The Year of Our Lord 1920

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 50.3 Appointed Ernesto Cozzi † Apostolic Delegate to Albania

6 Nov Born Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen † Friedrichshafen Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

8 Nov Born Eugênio de Araújo Sales Acarì Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Nov Born Héctor Rueda Hernández Mogotes Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

10 Nov Born Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Alep, Syria Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria

11 Nov 28.8 Ordained Priest Isidoro Croce, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy

13 Nov 51.4 Appointed Marián Blaha † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Born Edward Thomas Hughes Lansdowne Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

44.9 Appointed Karol Kmetko † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

43.0 Appointed Ján Vojtassák † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

14 Nov 43.6 Installed Francisco de Campos Barreto † Bishop of Campinas, Brazil

36.8 Ordained Bishop Manoel Nunes Coelho † Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Alojzij Šuštar † Trebnje Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

16 Nov Born Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. † Berlin Bishop Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia

17 Nov 67.0 Died William Andrew Macdonell † Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

20 Nov 37.7 Appointed Basilio Khouri † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria

21 Nov 27.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Jehol [Jinzhou], China

22 Nov Born Michael Francis McAuliffe † Kansas City Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

24 Nov 54.9 Resigned Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa

25 Nov 80.7 Died Pasquale de Siena † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

26 Nov 81.8 Died Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China

55.6 Succeeded Jean-Pierre Fayolle, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

28 Nov 52.7 Ordained Bishop Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

30 Nov 40.8 Ordained Bishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Apollonia Vicar Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia

56.6 Ordained Bishop Michael O'Farrell, C.M. † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

1 Dec Born Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. Kasari Bishop Emeritus of Naha, Japan

2 Dec Born Maximos Salloum † Yaroun Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel

3 Dec Born Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Nueve de Julio Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

47.1 Appointed Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China

4 Dec 46.0 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

64.9 Died Franz Löbmann † Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

49.2 Appointed Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

Born Michel Yatim † Alep Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria

5 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Ildebrando Antoniutti † Priest of Udine, Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

25.8 Ordained Priest Donato Pafundi † Priest Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

7 Dec 53.8 Appointed Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

79.8 Died José Sebastião d'Almeida Neto, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal

8 Dec 47.9 Appointed Ersilio Menzani † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

47.9 Ordained Bishop Henry Thomas Renouf † Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

9 Dec 82.8 Appointed Jaime Cardona y Tur † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

77.1 Died José Meseguer y Costa † Archbishop of Granada, Spain

58.1 Died Demetrio Radu † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

Born Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. † 's-Gravenhage Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

10 Dec Born Antônio Batista Fragoso † Teixeira Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil

Born Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † Thévray, France Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Born Michael Russell Loughmore Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

12 Dec 37.7 Ordained Bishop Basilio Khouri † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria

39.6 Ordained Bishop James Michael Liston † Titular Bishop of Olympus Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand

Born José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano San Miguel el Alto Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, Veracruz, México

64.5 Died Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. † Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

52.1 Ordained Bishop James Whyte † Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

14 Dec 48.9 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

82.2 Died Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México

16 Dec 73.2 Appointed Enrique Almaraz y Santos † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

46.1 Appointed Simone Barta † Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic

50.8 Appointed Vilmos Batthyány † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

50.8 Retired Vilmos Batthyány † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Cius Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

58.3 Resigned James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes † Bishop of Monaco Bishop Emeritus

82.9 Appointed Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

50.4 Appointed Ernesto Cozzi † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Apostolic Delegate to Albania

40.8 Appointed José da Costa Nuñes † Bishop of Macau, China Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

46.4 Appointed Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Prelate of Mozambico, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

46.4 Appointed Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Augusta Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

43.9 Appointed Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Hesbon Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)

43.9 Confirmed Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South) Vicar Apostolic

36.4 Appointed José del Patrocinio Dias † Bishop of Beja, Portugal

55.4 Appointed Giorgio Delrio † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

56.5 Appointed Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Alfred Flocard † Bishop of Limoges, France

43.5 Installed John Mark Gannon † Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Fidel García Martínez † Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Fidel García Martínez † Titular Bishop of Hippos Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain

36.7 Appointed Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Canopus Bishop of Kirin [Jilin], China

46.0 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Thebae in Thebaide Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

58.2 Appointed Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

65.6 Appointed Giuseppe Lagumina † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Giuseppe Lagumina † Titular Bishop of Samos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

54.2 Appointed Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy

80.5 Appointed Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Ponti Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México

43.2 Appointed Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

58.8 Appointed Saturnino Peri † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Juan Plaza y García † Bishop of Santander, Spain

72.7 Appointed Wolfgang Radnai † Titular Archbishop of Axomis Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

72.7 Resigned Wolfgang Radnai † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Giuseppe Rovetta † Titular Bishop of Hephaestus Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

59.2 Resigned Giuseppe Rovetta † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Amyclae Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China

39.8 Appointed Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA

17 Dec 58.8 Appointed Salvatore Bella † Bishop of Acireale, Italy

18 Dec 26.0 Ordained Priest Carlo Bandini † Priest of Faenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy

24.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Marie Henri Belleau, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

29.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Faveri † Priest Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

46.0 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Petra in Palaestina Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

Born Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Arandas Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

Born Michel Kien Samophithak † Thare Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

29.4 Ordained Priest Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

27.6 Ordained Priest José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

25.6 Ordained Priest Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy

20 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Priest of Ordre Basilien Alepin Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

36.7 Appointed Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China Bishop of Kirin [Jilin], China

Born André Sana Araden Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Clément Georges Schelhoth † Alep Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

21 Dec 35.5 Ordained Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † Titular Bishop of Thagora Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

22 Dec 49.1 Appointed Giuseppe Castelli † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

23 Dec 46.1 Appointed Leopoldo Lara y Torres † Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec Born James William Gleeson † Balaklava Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia

25 Dec Born Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. † Nazareth, Israel Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA

26 Dec Born Pedro Filipak † Catanduvas Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

27 Dec 53.9 Ordained Bishop Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

Born Redento Maria Gauci, O.C. † La Valletta, Malta Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru

41.9 Ordained Bishop Louis-Marie Raucaz, S. M. † Titular Bishop of Thelepte Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands

30 Dec 45.3 Appointed Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

70.3 Died Antonio Mahnic † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

31 Dec Born Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. Castres Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	50.3	Appointed	Ernesto Cozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
6 Nov		Born	Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen †	Friedrichshafen	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
8 Nov		Born	Eugênio de Araújo Sales	Acarì	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Nov		Born	Héctor Rueda Hernández	Mogotes	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
10 Nov		Born	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Alep, Syria	Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria
11 Nov	28.8	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
13 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Marián Blaha †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	Born	Edward Thomas Hughes	Lansdowne	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
44.9	Appointed	Karol Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
43.0	Appointed	Ján Vojtassák †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
14 Nov	43.6	Installed	Francisco de Campos Barreto †	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Manoel Nunes Coelho †	Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Alojzij Šuštar †	Trebnje	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Nov		Born	Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. †	Berlin	Bishop Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia
17 Nov	67.0	Died	William Andrew Macdonell †	Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
20 Nov	37.7	Appointed	Basilio Khouri †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
21 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Jehol [Jinzhou], China
22 Nov		Born	Michael Francis McAuliffe †	Kansas City	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
24 Nov	54.9	Resigned	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
25 Nov	80.7	Died	Pasquale de Siena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Nov	81.8	Died	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
55.6	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre Fayolle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
28 Nov	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
30 Nov	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Vicar Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael O'Farrell, C.M. †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
1 Dec		Born	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.	Kasari	Bishop Emeritus of Naha, Japan
2 Dec		Born	Maximos Salloum †	Yaroun	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel
3 Dec		Born	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Nueve de Julio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
47.1	Appointed	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China
4 Dec	46.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
64.9	Died	Franz Löbmann †	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
49.2	Appointed	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	Born	Michel Yatim †	Alep	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria
5 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Priest of Udine, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
25.8	Ordained Priest	Donato Pafundi †	Priest	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
7 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
79.8	Died	José Sebastião d'Almeida Neto, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
8 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Ersilio Menzani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Thomas Renouf †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
9 Dec	82.8	Appointed	Jaime Cardona y Tur †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
77.1	Died	José Meseguer y Costa †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
58.1	Died	Demetrio Radu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	Born	Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †	's-Gravenhage	Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
10 Dec		Born	Antônio Batista Fragoso †	Teixeira	Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	Born	Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †	Thévray, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
	Born	Michael Russell	Loughmore	Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
12 Dec	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Khouri †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
39.6	Ordained Bishop	James Michael Liston †	Titular Bishop of Olympus	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
	Born	José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano	San Miguel el Alto	Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, Veracruz, México
64.5	Died	Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
52.1	Ordained Bishop	James Whyte †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
14 Dec	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph James Keane †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
82.2	Died	Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
16 Dec	73.2	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
46.1	Appointed	Simone Barta †	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
50.8	Appointed	Vilmos Batthyány †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
50.8	Retired	Vilmos Batthyány †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
58.3	Resigned	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
82.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
50.4	Appointed	Ernesto Cozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
40.8	Appointed	José da Costa Nuñes †	Bishop of Macau, China	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
46.4	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Mozambico, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
46.4	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Augusta	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
43.9	Appointed	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hesbon	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)
43.9	Confirmed	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Vicar Apostolic
36.4	Appointed	José del Patrocinio Dias †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
55.4	Appointed	Giorgio Delrio †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
56.5	Appointed	Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Alfred Flocard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
43.5	Installed	John Mark Gannon †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Fidel García Martínez †	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Fidel García Martínez †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
36.7	Appointed	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Canopus	Bishop of Kirin [Jilin], China
46.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Thebae in Thebaide	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
58.2	Appointed	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
65.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
54.2	Appointed	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
80.5	Appointed	Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Ponti	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
43.2	Appointed	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Saturnino Peri †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Juan Plaza y García †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
72.7	Appointed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Titular Archbishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
72.7	Resigned	Wolfgang Radnai †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Rovetta †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
59.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Rovetta †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China
39.8	Appointed	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
17 Dec	58.8	Appointed	Salvatore Bella †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
18 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Carlo Bandini †	Priest of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy
24.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Marie Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
29.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Faveri †	Priest	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
46.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Petra in Palaestina	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Arandas	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	Born	Michel Kien Samophithak †	Thare	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
29.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
27.6	Ordained Priest	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
25.6	Ordained Priest	Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
20 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alepin	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
36.7	Appointed	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China	Bishop of Kirin [Jilin], China
	Born	André Sana	Araden	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Alep	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
21 Dec	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
22 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Castelli †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
23 Dec	46.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Lara y Torres †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec		Born	James William Gleeson †	Balaklava	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
25 Dec		Born	Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. †	Nazareth, Israel	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA
26 Dec		Born	Pedro Filipak †	Catanduvas	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
27 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	Born	Redento Maria Gauci, O.C. †	La Valletta, Malta	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie Raucaz, S. M. †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
30 Dec	45.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
70.3	Died	Antonio Mahnic †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
31 Dec		Born	Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M.	Castres	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France

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