The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 66.2 Resigned Giuseppe Mojoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

1 Dec 62.1 Appointed Lech Kaczmarek † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

52.2 Appointed Joseph Francis Maguire † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

52.2 Appointed Joseph Francis Maguire † Titular Bishop of Mactaris Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

3 Dec 62.4 Appointed Antonio Añoveros Ataún † Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

64.5 Appointed Vicente Enrique y Tarancón † Archbishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Marcelo González Martín † Archbishop of Toledo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Narciso Jubany Arnau † Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed José Méndez Asensio † Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

55.4 Appointed Juan Antonio del Val Gallo † Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus

4 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Hernán Alvarado Solano † Priest of Zipaquirá, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia

68.0 Resigned Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

5 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Orlando Antonio Corrales García Priest of Medellín, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

41.2 Ordained Bishop Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Dec 50.7 Appointed Packiam Arokiaswamy † Archbishop of Bangalore, India Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

47.2 Appointed Saminini Arulappa † Archbishop of Hyderabad, India Archbishop Emeritus

43.5 Appointed Louis Edward Gelineau † Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed René Henry Gracida † Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

48.4 Appointed René Henry Gracida † Titular Bishop of Masuccaba Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

40.6 Appointed Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jullundur, India Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Henry Joseph Kennedy † Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus

7 Dec 76.0 Retired Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. † Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Died Nikasius Kipengele † Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

46.2 Appointed Próspero Penados del Barrio † Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala

71.8 Died Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

57.2 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Riley † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Riley † Titular Bishop of Daimlaig Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

8 Dec 49.6 Ordained Bishop Dante Bernini † Titular Bishop of Assidona Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia

83.0 Died Aurelio del Pino Gómez † Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain

Born Guillaume Robert Marie-Joseph Leschallier de Lisle Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France

43.8 Ordained Bishop Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

9 Dec 46.3 Ordained Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † Bishop of Tuticorin, India Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

10 Dec 36.1 Appointed Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

36.1 Appointed Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira Titular Bishop of Febiana Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

71.2 Died Bernhard Schräder † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

45.4 Appointed Hernando Velásquez Lotero † Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia

45.4 Appointed Hernando Velásquez Lotero † Titular Bishop of Garba Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia

11 Dec 52.3 Ordained Bishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne † Titular Bishop of Tela Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France

50.3 Ordained Bishop Bernhard Huhn † Titular Bishop of Tasaccora Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany

28.2 Ordained Deacon Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp. Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon

33.9 Ordained Priest Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña † Priest of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop of El Salvador, Military

27.7 Ordained Priest Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil

12 Dec 26.1 Ordained Deacon Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

28.7 Ordained Priest John Baptist Kaggwa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda

41.2 Installed Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Dec 51.7 Appointed José Tomás Sánchez † Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

14 Dec 29.1 Ordained Priest Marampudi Joji † Priest Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

75.1 Retired Robert Francis Joyce † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus

43.6 Appointed John Aloysius Marshall † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

Born Mário Spaki Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

15 Dec 66.5 Died Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India

16 Dec 27.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

51.9 Appointed José María Cases Deordal † Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 53.3 Installed Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

25.2 Ordained Priest Salvatore Ronald Matano Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

43.8 Installed Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

25.0 Ordained Priest Paul Robert Sanchez Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

18 Dec 27.8 Ordained Priest Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru

29.3 Ordained Priest José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Ryan Pagente Jimenez Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

26.6 Ordained Priest Hélio Adelar Rubert Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

27.2 Ordained Priest Antoine Vũ Huy Chương Priest of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

19 Dec 25.2 Ordained Priest Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

53.8 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Fagiolo † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

29.2 Ordained Priest Elói Róggia, S.A.C. Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil

29.6 Ordained Priest Athanasius Atule Usuh † Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec Born Salvador González Morales Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

25.4 Ordained Priest George Njaralakatt Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India

63.3 Died Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. † Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania

Born Joseph Samedi, S.J. Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

21 Dec 26.4 Ordained Priest Antony Anandarayar † Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

22 Dec 58.9 Resigned Gabriel Bukatko † Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

60.2 Died Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. † Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

60.0 Appointed Tamás Jung † Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia

60.0 Appointed Tamás Jung † Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia

23 Dec 24.1 Ordained Priest Agustín Cortés Soriano Priest of Valencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

41.2 Appointed Michele Giordano † Auxiliary Bishop of Matera, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

41.2 Appointed Michele Giordano † Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

62.7 Appointed Antal Jakab † Coadjutor Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Antal Jakab † Titular Bishop of Astigi Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

