The Year of Our Lord 1918

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 65.1 Appointed Antonio Bassani † Titular Bishop of Troas Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

65.1 Resigned Antonio Bassani † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

38.8 Resigned Stefan Novák † Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia

71.3 Died Edoardo Carlo Gastone Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. † Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis

3 Oct 84.4 Died Charles Arsène Bourdon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

4 Oct Born Giovanni Cheli Torino Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

62.7 Died Giovanni Régine † Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy

7 Oct 60.7 Confirmed Ignaz Rieder † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

9 Oct 72.7 Died Pietro Broyer, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

50.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Castel † Bishop of Tulle, France

10 Oct 72.1 Died Jean-Baptiste Biolley † Bishop of Tarentaise, France

12 Oct Born John Joseph Fitzpatrick † Trenton, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA

Born Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † Catherine, KS, USA Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

13 Oct 49.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer † Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

Born Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † San Juan Evangelista de Salcedo Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

15 Oct 54.9 Died Lorenzo Chieppa † Bishop of Lucera, Italy

19 Oct 80.7 Died Charles-François Turinaz † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

20 Oct 50.8 Ordained Bishop Marcial López y Criado † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

23.9 Ordained Priest Eric Francis MacKenzie † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop

45.1 Succeeded Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Bishop of Strasbourg, France

23 Oct Born Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Patzcuaro Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

Born Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Zapatoca Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

47.5 Appointed Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 60.0 Died Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. † Archbishop of Camerino, Italy

27 Oct Born Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. Montréal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

28 Oct 24.5 Ordained Priest Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola

23.4 Ordained Priest Luis Guízar y Barragán † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

22.9 Ordained Priest Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez † Priest of León, Guanajuato, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

31 Oct 67.4 Died Paul Anton Jedzink † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland

2 Nov Born Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. † La Boca Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama

3 Nov Born Joseph Rajappa † Anekal Bishop of Khammam, India

4 Nov 56.0 Appointed Giuseppe Lojacono † Bishop of Ariano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Nov Born Léonard Pétion Laroche † La Vallée de Jacmel Bishop Emeritus of Hinche, Haïti

7 Nov Born Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Araújos Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. † Epe, Germany Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

Born Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli S. Mauro di Saline Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

8 Nov 38.8 Appointed Santiago Luis Copello † Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

38.8 Appointed Santiago Luis Copello † Titular Bishop of Aulon Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

30.9 Appointed Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni † Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines Bishop

30.9 Appointed Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni † Titular Bishop of Anemurium Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

9 Nov Born Manuel Castro Ruiz † Morelia Archbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, Yucatán, México

55.7 Appointed Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

55.7 Appointed Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki † Titular Bishop of Loryma Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

65.7 Resigned Heinrich Joeppen † Bishop of Germany, Military Bishop Emeritus

10 Nov 46.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Archelaïs Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China

51.6 Ordained Bishop Christopher Edward Byrne † Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA

42.9 Ordained Bishop Adalberto Stanislao Owczarek † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

11 Nov 58.3 Resigned Emmerich Bjelik † Bishop of Austria, Military Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov 40.9 Installed John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Born José Maclovio Vásquez Silos † S. Luis Potosí Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

17 Nov 54.2 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Pacificio Bos, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Capitolias Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia

52.6 Ordained Bishop Marian Leon Fulman † Bishop of Lublin, Poland

53.6 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Gall † Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

45.8 Ordained Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki † Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

18 Nov 52.0 Installed Michael James Gallagher † Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born Mikail Nersès Sétian † Sivas, Turkey Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York

19 Nov Born Wladyslaw Jedruszuk † Lipno Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland

Born William Robert Johnson † Tonopah, NV Bishop of Orange in California, USA

22 Nov Born Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. † Donmatías Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

Born Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † Gaspar Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

80.5 Died Michael Verdon † Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

24 Nov 53.3 Ordained Bishop Bl. Adolf Peter Szelazek † Titular Bishop of Barca Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

26 Nov 59.8 Appointed Louis-Joseph Maurin † Apostolic Administrator of Langres, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

27 Nov Born José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † Guapi Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia

Born Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. Espelette, France Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos

29 Nov 75.2 Died Johannes Joseph Koppes † Bishop of Luxembourg

58.8 Appointed Louis Termier † Bishop of Tarentaise, France

30 Nov Born André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet † Langourla Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France

