The Year of Our Lord 1891

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Ivan Bučko (Buchko) † Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

55.5 Appointed Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

55.5 Appointed Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

3 Oct Born William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Belize

4 Oct 25.6 Perpetual Vows Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina

26.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20.2 Perpetual Vows Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt

21.1 Professed (Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. † Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

6 Oct 59.6 Died Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) † Bishop Emeritus of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey

11 Oct 40.5 Ordained Bishop Filippo Castracane degli Antelminelli † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

73.7 Died Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

22.5 Ordained Priest Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen

Born Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

14 Oct 78.8 Died Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Agra, India

15 Oct 79.3 Died Pietro Giuseppe de Gaudenzi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

18.4 Professed Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China

18 Oct 24.1 Ordained Priest Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China

19 Oct 37.9 Selected Julije Drohobeczky † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct 16.0 Professed Christopherus (Edmund) Becker, S.D.S. † Member of Society of the Divine Savior Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India

23 Oct 66.7 Died Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas † Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia

25 Oct 55.6 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

26 Oct 77.8 Died Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China

28 Oct 69.4 Died Désiré-Joseph Dennel † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

25.6 Ordained Priest Celestino Endrici † Priest of Trento, Italy Archbishop of Trento, Italy

57.5 Ordained Bishop Charles Maurice Graham † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

24.6 Ordained Priest William Hayden † Priest of Sydney, Australia Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

Born Giacomo Lercaro † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

31 Oct Born Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais † Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada

Nov 34.6 Incardinated Charles Warren Currier † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba

1 Nov 49.1 Ordained Bishop Placide Louis Chapelle † Titular Bishop of Arabissus Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

23.7 Ordained Priest Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

35.8 Ordained Bishop Pietro Strobino † Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa

7 Nov Born Luis Concha Córdoba † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

8 Nov Born Job Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. † Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China

22.8 Ordained Priest Carlo Perosi † Priest of Tortona, Italy Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

23.6 Ordained Priest Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil

11 Nov Born Epimenio Giannico † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

15 Nov 75.3 Died Victor-Felix Bernadou † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

Born Edoardo Tonna † Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

17 Nov 60.1 Installed Jacinto López y Romo † Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

65.7 Appointed Grgur Rajčević † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

19 Nov 22.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Echenique Altamira † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina

21 Nov 60.5 Died Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

22 Nov 54.7 Ordained Bishop Jean-Benoît Chouzy, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Petnelissus Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China

33.9 Ordained Priest Olaf Offerdahl † Priest of Norvegia (Norway) Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

24 Nov 64.8 Resigned Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

25 Nov Born Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

29 Nov 71.7 Died Luigi Matera † Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Colombia

Dec 64.4 Resigned Nicola (Francisco Saverio) Contieri, O.Bas. † Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

1 Dec 45.5 Selected Pal Szmrecsányi † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

4 Dec 76.4 Died Eugene O’Connell † Bishop Emeritus of Grass Valley, California, USA

5 Dec Born Andrzej Cikoto, M.I.C. † Apostolic Exarch of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China

77.4 Resigned Giuseppe Giusti † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.5 Died Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

6 Dec 54.6 Appointed Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. † Archbishop of Bombay, India

52.8 Ordained Bishop Antonio María Durán † Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

47.2 Ordained Bishop Felipe Neri Sendra (Sendrea) † Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela

84.9 Died Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes) † Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

8 Dec 73.2 Died Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

10 Dec Born Giuseppe Franciolini † Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy

Born Emanuele Galea † Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

11 Dec 72.1 Resigned Gherardo Araldi † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.0 First Vows Claude Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Madras, India

13 Dec 40.3 Ordained Bishop Jules Bruguière (Brughiero), C.M. † Titular Bishop of Cinna Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China

14 Dec 72.1 Appointed Gherardo Araldi † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

57.7 Selected Antonio María Cascajares y Azara † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

58.0 Appointed Carmelo Ciotola † Bishop of Lucera, Italy

64.5 Appointed Nicola (Francisco Saverio) Contieri, O.Bas. † Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

43.9 Appointed Donato Maria Dell’Olio † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

59.0 Appointed Donnino Donnini † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy

50.0 Appointed Paolo Fioravanti † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

77.4 Appointed Giuseppe Giusti † Titular Archbishop of Nisibis Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy

50.9 Appointed John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

72.1 Appointed Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

57.3 Appointed Giacomo Merizzi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Appointed Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

49.8 Appointed Francesco Niola † Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy

64.8 Appointed Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

53.2 Appointed Stefano Porro † Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy

53.2 Appointed Stefano Porro † Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy

48.2 Appointed Pietro Respighi † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

58.3 Appointed Giovanni Maria Davide Eugenio Felice Riccardi † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

48.1 Appointed Andrea Righetti † Bishop of Carpi, Italy

51.6 Elevated to Cardinal Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla † Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

