The Year of Our Lord 2016

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 73.2 Retired Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

1 Dec 73.0 Resigned Karel Herbst, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

91.5 Died Zekarias Yohannes † Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

2 Dec 46.9 Ordained Bishop John Lei Jiapei Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

3 Dec 70.6 Installed George Anthony Frendo, O.P. Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania Archbishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino Bishop of Vélez, Colombia Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

56.2 Ordained Bishop Oscar Eduardo Miñarro Titular Bishop of Antium Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

4 Dec 57.1 Ordained Bishop Lodewijk Aerts Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

54.9 Installed Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.2 Ceased Koenraad Vanhoutte Apostolic Administrator of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

5 Dec 69.8 Appointed Mark Edward Brennan Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

69.8 Appointed Mark Edward Brennan Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

76.7 Retired Denis James Madden Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.8 Appointed Adam John Parker Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

44.8 Appointed Adam John Parker Titular Bishop of Tasaccora Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

6 Dec 59.4 Installed Michael Francis Burbidge Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

66.1 Appointed Wilfredo Pino Estévez Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

7 Dec 65.2 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Accolla Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

52.6 Appointed Paulo Alves Romão Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

52.6 Appointed Paulo Alves Romão Titular Bishop of Calama Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

47.3 Appointed Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil

76.3 Retired Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Giovanni Intini Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

70.6 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio

62.1 Appointed Joel Portella Amado Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

62.1 Appointed Joel Portella Amado Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano) Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 Dec 40.3 Installed Hugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem. Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

52.7 Ordained Bishop Louis Corriveau Titular Bishop of Arena Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

77.6 Retired Stanisław Dziwisz Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

67.3 Appointed Marek Jędraszewski Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

90.9 Died Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

48.8 Ordained Bishop Philippe Alain Mbarga Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon

66.5 Ordained Bishop Marc Pelchat Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada

9 Dec 57.9 Succeeded Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan

54.0 Resigned Michael Wallace Banach Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

56.2 Appointed John Oliver Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

76.5 Retired William Francis Murphy Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Gabriel Zubeir Wako Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

10 Dec 44.6 Appointed Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic Bishop

46.3 Ordained Bishop Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg Titular Bishop of Sassura Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

85.8 Died László Huzsvár † Bishop Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia

88.3 Died Paul Shinichi Itonaga † Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan

53.8 Appointed Martin Waïngue Bani Bishop of Doba, Chad

11 Dec 56.8 Installed Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

12 Dec 75.4 Died Gerard Clifford † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

49.0 Ordained Bishop Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

84.4 Died Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † Prelate of Opus Dei

63.9 Appointed Maurice Monier Pro-Dean of the Roman Rota Pro-Dean Emeritus

13 Dec 59.1 Appointed Edward James Burns Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA

14 Dec 95.2 Died Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil

64.0 Appointed Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.4 Appointed Michael F. Czerny, S.J. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Cardinal, Prefect

55.4 Appointed Victor Emilio Masalles Pere Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic

47.2 Appointed Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Titular Bishop of Buxentum Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic

15 Dec 63.9 Appointed Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

16 Dec 64.8 Appointed Louis Frederick Kihneman Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

46.3 Appointed Gustavo Alejandro Montini Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

75.7 Retired Roger Paul Morin † Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 61.9 Appointed Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. Apostolic Administrator of Yurimaguas, Peru Vicar Apostolic

76.6 Retired José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.3 Appointed Cristiano Bodo Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

83.5 Died Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Giuseppe Guerrini Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Ordained Bishop Calogero Marino Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy

46.6 Installed Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino Bishop of Vélez, Colombia Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

18 Dec 50.0 Ordained Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Tarma, Peru Bishop of Callao, Peru

64.1 Installed Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil Archbishop of Verapoly, India

49.7 Installed Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

20 Dec 55.2 Appointed Barthol Barretto Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India Bishop of Nashik, India

55.2 Appointed Barthol Barretto Titular Bishop of Strongoli Bishop of Nashik, India

68.6 Appointed Allwyn D’Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Allwyn D’Silva Titular Bishop of Dura Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

58.5 Appointed Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. Bishop of Lismore, Australia

79.0 Retired Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett Bishop of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 45.5 Appointed Geovane Luís da Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

45.5 Appointed Geovane Luís da Silva Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

56.0 Appointed Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

56.0 Appointed Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda Titular Bishop of Tulana Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.0 Appointed Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia

23 Dec 75.5 Died Jean Gagnon † Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

44.1 Appointed Alexis Aly Tagbino Auxiliary Bishop of Kankan, Guinea Bishop

44.1 Appointed Alexis Aly Tagbino Titular Bishop of Cuicul Bishop of Kankan, Guinea

24 Dec 72.6 Appointed Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Archbishop Emeritus

25 Dec 73.6 Died Karl Golser † Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

92.9 Died Léon-Raymond Soulier † Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France

26 Dec 90.0 Died Jaume Camprodon Rovira † Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

27 Dec 65.4 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Giuliano Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy

59.0 Appointed Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

77.4 Retired Adalbert Ndzana Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

28 Dec 81.2 Retired Santos Abril y Castelló Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

69.7 Resigned Richard Gerard Lennon † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

70.9 Resigned Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Succeeded Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

