The Year of Our Lord 1925

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov Resigned José Solé y Mercadé † Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

Resigned José Solé y Mercadé † Titular Bishop of Citrus Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain

1 Nov Born Arturo Lona Reyes Aguascalientes Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

71.8 Died François-Alexandre Maillet † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

Born Didier-Léon Marchand La Chapelle-de-Surieu Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

58.2 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Zama Major

4 Nov Born Anthyme Bayala † Réo Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Born Arnaldo Clemente Canale † Buenos Aires Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

61.7 Died John Patrick Carroll † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

Born Franz Xaver Eder Pfarrkirchen Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

7 Nov Born Angelo Thomas Acerra, O.S.B. † Memphis, TN Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

76.9 Died Denis O’Donaghue † Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

8 Nov Born Vittorio Bernardetto † Castellamonte Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

9 Nov Born Giovanni Coppa Alba, Italy Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic

11 Nov Born António José Rafael Paradinha Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

12 Nov 39.5 Appointed Józef Cársky † Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

Born Jaime Mota de Farias São Bento do Una Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil

Born Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Arequipa Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

15 Nov 49.6 Ordained Bishop Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Plataea Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

16 Nov 61.0 Appointed Alfonso Archi † Titular Archbishop of Dara Bishop of Cesena, Italy

17 Nov Born Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † Nagapattinam Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

18 Nov 52.8 Resigned Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

19 Nov Born François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Coron Bishop of Créteil, France

21 Nov Born Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Toulouse Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France

22 Nov 43.7 Ordained Bishop François Chaize, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam

Born José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. † Madrid, Spain Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

23 Nov Born Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. Noyansree Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh

Born Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. Bardenberg Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

76.7 Appointed Anton Johann Zerr † Titular Bishop of Salona Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova

26 Nov 81.0 Died Disma Marchese † Bishop of Acqui, Italy

28 Nov 66.8 Died Giuseppe Ridolfi † Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

30 Nov 34.3 Ordained Bishop Edwin Vincent Byrne † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

44.4 Ordained Bishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Priest Francisco Gallego Pérez † Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Bishop of Cali, Colombia

Born Thomas Francis Little † Werribee Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

2 Dec 51.4 Appointed Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

Born Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca Mumbai Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

73.3 Died Agostino Migliore † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy

3 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Ignatius Mummadi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India

4 Dec 72.9 Died John Francis Vaughan † Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

6 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil

7 Dec 61.0 Resigned Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

8 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Garabed Amadouni † Priest Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)

48.5 Ordained Bishop Michal Bubnic † Titular Bishop of Scilium Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

70.1 Selected Cyril IX Mogabgab † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

70.1 Selected Cyril IX Mogabgab † Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

9 Dec Born Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes Quezaltenango Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala

Born Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Yong-In Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

10 Dec Born Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

11 Dec Born John Robert Gorman Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. Beloit, WI, USA Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru

13 Dec Born João Alves Torres Novas Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

14 Dec 70.5 Appointed Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. † Archbishop of Panamá

52.6 Appointed Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

59.0 Appointed Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed José María Caro Rodríguez † Bishop of La Serena, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

53.5 Elevated to Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

80.8 Died Henri-Louis Chapon † Bishop of Nice, France

68.3 Appointed Jan Feliks Cieplak † Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

65.1 Appointed Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Francisco Frutos y Valiente † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

54.4 Elevated to Cardinal Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

58.7 Appointed Eduardo Gimpert Paut † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

52.9 Appointed Thomas Henshaw † Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

44.4 Appointed August Hlond, S.D.B. † Bishop of Katowice, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

49.9 Appointed Romuald Jałbrzykowski † Bishop of Łomża, Poland Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

45.7 Appointed Teodoro Kubina † Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

46.7 Appointed Rafael Lira Infante † Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

56.3 Appointed Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos † Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain Bishop of Guadix, Spain

56.3 Appointed Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos † Titular Bishop of Amorium Bishop of Guadix, Spain

48.7 Appointed Giacomo Montanelli † Bishop of Crema, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

48.5 Appointed Guilherme Müller † Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil

57.6 Appointed Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

69.0 Elevated to Cardinal Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

59.7 Appointed Alexandre-Philibert Poirier † Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop

59.7 Appointed Alexandre-Philibert Poirier † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

71.0 Appointed Miguel León Prado † Bishop of Linares, Chile

58.9 Appointed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Bishop of Chillán, Chile

58.6 Appointed Adamo Stefano Sapieha † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

57.6 Appointed Carlos Silva Cotapos † Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Adolf Piotr Szelążek † Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

60.7 Appointed Alessandro Verde † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

60.7 Elevated to Cardinal Alessandro Verde † Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

47.5 Appointed Roberto Vicentini † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

59.2 Appointed José Vila y Martínez † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

41.1 Appointed Thomas Anthony Welch † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

16 Dec 57.6 Appointed Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Vicar Apostolic of Spain, Military Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

17 Dec 75.2 Appointed Damaso Pio de Bono † Titular Bishop of Troas Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

75.2 Resigned Damaso Pio de Bono † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

71.7 Appointed Vicente Casanova y Marzol † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain

56.7 Appointed Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam

56.7 Appointed Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Lipara Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam

67.6 Appointed Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Letopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan

67.6 Resigned Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

29.2 Ordained Priest Edward Quentin Jennings † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

50.5 Appointed Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

50.5 Appointed Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus) Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

69.1 Appointed Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

62.6 Appointed Augustine Francis Schinner † Titular Bishop of Sala Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

62.6 Resigned Augustine Francis Schinner † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Dec 75.3 Appointed Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea

39.2 Appointed Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

39.2 Appointed Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Centuria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