44.3 Appointed James Schwebach † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

56.2 Elevated to Cardinal Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

50.1 Appointed Florian Oksza von Stablewski † Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

57.4 Appointed Alessandro Toti † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

15 Dec Born Joannes Groen, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

23.0 Ordained Priest Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru

17 Dec 64.3 Appointed Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † Archbishop of México, Federal District

57.7 Confirmed Antonio María Cascajares y Azara † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

58.9 Appointed Rafael Celedón † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

65.0 Appointed György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) † Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

38.1 Confirmed Julije Drohobeczky † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Confirmed Gyula Firczák † Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

71.1 Appointed Anton Josef Gruscha † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

58.7 Died Ioannis Marangò (Marengo) † Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

43.8 Appointed Pablo Padilla y Bárcena † Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina

43.8 Appointed Pablo Padilla y Bárcena † Titular Bishop of Pentacomia Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina

51.6 Appointed Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

56.2 Appointed Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

56.0 Confirmed Hubert Theophil Simar † Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

50.7 Appointed Franciszek Albin Symon † Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

50.7 Appointed Franciszek Albin Symon † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

45.6 Confirmed Pal Szmrecsányi † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

59.8 Appointed Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

18 Dec 51.9 Appointed Louis-Nazaire Bégin † Titular Archbishop of Cyrene Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

19 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos † Priest Bishop of Paraná, Argentina

77.9 Died Patrick Dowd, P.S.S. † Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice

22.3 Ordained Priest Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos † Priest Bishop of Guadix, Spain

23.4 Ordained Priest Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora † Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

23.0 Ordained Priest Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho † Priest Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

23.5 Ordained Priest Martín Tritschler y Córdoba † Priest Archbishop of Yucatán, México

20 Dec 58.0 Ordained Bishop Carmelo Ciotola † Bishop of Lucera, Italy

43.9 Ordained Bishop Donato Maria Dell’Olio † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

50.0 Ordained Bishop Paolo Fioravanti † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

57.3 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Merizzi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Ordained Bishop Stefano Porro † Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy

48.2 Ordained Bishop Pietro Respighi † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop Andrea Righetti † Bishop of Carpi, Italy

57.4 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Toti † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

21 Dec 46.8 Selected Jules-Étienne Gazaniol † Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

22 Dec 64.5 Died Charles-Emile Freppel † Bishop of Angers, France

23 Dec 64.9 Died Francisco Maria Souza Prado de Lacerda † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

24 Dec 19.4 Entered João Batista Du Drenéuf, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Born Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

25 Dec 80.0 Died Miguel Payá y Rico † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

27 Dec 42.0 Ordained Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Dausara Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China