71.4 Appointed Stanisław Ryłko Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

75.5 Retired Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Daniel Edward Thomas Apostolic Administrator of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA

29 Dec 75.0 Retired Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. † Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 83.1 Died Thomas Ludger Dupré † Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

59.4 Retired Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Bishop of Kenya, Military Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

52.9 Appointed Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J. Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries

84.6 Died Justo Mullor García † President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

31 Dec 77.7 Died Peter Fernando † Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	73.2	Retired	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
1 Dec	73.0	Resigned	Karel Herbst, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
91.5	Died	Zekarias Yohannes †	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
2 Dec	46.9	Ordained Bishop	John Lei Jiapei	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
3 Dec	70.6	Installed	George Anthony Frendo, O.P.	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Eduardo Miñarro	Titular Bishop of Antium	Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
4 Dec	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Lodewijk Aerts	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
54.9	Installed	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.2	Ceased	Koenraad Vanhoutte	Apostolic Administrator of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
5 Dec	69.8	Appointed	Mark Edward Brennan	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
69.8	Appointed	Mark Edward Brennan	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
76.7	Retired	Denis James Madden	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.8	Appointed	Adam John Parker	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
44.8	Appointed	Adam John Parker	Titular Bishop of Tasaccora	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
6 Dec	59.4	Installed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
66.1	Appointed	Wilfredo Pino Estévez	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
7 Dec	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Accolla	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
52.6	Appointed	Paulo Alves Romão	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
52.6	Appointed	Paulo Alves Romão	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
47.3	Appointed	Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
76.3	Retired	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Giovanni Intini	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
70.6	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
62.1	Appointed	Joel Portella Amado	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
62.1	Appointed	Joel Portella Amado	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Dec	40.3	Installed	Hugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.	Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis Corriveau	Titular Bishop of Arena	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
77.6	Retired	Stanisław Dziwisz	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
67.3	Appointed	Marek Jędraszewski	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
90.9	Died	Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Alain Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Marc Pelchat	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
9 Dec	57.9	Succeeded	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
54.0	Resigned	Michael Wallace Banach	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
56.2	Appointed	John Oliver Barres	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
76.5	Retired	William Francis Murphy	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
10 Dec	44.6	Appointed	Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic	Bishop
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
85.8	Died	László Huzsvár †	Bishop Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
88.3	Died	Paul Shinichi Itonaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan
53.8	Appointed	Martin Waïngue Bani	Bishop of Doba, Chad
11 Dec	56.8	Installed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Dec	75.4	Died	Gerard Clifford †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
84.4	Died	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Prelate of Opus Dei
63.9	Appointed	Maurice Monier	Pro-Dean of the Roman Rota	Pro-Dean Emeritus
13 Dec	59.1	Appointed	Edward James Burns	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
14 Dec	95.2	Died	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
64.0	Appointed	Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F.	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.4	Appointed	Michael F. Czerny, S.J.	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Cardinal, Prefect
55.4	Appointed	Victor Emilio Masalles Pere	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
47.2	Appointed	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
15 Dec	63.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC.	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Dec	64.8	Appointed	Louis Frederick Kihneman	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
46.3	Appointed	Gustavo Alejandro Montini	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
75.7	Retired	Roger Paul Morin †	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	61.9	Appointed	Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Yurimaguas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic
76.6	Retired	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.3	Appointed	Cristiano Bodo	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
83.5	Died	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Giuseppe Guerrini	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Ordained Bishop	Calogero Marino	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy
46.6	Installed	Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
18 Dec	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tarma, Peru	Bishop of Callao, Peru
64.1	Installed	Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
49.7	Installed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
20 Dec	55.2	Appointed	Barthol Barretto	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Bishop of Nashik, India
55.2	Appointed	Barthol Barretto	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Bishop of Nashik, India
68.6	Appointed	Allwyn D’Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Allwyn D’Silva	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
58.5	Appointed	Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D.	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
79.0	Retired	Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett	Bishop of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	45.5	Appointed	Geovane Luís da Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.5	Appointed	Geovane Luís da Silva	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
56.0	Appointed	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
56.0	Appointed	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.0	Appointed	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
23 Dec	75.5	Died	Jean Gagnon †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
44.1	Appointed	Alexis Aly Tagbino	Auxiliary Bishop of Kankan, Guinea	Bishop
44.1	Appointed	Alexis Aly Tagbino	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
24 Dec	72.6	Appointed	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Dec	73.6	Died	Karl Golser †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
92.9	Died	Léon-Raymond Soulier †	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
26 Dec	90.0	Died	Jaume Camprodon Rovira †	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
27 Dec	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Giuliano	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy
59.0	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla	Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
77.4	Retired	Adalbert Ndzana	Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	81.2	Retired	Santos Abril y Castelló	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.	Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
69.7	Resigned	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
70.9	Resigned	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Succeeded	Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
71.4	Appointed	Stanisław Ryłko	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
75.5	Retired	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Daniel Edward Thomas	Apostolic Administrator of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
29 Dec	75.0	Retired	Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. †	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	83.1	Died	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
59.4	Retired	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Bishop of Kenya, Military	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
52.9	Appointed	Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military	Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
84.6	Died	Justo Mullor García †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
31 Dec	77.7	Died	Peter Fernando †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

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