| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| 1 Dec | 96.9 | Died | Miguel Esteban Hesayne † | Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina |
| 40.7 | Ordained Bishop | Ivan Kulyk | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 59.2 | Died | Paul David Sirba † | Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
| 2 Dec | 66.9 | Appointed | Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS | Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania |
| 54.9 | Appointed | Alberto Rojas | Coadjutor Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA | Bishop |
| 3 Dec | 62.2 | Appointed | Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng | Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam |
| 64.3 | Appointed | Josef Marketz | Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 4 Dec | 50.3 | Appointed | Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 50.3 | Appointed | Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk | Titular Bishop of Aulon | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 93.4 | Died | Ján Eugen Kočiš † | Protosyncellus Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) |
| 73.7 | Resigned | Richard Joseph Malone | Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 71.5 | Appointed | Edward Bernard Scharfenberger | Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA | Bishop of Albany, New York, USA |
| 5 Dec | 86.0 | Died | Pietro Brollo † | Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy |
| 7 Dec | 47.0 | Ordained Bishop | David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. | Titular Bishop of Bagai | Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. | Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru |
| 77.9 | Retired | Séraphin François Rouamba | Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 57.9 | Appointed | Gabriel Sayaogo | Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso |
| 8 Dec | 57.4 | Ceased | George Bugeja, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Benghazi, Libya | Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya |
| 73.6 | Appointed | Fernando Filoni | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
| 80.6 | Retired | Edwin Frederick O’Brien | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus |
| 60.8 | Appointed | Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Benghazi, Libya |
| 62.4 | Appointed | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
| 9 Dec | 44.7 | Appointed | Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould | Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria |
| 94.5 | Died | José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago † | Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil |
| 49.8 | Installed | Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C. | Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| 10 Dec | 64.2 | Ordained Bishop | Gerardo Joseph Colacicco | Titular Bishop of Erdonia | Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA |
| 45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. | Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli | Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine |
| 61.4 | Ordained Bishop | Edmund James Whalen | Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus | Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA |
| 11 Dec | 62.2 | Ceased | Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng | Apostolic Administrator of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam | Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam |
| 66.0 | Installed | Joseph Nguyễn Năng | Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam |
| 83.0 | Died | Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo † | Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda |
| 12 Dec | 47.4 | Installed | Jaime Cristóbal Abril González | Bishop of Arauca, Colombia |
| 55.9 | Appointed | Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan |
| 48.2 | Appointed | Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi | Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru |
| 48.2 | Appointed | Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi | Titular Bishop of Isola | Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru |
| 61.3 | Appointed | Luis Augusto Campos Flórez | Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia |
| 52.6 | Ordained Bishop | Moses Chikwe | Titular Bishop of Flumenzer | Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria |
| 62.2 | Appointed | Segundo René Coba Galarza | Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Donald Edward DeGrood | Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA |
| 57.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jose Alan Verdejo Dialogo | Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines |
| 62.2 | Installed | Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng | Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam |
| 51.8 | Appointed | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland |
| 51.8 | Appointed | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Titular Bishop of Naissus | Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland |
| 78.1 | Retired | Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Impfondo, Congo | Bishop Emeritus |
| 51.8 | Appointed | Julius Yakubu Kundi | Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria |
| 79.3 | Retired | Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. † | Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 76.2 | Retired | Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz | Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.9 | Ceased | Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm | Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam |
| 48.8 | Appointed | Daniel Franck Nzika | Bishop of Impfondo, Congo |
| 54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Bartholomeus van Roijen | Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada |
| 51.3 | Installed | Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. | Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia |
| 76.2 | Retired | Paul Joseph Swain | Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 13 Dec | 70.5 | Appointed | George Joseph Lucas | Apostolic Administrator of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| 14 Dec | 57.4 | Installed | Jose Alan Verdejo Dialogo | Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines |
| 85.2 | Ceased | Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. | Apostolic Administrator of Machiques, Venezuela | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela |
| 83.5 | Died | André Gaumond † | Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada |
| 55.6 | Installed | Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. | Bishop of Loja, Ecuador |
| 62.3 | Appointed | Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya |
| 60.9 | Installed | Josafá Menezes da Silva | Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil |
| 50.2 | Appointed | Nicolas Nadji Bab | Bishop of Lai, Chad |
| 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas | Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela |
| 77.0 | Retired | Emmanuel Okombo Wandera | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya | Bishop Emeritus |
| 15 Dec | 47.0 | Installed | Vasyl Hovera | Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Faithful of Byzantine Rite |
| 54.0 | Installed | José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto | Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Apostolic Archive |
| 70.2 | Ceased | Antony Pappusamy | Apostolic Administrator of Palayamkottai, India | Archbishop of Madurai, India |
| 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonysamy Savarimuthu | Bishop of Palayamkottai, India |
| 17 Dec | 54.7 | Appointed | Georges Bizimana | Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi |
| 94.5 | Died | Enzio d’Antonio † | Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy |
| 94.2 | Died | Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. † | Bishop Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil |
| 75.0 | Retired | Luigi Ventura | Apostolic Nuncio to France | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus |
| 18 Dec | 62.5 | Appointed | Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick | Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 20 Dec | 50.9 | Appointed | Antonio Crameri, S.S.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 50.9 | Appointed | Antonio Crameri, S.S.C. | Titular Bishop of Apollonia | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 51.6 | Appointed | Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) |
| 51.6 | Appointed | Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. | Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) |
| 51.6 | Appointed | Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. | Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek) | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) |
| 74.1 | Died | Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea |
| 75.3 | Ceased | Nicholas James Samra | Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek) | Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA |
| 21 Dec | 92.0 | Ceased | Angelo Sodano | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia | Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals |
| 92.0 | Retired | Angelo Sodano | Dean of the College of Cardinals | Cardinal, Dean Emeritus |
| 24 Dec | 73.8 | Resigned | György-Miklós Jakubínyi | Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 51.4 | Appointed | Gergely Kovács | Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania |
| 82.2 | Died | Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 75.1 | Retired | József Tamás | Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 27 Dec | 74.7 | Appointed | Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 62.1 | Appointed | Francisco Cerro Chaves | Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| 58.3 | Ordained Bishop | Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales | Titular Bishop of Phelbes | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| 53.3 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Raffaele Panzetta | Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy |
| 76.8 | Appointed | Richard Edmund Pates | Apostolic Administrator of Joliet in Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| 60.9 | Appointed | Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez | Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile |
| 75.9 | Retired | Braulio Rodríguez Plaza | Archbishop of Toledo, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 28 Dec | 48.4 | Appointed | Michael Miabesue Bibi | Apostolic Administrator of Buéa, Cameroon | Bishop |
| 75.4 | Retired | Emmanuel Bushu | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Augustine Ndubueze Echema | Bishop of Aba, Nigeria |
| 48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. | Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| 29 Dec | 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. | Titular Bishop of Sertei | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada |
| 64.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jesús María López Mauléon, O.A.R. | Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Para, Brazil |
| 30 Dec | 76.4 | Retired | Cornelius Fontem Esua | Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 54.3 | Appointed | Andrew Nkea Fuanya | Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon |
| 94.0 | Died | Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti |
| 77.9 | Died | Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya |
| 31 Dec | 96.6 | Died | Chucrallah Harb † | Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon |
| 69.9 | Ceased | Kazimierz Nycz | Apostolic Administrator of Płock, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland |
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