16.9 Simple Vows Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

65.9 Ordained Bishop Grgur Rajčević † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

29 Dec 61.1 Died Andrea Logorezzi † Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

74.0 Died John Loughlin † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

31 Dec 66.5 Died Domenico Agostini † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

47.0 Appointed Francesco Salesio Della Volpe † Prefect of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Ivan Bučko (Buchko) †		Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
55.5	Appointed	Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
55.5	Appointed	Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
3 Oct		Born	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Belize
4 Oct	25.6	Perpetual Vows	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20.2	Perpetual Vows	Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
21.1	Professed	(Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Oct	59.6	Died	Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) †	Bishop Emeritus of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
11 Oct	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Castracane degli Antelminelli †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
73.7	Died	Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
	Born	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
14 Oct	78.8	Died	Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Agra, India
15 Oct	79.3	Died	Pietro Giuseppe de Gaudenzi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
18.4	Professed	Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China
18 Oct	24.1	Ordained Priest	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
19 Oct	37.9	Selected	Julije Drohobeczky †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct	16.0	Professed	Christopherus (Edmund) Becker, S.D.S. †	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India
23 Oct	66.7	Died	Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas †	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
25 Oct	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
26 Oct	77.8	Died	Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China
28 Oct	69.4	Died	Désiré-Joseph Dennel †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
25.6	Ordained Priest	Celestino Endrici †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Maurice Graham †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
24.6	Ordained Priest	William Hayden †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	Born	Giacomo Lercaro †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
31 Oct		Born	Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †		Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
Nov	34.6	Incardinated	Charles Warren Currier †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
1 Nov	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Placide Louis Chapelle †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23.7	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
35.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Strobino †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
7 Nov		Born	Luis Concha Córdoba †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
8 Nov		Born	Job Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. †		Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
22.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Perosi †	Priest of Tortona, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
23.6	Ordained Priest	Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil
11 Nov		Born	Epimenio Giannico †		Bishop of Trivento, Italy
15 Nov	75.3	Died	Victor-Felix Bernadou †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	Born	Edoardo Tonna †		Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
17 Nov	60.1	Installed	Jacinto López y Romo †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
65.7	Appointed	Grgur Rajčević †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
19 Nov	22.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Echenique Altamira †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
21 Nov	60.5	Died	Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
22 Nov	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Benoît Chouzy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Petnelissus	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
33.9	Ordained Priest	Olaf Offerdahl †	Priest of Norvegia (Norway)	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
24 Nov	64.8	Resigned	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
25 Nov		Born	Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
29 Nov	71.7	Died	Luigi Matera †	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Colombia
Dec	64.4	Resigned	Nicola (Francisco Saverio) Contieri, O.Bas. †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Dec	45.5	Selected	Pal Szmrecsányi †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
4 Dec	76.4	Died	Eugene O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Grass Valley, California, USA
5 Dec		Born	Andrzej Cikoto, M.I.C. †		Apostolic Exarch of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China
77.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Giusti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.5	Died	Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
6 Dec	54.6	Appointed	Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María Durán †	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Neri Sendra (Sendrea) †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
84.9	Died	Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes) †	Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
8 Dec	73.2	Died	Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Dec		Born	Giuseppe Franciolini †		Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
	Born	Emanuele Galea †		Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
11 Dec	72.1	Resigned	Gherardo Araldi †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	First Vows	Claude Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Madras, India
13 Dec	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Jules Bruguière (Brughiero), C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cinna	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
14 Dec	72.1	Appointed	Gherardo Araldi †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
57.7	Selected	Antonio María Cascajares y Azara †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
58.0	Appointed	Carmelo Ciotola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
64.5	Appointed	Nicola (Francisco Saverio) Contieri, O.Bas. †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
43.9	Appointed	Donato Maria Dell’Olio †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
59.0	Appointed	Donnino Donnini †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
50.0	Appointed	Paolo Fioravanti †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
77.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Giusti †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
50.9	Appointed	John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
72.1	Appointed	Szymon Marcin Kozłowski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
57.3	Appointed	Giacomo Merizzi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Sebastian Gebhard Messmer †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
49.8	Appointed	Francesco Niola †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
64.8	Appointed	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
53.2	Appointed	Stefano Porro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy
53.2	Appointed	Stefano Porro †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Pietro Respighi †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
58.3	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Davide Eugenio Felice Riccardi †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Andrea Righetti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
51.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
44.3	Appointed	James Schwebach †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
56.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
50.1	Appointed	Florian Oksza von Stablewski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
57.4	Appointed	Alessandro Toti †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
15 Dec		Born	Joannes Groen, M.S.F. †		Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
23.0	Ordained Priest	Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru
17 Dec	64.3	Appointed	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
57.7	Confirmed	Antonio María Cascajares y Azara †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
58.9	Appointed	Rafael Celedón †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
65.0	Appointed	György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
38.1	Confirmed	Julije Drohobeczky †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Confirmed	Gyula Firczák †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
71.1	Appointed	Anton Josef Gruscha †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
58.7	Died	Ioannis Marangò (Marengo) †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
43.8	Appointed	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
43.8	Appointed	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
51.6	Appointed	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
56.2	Appointed	Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
56.0	Confirmed	Hubert Theophil Simar †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
50.7	Appointed	Franciszek Albin Symon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
50.7	Appointed	Franciszek Albin Symon †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
45.6	Confirmed	Pal Szmrecsányi †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
59.8	Appointed	Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Dec	51.9	Appointed	Louis-Nazaire Bégin †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
19 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos †	Priest	Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
77.9	Died	Patrick Dowd, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice
22.3	Ordained Priest	Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos †	Priest	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
23.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
23.0	Ordained Priest	Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho †	Priest	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
23.5	Ordained Priest	Martín Tritschler y Córdoba †	Priest	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
20 Dec	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Carmelo Ciotola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Donato Maria Dell’Olio †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Fioravanti †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Merizzi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Porro †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Respighi †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Righetti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Toti †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
21 Dec	46.8	Selected	Jules-Étienne Gazaniol †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
22 Dec	64.5	Died	Charles-Emile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
23 Dec	64.9	Died	Francisco Maria Souza Prado de Lacerda †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
24 Dec	19.4	Entered	João Batista Du Drenéuf, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	Born	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
25 Dec	80.0	Died	Miguel Payá y Rico †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
27 Dec	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dausara	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
16.9	Simple Vows	Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
65.9	Ordained Bishop	Grgur Rajčević †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
29 Dec	61.1	Died	Andrea Logorezzi †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
74.0	Died	John Loughlin †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
31 Dec	66.5	Died	Domenico Agostini †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
47.0	Appointed	Francesco Salesio Della Volpe †	Prefect of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo)

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