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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Niola †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
2 Oct		Born	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Dharkast	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
6 Oct	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Mannix †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
7 Oct		Born	José Alves de Sà Trindade †	Lagoa Dourada	Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
9 Oct	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
11 Oct		Born	Henri Clément Victor Donze †	Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
12 Oct		Born	Zaya Dachtou †	Khosrova	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
13 Oct	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Canada (Ukrainian)
	79.0	Died	Rafael Fernández Concha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Demetrio Moscato †	Priest	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
14 Oct	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Antal Papp †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
15 Oct		Born	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Montfavet	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
17 Oct		Born	Albino Luciani †	Forno di Canale	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Oct		Born	Aurelio Sabattani †	Casal Fiumanese	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
19 Oct	55.8	Died	John Joseph Clancy †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
22 Oct	52.3	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Oct	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer †	Titular Bishop of Delcus	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Born	Jean-Baptiste Musty †	Sélange	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
25 Oct		Born	Luigi Raimondi †	Acqui-Lussito, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
26 Oct	49.8	Appointed	James Jordan Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	49.8	Resigned	James Jordan Carroll †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct		Born	Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. †	San Cristóbal de la Habana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
28 Oct	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Musti	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	29.1	Ordained Priest	John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
	66.6	Died	Benito Murúa y López †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 Oct	60.9	Selected	Felix von Hartmann †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
30 Oct	75.8	Died	Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Senegambia, Senegal
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Salvador Martinez Silva †	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Audino Rodríguez y Olmos †	Priest	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
31 Oct		Born	Pablo Barrachina Estevan †	Jérica	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
Nov		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Niola †	Bishop-Elect of Venosa, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	80.7	Retired	Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1 Nov	24.1	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Martin Kelly †	Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Elaea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
	69.6	Died	Francisco Jarrín y Moro †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Nov		Born	Dominique Hoàng-van-Doàn, O.P. †	Thôn-Dông	Bishop of Quy Nhon, Viet Nam
	57.7	Appointed	Gaetano Pizzi †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
6 Nov	76.5	Confirmed	Franz Egger †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Nov		Born	Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †	Jungelroy-Weert	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
8 Nov		Born	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Fonz	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
		Born	Thomas McDonnell †	Ballycastle	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
	76.8	Appointed	Joaquim José Vieira †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil
9 Nov	76.1	Died	Francesco Baldassarri †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
10 Nov		Born	Théophile Jean Dahi †	Zeidal	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
12 Nov		Born	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †	Cotacachi	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D. †	Guenzgen-Hohentengen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
	56.9	Appointed	Patrick Phelan †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
14 Nov	88.8	Died	Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
15 Nov		Born	Kilian J. Healy, O. Carm. †	Worcester, MA, USA	Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
17 Nov		Born	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Chicago, IL, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
18 Nov		Born	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Timbaúba	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Henvic	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
19 Nov		Born	Raymond Joseph Gallagher †	Cleveland, OH	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
		Born	Bernard Joseph McLaughlin	Buffalo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan	Prefect of Nagoya, Japan
23 Nov		Born	Jean Hengen †	Dudelange	Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
24 Nov	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Eusthate-Moïse Sarkis †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
26 Nov	69.3	Appointed	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
27 Nov	76.6	Installed	Franz Egger †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	42.1	Selected	Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	San Martín de Unx, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
	74.8	Died	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
	77.9	Died	Raffaele Sandrelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
30 Nov	63.1	Appointed	Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
Dec		Born	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Nyarugati	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
1 Dec	72.5	Died	James Charles McDonald †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
2 Dec	65.2	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	58.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Bacchi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	73.0	Appointed	Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	74.3	Appointed	José María Cos y Macho †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	60.9	Appointed	Silvio Gasperini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
	61.0	Confirmed	Felix von Hartmann †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	48.4	Appointed	Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	72.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Károly Hornig †	Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	45.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	45.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Titular Bishop of Himeria	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	45.4	Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	57.0	Appointed	Franz Xaver Nagl †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	48.0	Appointed	Francisco Orozco y Jiménez †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	52.5	Appointed	Adam Senger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	Adam Senger †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
	51.9	Appointed	Natale Serafino †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
	60.7	Appointed	Hector-Irénée Sévin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	63.2	Appointed	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
	63.2	Resigned	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	65.9	Appointed	Antonio Vico †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
3 Dec		Born	Mario Zanchin †	Fratte di Santa Giustina in Colle	Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
4 Dec	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Dec		Born	José María Mestres †	Corrientes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
7 Dec	97.4	Died	Vincent Teofilo Popiel †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
8 Dec	42.8	Installed	João Batista Becker †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China
10 Dec	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Alfred LeBlanc †	Bishop of Saint John in America, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	36.0	Appointed	Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic
	36.0	Appointed	Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
11 Dec	48.4	Appointed	André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam
	48.4	Appointed	André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam
12 Dec		Born	Joseph A. Carroll †	Dublin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	58.7	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †	Cuart de Poblet, Spain	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	46.1	Appointed	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	46.1	Appointed	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	54.7	Succeeded	Joseph Francis Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
13 Dec	60.5	Appointed	János Csernoch †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	39.1	Appointed	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Vicar Apostolic
	39.1	Appointed	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
		Born	Paschal Sweeney, C.P. †	Woodville, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
14 Dec	37.6	Appointed	Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	42.1	Confirmed	Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	56.3	Appointed	Tommaso Trussoni †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec		Born	Anthony Humilis Yang Kuang C’hi (Guang-qi), O.F.M. †	Feng-tse-tsun	Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
19 Dec	55.7	Appointed	Francesco di Costanzo †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy
	55.7	Resigned	Francesco di Costanzo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Installed	Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
20 Dec		Born	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Fundada	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	55.3	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Tissier †	Bishop of Châlons, France
21 Dec	23.2	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Baratta †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
	33.8	Ordained Priest	Rafael Lira Infante †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Priest	Archbishop of Spain, Military
22 Dec	61.1	Installed	Neil McNeil †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 Dec		Born	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Libano de Arrieta, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
26 Dec		Born	Domenico Picchinenna †	Melfi	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
27 Dec		Born	David John Cashman †	Bristol	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
	67.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Flapp †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
29 Dec		Born	Frane Franić †	Kambelovac	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Jozsef Pétery †	Priest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Born	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Venezia, Italy	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya