The Year of Our Lord 1883

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 75.0 Died Jakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.M.Vd. † Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna

Born Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze † Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

3 Oct 45.8 Appointed Nicolas Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

45.8 Appointed Nicolas Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Canea Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

46.8 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

4 Oct 19.8 Professed Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Treviso, Italy

7 Oct Born Karol Mieczysław Radoński † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

8 Oct Born Amedeo Polidori † Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy

14 Oct 23.6 Ordained Priest John Joseph McCort † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

15 Oct 18.7 Professed Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17 Oct Born Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

21 Oct 37.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

42.0 Ordained Bishop Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Hypsus Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam

52.7 Ordained Bishop Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sonora, México

47.7 Ordained Bishop Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín † Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia

23 Oct 65.1 Died Karol Franz (Karel František) Prucha (Průcha) † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

Born Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lipari, Italy

24 Oct 12.2 Converted Joseph Thorman † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

27 Oct Born Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Foumban, Cameroon

28 Oct Born Antonino Arata † Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

83.4 Died Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

36.1 Ordained Bishop Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Born Karol Niemira † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus

30 Oct 60.9 Died Francesco Folicaldi † Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

31 Oct Born Michael Rackl † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Nov 23.8 Ordained Priest Ettore Lodi † Priest of Bologna, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

1 Nov 23.4 Ordained Priest Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea

2 Nov 69.8 Appointed Nikolaus Adames † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Born Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

4 Nov 45.9 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Canea Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

40.1 Ordained Bishop Johannes Joseph Koppes † Bishop of Luxembourg

6 Nov Born Giuseppe Fietta † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

51.3 Died José Antonio Ponte † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

7 Nov Born Valerio Valeri † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

11 Nov 60.5 Ordained Bishop James Joseph Carbery, O.P. † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

14 Nov Born Alphonse John Smith † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

59.4 Died Giuseppe Spinelli † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

17 Nov Born Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA

18 Nov 39.8 Ordained Bishop Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

20 Nov 45.8 Appointed Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Patagonia {Patagonia Settentrionale}, Argentina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

21 Nov Born Charles Hubert Le Blond † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

23 Nov 42.6 Appointed Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya

42.6 Appointed Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bodona Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya

48.8 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

48.8 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Colophon Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

48.8 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Sénégal Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

25 Nov 54.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Saverio de Souza Monteiro † Bishop of Beja, Portugal

70.2 Died Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

39.8 Installed Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

27 Nov Born Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

28 Nov 56.7 Selected Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot † Bishop of Gap, France Archbishop of Auch, France

67.6 Selected Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet † Bishop of Amiens, France

19.0 Entered Henri Lécroart, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China

Born Guillaume-Marius Sembel † Bishop of Dijon, France

57.4 Selected Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

29 Nov Born Enrique Pérez Serantes † Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

30 Nov 77.5 Died Charles-Théodore Colet † Archbishop of Tours, France

22.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. † Priest of Verdun, France Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Dec 60.7 Resigned Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

43.3 Resigned John James Jonckau † Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Vancouver Island, USA Priest

43.3 Resigned John James Jonckau † Titular Bishop-Elect of Cucusus Priest of Vancouver Island, USA

1 Dec 56.2 Succeeded Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

79.1 Died Girolamo Verzeri † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

2 Dec 39.7 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. † Prefect of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile Prelate

7 Dec 35.9 Professed Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

8 Dec 35.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

82.7 Died François Gros † Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

Born Athanase Jules Benham Kalian † Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

58.9 Installed José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez † Bishop of Sinaloa, México

9 Dec Born Leandro Bautista Astelarra † Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

47.9 Ordained Bishop Joaquim José Vieira † Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Died Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)

11 Dec 45.8 Appointed Andrés Chinchón, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China

45.8 Appointed Andrés Chinchón, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Rosalia Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China

Born José Ignacio López Umaña † Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

39.6 Appointed Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China

39.6 Appointed Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China

43.6 Appointed Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

43.6 Appointed Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abdera Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

12 Dec Born Bartolomeo Mangino † Bishop of Caserta, Italy

14 Dec Born Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. † Superior of Tali [Dali], China

Born Georg Weig, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China

15 Dec 55.3 Died Hermann Grüder † Prefect of Denmark

16 Dec 42.6 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bodona Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya

48.9 Ordained Bishop François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Colophon Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

19 Dec 20.7 Ordained Priest José Américo Orzali † Priest Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

21 Dec 59.4 Appointed Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China

22.5 Ordained Priest Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

22 Dec 33.0 Ordained Priest Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez † Priest Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

