertilo João Morsch		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
		Born	Corrado Sanguineti		Bishop of Pavia, Italy
8 Nov	56.8	Appointed	John Patrick Cody †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	88.0	Died	Joseph Francis Rummel †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 Nov	55.5	Appointed	Joseph Francis Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	55.5	Appointed	Joseph Francis Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	40.7	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	40.7	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	57.2	Appointed	Lawrence Patrick Moran †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	57.2	Appointed	Lawrence Patrick Moran †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	37.1	Appointed	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rangoon, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
	37.1	Appointed	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
10 Nov	69.2	Appointed	Julijans Vaivods †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
	69.2	Appointed	Julijans Vaivods †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
	69.2	Appointed	Julijans Vaivods †	Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja, Latvia	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
11 Nov		Born	Mario Luis Durán Berríos		Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout		Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
12 Nov	34.8	Appointed	Leobard D’Souza †	Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	34.8	Appointed	Leobard D’Souza †	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	64.7	Resigned	João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †	Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	77.2	Died	José da Cruz Moreira Pinto †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
13 Nov	84.2	Died	Franciszek Barda †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	84.6	Died	Oddo Bernacchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
14 Nov		Born	Pio Hipunyati		Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola
	46.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Marafini †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
15 Nov	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Donald J. Herlihy †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	45.8	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	45.8	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	24.9	Professed	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. †	Member of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
16 Nov		Born	Janusz Ostrowski		Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
17 Nov	47.1	Appointed	Wladyslaw Rubin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	47.1	Appointed	Wladyslaw Rubin †	Titular Bishop of Serta	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
		Born	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi		Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
18 Nov	67.1	Appointed	Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. †	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C.		Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.5	Appointed	Augustin Farah †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	56.5	Appointed	Maximos V (George) Hakim †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	64.2	Appointed	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thunudruma	Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo
	58.0	Resigned	Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	70.9	Appointed	Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	69.0	Died	Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
	69.2	Ordained Bishop	Julijans Vaivods †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
	78.4	Appointed	Eftimios Youakim, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
20 Nov		Born	Bruno Ateba Edo, S.A.C.		Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
	53.1	Ceased	Gellért Belon †	Apostolic Administrator of Pécs, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Deacon of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
21 Nov	58.8	Died	Paul Bernier †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
		Born	Francisco Lima Soares		Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
23 Nov	70.0	Died	Edward Celestin Daly, O.P. †	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
24 Nov		Born	John Kobina Louis		Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana
25 Nov	55.8	Appointed	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	67.8	Appointed	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
	67.8	Resigned	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kasama, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
	39.7	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Minna, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	43.5	Appointed	Caesar Gatimu †	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	44.6	Succeeded	John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †	Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Appointed	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
	75.6	Retired	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †	Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Louis Nganga a Ndzando †	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	33.6	Appointed	James Odongo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	33.6	Appointed	James Odongo †	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	57.5	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Fortunato Zoppas †	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	61.7	Resigned	Fortunato Zoppas †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov		Born	Andrzej Przybylski		Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	68.6	Died	Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	52.6	Died	Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Nov		Born	Teodoro León Muñoz		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 Nov	79.7	Died	Gregorio Falconieri †	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano, Italy
		Born	Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N.		Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
29 Nov	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Wladyslaw Rubin †	Titular Bishop of Serta	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
30 Nov	51.0	Ordained Bishop	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
1 Dec	27.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas Chakiath	Priest of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
		Born	Ivan Ćurić		Auxiliary Bishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
	32.3	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
2 Dec	31.3	Ordained Priest	Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Edwin Colaço	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Anthony Fernandes †	Priest of Benares-Gorakhpur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Bareilly, India
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly	Priest of Chikmagalur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
3 Dec	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Leobard D’Souza †	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Patrick Moran †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Evariste Van Rengen, C.J. †	Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
5 Dec		Born	Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Bishop of Vila Cabral, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Peter Hka Awng Tu		Priest of Myitkyina, Myanmar
		Born	Richard Kazadi Kamba		Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Wilfredo Dasco Manlapaz	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tagum, Philippines
7 Dec		Born	Peter Wu Yishun		Bishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
8 Dec	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Cleary †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Cleary †	Titular Bishop of Cresima	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	57.4	Appointed	Michael Foylan †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Iván Antonio Marín López	Priest of Jericó, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
	47.5	Appointed	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec		Born	Damase Zinga Atangana		Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon
	21.1	Professed	José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10 Dec		Born	Joseph Kallarackal		Bishop of Jaipur, India
	70.3	Died	Mariano Rossell y Arellano †	Archbishop of Guatemala
	65.8	Died	Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
12 Dec	55.8	Succeeded	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
	67.9	Appointed	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	33.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Mugadzi †	Priest of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop
	47.3	Appointed	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	José Doth de Oliveira †	Priest of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Martin Laliberté, P.M.E.		Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
		Born	Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes		Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Marafini †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
15 Dec		Born	Edson Batista de Mello		Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	39.9	Died	Gabriel Kihimbare †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kitega, Burundi
		Born	Michael Kalu Ukpong		Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
16 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	George William Coleman †	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Walter James Edyvean †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya
	76.1	Died	Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tamatave, Madagascar
	24.5	Ordained Priest	William Francis Murphy	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
19 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sunday Ajomo †	Priest	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane †	Priest of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho	Bishop
	31.6	Ordained Priest	George Francis Daniel	Priest of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Bali Gali	Priest of Guntur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	34.4	Ordained Priest	Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Ekezia Ilonu †	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Okigwe, Nigeria
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
		Born	John Keenan		Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Khoury †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †	Priest of Lucena, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra	Priest of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Ocaña, Colombia
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Gilles Lussier	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	33.5	Ordained Priest	Lucian Mureşan	Priest of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Nereo Page Odchimar †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Sebelio Peralta Alvarez †	Priest of Villarrica, Paraguay	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
		Born	Wojciech Polak		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Apostolic Nuncio
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †	Priest of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt	Bishop
	24.2	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Costa Rica
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Vital Komenan Yao †	Priest of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
20 Dec	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	25.4	Ordained Deacon	François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau	Deacon of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	25.3	Ordained Priest	François Paul Marie Maupu	Priest of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Luciano Pacomio	Deacon of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt	Priest of Barranquilla, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	31.2	Ordained Priest	Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †	Priest of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	49.8	Appointed	Pranciškaus Brazys, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Zella
24 Dec		Born	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.		Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
25 Dec		Born	José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M.		Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
26 Dec		Born	Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei		Bishop of Obala, Cameroon
27 Dec	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas †	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
	31.2	Ordained Priest	John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw	Priest of Jesselton, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
	26.4	Ordained Priest	José María Pinheiro	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Dec		Born	Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M.		Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	67.7	Died	Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
29 Dec		Born	Thomas Jessayyan Netto		Archbishop of Trivandrum, India
	69.7	Died	Alexandros Scandar †	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Dec	28.9	Ordained Priest	Longinus Atundo †	Priest	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya
	51.3	Appointed	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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