54.9 Appointed Giuseppe Vairo † Apostolic Administrator of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

54.9 Appointed Giuseppe Vairo † Apostolic Administrator of Venosa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

54.9 Resigned Giuseppe Vairo † Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

24 Dec 21.9 Ordained Deacon Carlos Aguiar Retes Deacon of Tepic, Nayarit, México Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

26.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco † Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México

Born Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

27 Dec 51.7 Ordained Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Cantisani † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

28 Dec 51.5 Appointed Charles Amarin Brand † Auxiliary Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

51.5 Appointed Charles Amarin Brand † Titular Bishop of Uthina Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

61.3 Appointed Edoardo Pecoraio † Titular Archbishop of Cumae Apostolic Nuncio

61.3 Appointed Edoardo Pecoraio † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

25.8 Ordained Priest Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

29 Dec 28.4 Ordained Priest Cornelius Fontem Esua Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

76.4 Retired John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Dermot Joseph Ryan † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	66.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
1 Dec	62.1	Appointed	Lech Kaczmarek †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
3 Dec	62.4	Appointed	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
64.5	Appointed	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Marcelo González Martín †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
55.4	Appointed	Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Hernán Alvarado Solano †	Priest of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
68.0	Resigned	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
5 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Priest of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Dec	50.7	Appointed	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
47.2	Appointed	Saminini Arulappa †	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus
43.5	Appointed	Louis Edward Gelineau †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	René Henry Gracida †	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
48.4	Appointed	René Henry Gracida †	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
40.6	Appointed	Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jullundur, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Henry Joseph Kennedy †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	76.0	Retired	Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Died	Nikasius Kipengele †	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
46.2	Appointed	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
71.8	Died	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
57.2	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 Dec	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Dante Bernini †	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
83.0	Died	Aurelio del Pino Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
	Born	Guillaume Robert Marie-Joseph Leschallier de Lisle		Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
9 Dec	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
10 Dec	36.1	Appointed	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
36.1	Appointed	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
71.2	Died	Bernhard Schräder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
45.4	Appointed	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
45.4	Appointed	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
11 Dec	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Titular Bishop of Tela	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Huhn †	Titular Bishop of Tasaccora	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
28.2	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon
33.9	Ordained Priest	Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña †	Priest of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop of El Salvador, Military
27.7	Ordained Priest	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
12 Dec	26.1	Ordained Deacon	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
28.7	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
41.2	Installed	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Dec	51.7	Appointed	José Tomás Sánchez †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
14 Dec	29.1	Ordained Priest	Marampudi Joji †	Priest	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
75.1	Retired	Robert Francis Joyce †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.6	Appointed	John Aloysius Marshall †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
	Born	Mário Spaki		Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
15 Dec	66.5	Died	Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
16 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
51.9	Appointed	José María Cases Deordal †	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	53.3	Installed	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
25.2	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Ronald Matano	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
43.8	Installed	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
25.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Robert Sanchez	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru
29.3	Ordained Priest	José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Ryan Pagente Jimenez		Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
26.6	Ordained Priest	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27.2	Ordained Priest	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Priest of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
19 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
29.2	Ordained Priest	Elói Róggia, S.A.C.	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
29.6	Ordained Priest	Athanasius Atule Usuh †	Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec		Born	Salvador González Morales		Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
25.4	Ordained Priest	George Njaralakatt	Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
63.3	Died	Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. †	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
	Born	Joseph Samedi, S.J.		Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
21 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Antony Anandarayar †	Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Dec	58.9	Resigned	Gabriel Bukatko †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
60.2	Died	Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
60.0	Appointed	Tamás Jung †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
60.0	Appointed	Tamás Jung †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
23 Dec	24.1	Ordained Priest	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
41.2	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
41.2	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
62.7	Appointed	Antal Jakab †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Antal Jakab †	Titular Bishop of Astigi	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
54.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Apostolic Administrator of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
54.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Apostolic Administrator of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
54.9	Resigned	Giuseppe Vairo †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
24 Dec	21.9	Ordained Deacon	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Deacon of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
26.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco †	Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
	Born	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión		Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
27 Dec	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Cantisani †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
28 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Charles Amarin Brand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
51.5	Appointed	Charles Amarin Brand †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
61.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Titular Archbishop of Cumae	Apostolic Nuncio
61.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
25.8	Ordained Priest	Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
29 Dec	28.4	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
76.4	Retired	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Dermot Joseph Ryan †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus

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