49.8 Ordained Bishop Nicolás Gonzalez Pérez, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Ionopolis Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea

42.8 Ordained Bishop Romualdo Jalbrzykowski † Titular Bishop of Cusae Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

52.1 Ordained Bishop Pietro Mankowski † Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

23.2 Ordained Priest Eris Norman Michael O’Brien † Priest of Sydney, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

46.1 Ordained Bishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl † Titular Bishop of Eucarpia Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

1 Dec 23.0 Ordained Priest Patrick Joseph Farrelly † Priest of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Ordained Bishop Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Installed Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki † Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

4 Dec 54.1 Appointed Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. † Bishop of Huesca, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

42.0 Appointed Enrique Pla y Deniel † Bishop of Avila, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

5 Dec 48.1 Appointed Sixto Sosa Díaz † Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela Bishop of Cumaná, Venezuela

6 Dec 28.5 Ordained Priest Louis Joseph Reicher † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA

8 Dec 39.3 Ordained Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Died Josef Stadler † Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

27.4 Ordained Priest John Patrick Treacy † Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

11 Dec 74.0 Died Giulio Tonti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

13 Dec 46.1 Appointed Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.1 Appointed Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Croae Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

44.7 Appointed Giovanni Scotti † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy

14 Dec 51.5 Appointed Ettore Fronzi † Archbishop of Camerino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

15 Dec 42.1 Ordained Bishop Eduard Graf O'Rourke † Bishop of Riga, Latvia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

60.9 Installed Ignaz Rieder † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

16 Dec Born Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. † Oisterwijk Archbishop Emeritus of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

17 Dec 55.4 Installed Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge † Bishop of Poitiers, France Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Died Emilio Poletti † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy

18 Dec 66.6 Appointed Felipe Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D. † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia Bishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

66.6 Resigned Felipe Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D. † Bishop of Verapoly, India Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Ordained Bishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

46.9 Succeeded Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Verapoly, India Archbishop Emeritus

19 Dec Born Timothy Joseph Harrington † Holyoke Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

60.7 Appointed Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

Born Joseph S. Thumma † Pathur Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India

Born Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † Bogotá Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

21 Dec 25.2 Ordained Priest José García y Goldaraz † Priest of Vitoria, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

50.9 Appointed Edmond Heelan † Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA Bishop

50.9 Appointed Edmond Heelan † Titular Bishop of Gerasa Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

47.8 Appointed Joseph Francis McGrath † Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA

25.0 Ordained Priest Mariano Vega Mestre † Priest Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

23.8 Ordained Priest Francisco Vicentín † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

22 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Maurizio Raspini † Priest of Novara, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy

23 Dec 48.4 Appointed Augusto Curi † Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

50.1 Died Ludovico Gavotti † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

52.4 Died Antolín López y Peláez † Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

59.0 Appointed Giosuè Signori † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Archbishop of Genova, Italy

40.3 Appointed Antonio Torrini † Bishop of Alatri, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

27 Dec Born Hanna Kaldany † Madaba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

Born Bernard James Murphy, C. R. † Preston, Canada Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

55.4 Died Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones † Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