23.1 Ordained Priest Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

24.0 Ordained Priest Pasquale Gagliardi † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Concepción, Chile

23.0 Ordained Priest Pietro La Fontaine † Priest of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

22.2 Ordained Priest Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

23 Dec 23.8 Ordained Priest Tito Maria Cucchi † Priest Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

25 Dec 20.5 Entered Jules Girard, S.M.A. † Member of Society of African Missions Vicar Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt

27 Dec Born Eugène Venance Guichard, O.F.M. † Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China

58.6 Succeeded Francis Xavier Leray † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

78.9 Died Napoleon Joseph Perché † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

28 Dec 78.1 Died Antonio Saverio De Luca † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	75.0	Died	Jakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.M.Vd. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
	Born	Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze †		Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
3 Oct	45.8	Appointed	Nicolas Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
45.8	Appointed	Nicolas Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
46.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
4 Oct	19.8	Professed	Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
7 Oct		Born	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †		Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
8 Oct		Born	Amedeo Polidori †		Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
14 Oct	23.6	Ordained Priest	John Joseph McCort †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Oct	18.7	Professed	Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Oct		Born	Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Oct	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hypsus	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sonora, México
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
23 Oct	65.1	Died	Karol Franz (Karel František) Prucha (Průcha) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	Born	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
24 Oct	12.2	Converted	Joseph Thorman †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
27 Oct		Born	Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Foumban, Cameroon
28 Oct		Born	Antonino Arata †		Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
83.4	Died	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	Born	Karol Niemira †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
30 Oct	60.9	Died	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
31 Oct		Born	Michael Rackl †		Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
Nov	23.8	Ordained Priest	Ettore Lodi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Nov	23.4	Ordained Priest	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
2 Nov	69.8	Appointed	Nikolaus Adames †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
	Born	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
4 Nov	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Joseph Koppes †	Bishop of Luxembourg
6 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Fietta †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
51.3	Died	José Antonio Ponte †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Nov		Born	Valerio Valeri †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
11 Nov	60.5	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Carbery, O.P. †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
14 Nov		Born	Alphonse John Smith †		Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
59.4	Died	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
18 Nov	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
20 Nov	45.8	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Patagonia {Patagonia Settentrionale}, Argentina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
21 Nov		Born	Charles Hubert Le Blond †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
23 Nov	42.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
42.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bodona	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
48.8	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
48.8	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
48.8	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Sénégal	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
25 Nov	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Saverio de Souza Monteiro †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
70.2	Died	Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
39.8	Installed	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
27 Nov		Born	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †		Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
28 Nov	56.7	Selected	Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot †	Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
67.6	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
19.0	Entered	Henri Lécroart, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China
	Born	Guillaume-Marius Sembel †		Bishop of Dijon, France
57.4	Selected	Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
29 Nov		Born	Enrique Pérez Serantes †		Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
30 Nov	77.5	Died	Charles-Théodore Colet †	Archbishop of Tours, France
22.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †	Priest of Verdun, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Dec	60.7	Resigned	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
43.3	Resigned	John James Jonckau †	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Vancouver Island, USA	Priest
43.3	Resigned	John James Jonckau †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Cucusus	Priest of Vancouver Island, USA
1 Dec	56.2	Succeeded	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
79.1	Died	Girolamo Verzeri †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
2 Dec	39.7	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile	Prelate
7 Dec	35.9	Professed	Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
8 Dec	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
82.7	Died	François Gros †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
	Born	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †		Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
58.9	Installed	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
9 Dec		Born	Leandro Bautista Astelarra †		Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim José Vieira †	Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Died	Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)
11 Dec	45.8	Appointed	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
45.8	Appointed	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	Born	José Ignacio López Umaña †		Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
39.6	Appointed	Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
39.6	Appointed	Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
43.6	Appointed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
43.6	Appointed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
12 Dec		Born	Bartolomeo Mangino †		Bishop of Caserta, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. †		Superior of Tali [Dali], China
	Born	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †		Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
15 Dec	55.3	Died	Hermann Grüder †	Prefect of Denmark
16 Dec	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bodona	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
48.9	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
19 Dec	20.7	Ordained Priest	José Américo Orzali †	Priest	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
21 Dec	59.4	Appointed	Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
22 Dec	33.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez †	Priest	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
23.1	Ordained Priest	Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
24.0	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Gagliardi †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
23.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro La Fontaine †	Priest of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
22.2	Ordained Priest	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
23 Dec	23.8	Ordained Priest	Tito Maria Cucchi †	Priest	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
25 Dec	20.5	Entered	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt
27 Dec		Born	Eugène Venance Guichard, O.F.M. †		Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
58.6	Succeeded	Francis Xavier Leray †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
78.9	Died	Napoleon Joseph Perché †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Dec	78.1	Died	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

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