30 Dec 79.1 Appointed Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	65.1	Appointed	Antonio Bassani †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
65.1	Resigned	Antonio Bassani †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
38.8	Resigned	Stefan Novák †	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
71.3	Died	Edoardo Carlo Gastone Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
3 Oct	84.4	Died	Charles Arsène Bourdon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
4 Oct		Born	Giovanni Cheli	Torino	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
62.7	Died	Giovanni Régine †	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
7 Oct	60.7	Confirmed	Ignaz Rieder †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
9 Oct	72.7	Died	Pietro Broyer, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Castel †	Bishop of Tulle, France
10 Oct	72.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste Biolley †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
12 Oct		Born	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Trenton, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	Born	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Catherine, KS, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
13 Oct	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer †	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
	Born	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	San Juan Evangelista de Salcedo	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
15 Oct	54.9	Died	Lorenzo Chieppa †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
19 Oct	80.7	Died	Charles-François Turinaz †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
20 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Marcial López y Criado †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
23.9	Ordained Priest	Eric Francis MacKenzie †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
45.1	Succeeded	Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
23 Oct		Born	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Patzcuaro	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	Born	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Zapatoca	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
47.5	Appointed	Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	60.0	Died	Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
27 Oct		Born	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S.	Montréal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
28 Oct	24.5	Ordained Priest	Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola
23.4	Ordained Priest	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
22.9	Ordained Priest	Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
31 Oct	67.4	Died	Paul Anton Jedzink †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
2 Nov		Born	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	La Boca	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
3 Nov		Born	Joseph Rajappa †	Anekal	Bishop of Khammam, India
4 Nov	56.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Lojacono †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov		Born	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	La Vallée de Jacmel	Bishop Emeritus of Hinche, Haïti
7 Nov		Born	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Araújos	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. †	Epe, Germany	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
	Born	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli	S. Mauro di Saline	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
8 Nov	38.8	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
38.8	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
30.9	Appointed	Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop
30.9	Appointed	Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
9 Nov		Born	Manuel Castro Ruiz †	Morelia	Archbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
55.7	Appointed	Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
55.7	Appointed	Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
65.7	Resigned	Heinrich Joeppen †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs	Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Edward Byrne †	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Adalberto Stanislao Owczarek †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
11 Nov	58.3	Resigned	Emmerich Bjelik †	Bishop of Austria, Military	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	40.9	Installed	John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	Born	José Maclovio Vásquez Silos †	S. Luis Potosí	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
17 Nov	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Pacificio Bos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Capitolias	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Marian Leon Fulman †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Gall †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki †	Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
18 Nov	52.0	Installed	Michael James Gallagher †	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	Born	Mikail Nersès Sétian †	Sivas, Turkey	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York
19 Nov		Born	Wladyslaw Jedruszuk †	Lipno	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
	Born	William Robert Johnson †	Tonopah, NV	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
22 Nov		Born	Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. †	Donmatías	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	Born	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Gaspar	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
80.5	Died	Michael Verdon †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
24 Nov	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Adolf Peter Szelazek †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
26 Nov	59.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Maurin †	Apostolic Administrator of Langres, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
27 Nov		Born	José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. †	Guapi	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
	Born	Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P.	Espelette, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
29 Nov	75.2	Died	Johannes Joseph Koppes †	Bishop of Luxembourg
58.8	Appointed	Louis Termier †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
30 Nov		Born	André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet †	Langourla	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Gonzalez Pérez, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Romualdo Jalbrzykowski †	Titular Bishop of Cusae	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Mankowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
23.2	Ordained Priest	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
1 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Farrelly †	Priest of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Installed	Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki †	Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
4 Dec	54.1	Appointed	Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
42.0	Appointed	Enrique Pla y Deniel †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
5 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Sixto Sosa Díaz †	Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela	Bishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
6 Dec	28.5	Ordained Priest	Louis Joseph Reicher †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
8 Dec	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Died	Josef Stadler †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.4	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Treacy †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
11 Dec	74.0	Died	Giulio Tonti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
13 Dec	46.1	Appointed	Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.1	Appointed	Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Scotti †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
14 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Ettore Fronzi †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Dec	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Graf O'Rourke †	Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
60.9	Installed	Ignaz Rieder †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
16 Dec		Born	Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. †	Oisterwijk	Archbishop Emeritus of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
17 Dec	55.4	Installed	Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge †	Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Died	Emilio Poletti †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
18 Dec	66.6	Appointed	Felipe Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia	Bishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
66.6	Resigned	Felipe Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Verapoly, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
46.9	Succeeded	Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec		Born	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Holyoke	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
60.7	Appointed	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Joseph S. Thumma †	Pathur	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
	Born	Alberto Uribe Urdaneta †	Bogotá	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
21 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	José García y Goldaraz †	Priest of Vitoria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
50.9	Appointed	Edmond Heelan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Bishop
50.9	Appointed	Edmond Heelan †	Titular Bishop of Gerasa	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
47.8	Appointed	Joseph Francis McGrath †	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
25.0	Ordained Priest	Mariano Vega Mestre †	Priest	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco Vicentín †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
22 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Maurizio Raspini †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
23 Dec	48.4	Appointed	Augusto Curi †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
50.1	Died	Ludovico Gavotti †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
52.4	Died	Antolín López y Peláez †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
59.0	Appointed	Giosuè Signori †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
40.3	Appointed	Antonio Torrini †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
27 Dec		Born	Hanna Kaldany †	Madaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	Born	Bernard James Murphy, C. R. †	Preston, Canada	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
55.4	Died	Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
30 Dec	79.1	Appointed	Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

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