25.6 Ordained Priest Agustín Rodríguez † Priest Bishop of Paraguay, Military

43.0 Appointed Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

43.0 Appointed Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

19 Dec 25.4 Ordained Priest Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

24.2 Ordained Priest Francisco José Castro y Ramírez † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador

30.9 Ordained Priest Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viet Nam

Born Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. Divinópolis Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mancuso † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

22.5 Ordained Priest Pietro Severi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Costantino Stella † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Lawrence Patrick Whelan † Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

20 Dec 23.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Absolam McCabe † Priest of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Port Augusta, Australia

28.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Martin Ngô-Dinh-Thuc † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Priest Ernest Victor Tweedy † Priest of Maitland, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

21 Dec 52.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Henshaw † Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

43.4 Appointed Egbert Maria Pelzer, O.P. † Prefect of Tingchow [Changting], China

22 Dec 43.7 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Apostolic Delegate to México

43.7 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Apostolic Delegate to Antilles Apostolic Delegate to México

23 Dec 43.7 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Titular Archbishop of Sebastea Apostolic Delegate to México

Born Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † Ibusa Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

24 Dec Born Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. Vittoriosa (Birgu), Malta Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

25 Dec Born Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Santa Giustina in Colle, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

27 Dec 59.1 Ordained Bishop Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

71.0 Ordained Bishop Miguel León Prado † Bishop of Linares, Chile

Born Crescênzio Rinaldini † Gardone Val Trompia Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

31 Dec Born Hermann Josef Spital † Münster Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov		Resigned	José Solé y Mercadé †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	Resigned	José Solé y Mercadé †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain
1 Nov		Born	Arturo Lona Reyes	Aguascalientes	Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
71.8	Died	François-Alexandre Maillet †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
	Born	Didier-Léon Marchand	La Chapelle-de-Surieu	Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
4 Nov		Born	Anthyme Bayala †	Réo	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	Born	Arnaldo Clemente Canale †	Buenos Aires	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
61.7	Died	John Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	Born	Franz Xaver Eder	Pfarrkirchen	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
7 Nov		Born	Angelo Thomas Acerra, O.S.B. †	Memphis, TN	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
76.9	Died	Denis O’Donaghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
8 Nov		Born	Vittorio Bernardetto †	Castellamonte	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
9 Nov		Born	Giovanni Coppa	Alba, Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
11 Nov		Born	António José Rafael	Paradinha	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
12 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Józef Cársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
	Born	Jaime Mota de Farias	São Bento do Una	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil
	Born	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Arequipa	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
15 Nov	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
16 Nov	61.0	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather †	Nagapattinam	Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
18 Nov	52.8	Resigned	Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Nov		Born	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Coron	Bishop of Créteil, France
21 Nov		Born	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Toulouse	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
22 Nov	43.7	Ordained Bishop	François Chaize, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
	Born	José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. †	Madrid, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
23 Nov		Born	Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Noyansree	Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
	Born	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp.	Bardenberg	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
76.7	Appointed	Anton Johann Zerr †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
26 Nov	81.0	Died	Disma Marchese †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
28 Nov	66.8	Died	Giuseppe Ridolfi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
30 Nov	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Vincent Byrne †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmond John Fitzmaurice †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	Born	Thomas Francis Little †	Werribee	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
2 Dec	51.4	Appointed	Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
	Born	Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca	Mumbai	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
73.3	Died	Agostino Migliore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
3 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Mummadi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
4 Dec	72.9	Died	John Francis Vaughan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
6 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
7 Dec	61.0	Resigned	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
8 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Garabed Amadouni †	Priest	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Michal Bubnic †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
70.1	Selected	Cyril IX Mogabgab †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
70.1	Selected	Cyril IX Mogabgab †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Dec		Born	Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes	Quezaltenango	Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
	Born	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Yong-In	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
10 Dec		Born	Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
11 Dec		Born	John Robert Gorman	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	Born	Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A.	Beloit, WI, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
13 Dec		Born	João Alves	Torres Novas	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
14 Dec	70.5	Appointed	Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. †	Archbishop of Panamá
52.6	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
59.0	Appointed	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	José María Caro Rodríguez †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
53.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
80.8	Died	Henri-Louis Chapon †	Bishop of Nice, France
68.3	Appointed	Jan Feliks Cieplak †	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
65.1	Appointed	Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Francisco Frutos y Valiente †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
54.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
58.7	Appointed	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
52.9	Appointed	Thomas Henshaw †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
44.4	Appointed	August Hlond, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
49.9	Appointed	Romuald Jałbrzykowski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
45.7	Appointed	Teodoro Kubina †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
46.7	Appointed	Rafael Lira Infante †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
56.3	Appointed	Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
56.3	Appointed	Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos †	Titular Bishop of Amorium	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
48.7	Appointed	Giacomo Montanelli †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
48.5	Appointed	Guilherme Müller †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil
57.6	Appointed	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
59.7	Appointed	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
71.0	Appointed	Miguel León Prado †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
58.9	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
58.6	Appointed	Adamo Stefano Sapieha †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
57.6	Appointed	Carlos Silva Cotapos †	Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Adolf Piotr Szelążek †	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
60.7	Appointed	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
60.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
47.5	Appointed	Roberto Vicentini †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
59.2	Appointed	José Vila y Martínez †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
41.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Welch †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
16 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Vicar Apostolic of Spain, Military	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
17 Dec	75.2	Appointed	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
75.2	Resigned	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
71.7	Appointed	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
56.7	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
56.7	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
67.6	Appointed	Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Letopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
67.6	Resigned	Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
29.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
50.5	Appointed	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
50.5	Appointed	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
69.1	Appointed	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
62.6	Appointed	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
62.6	Resigned	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	75.3	Appointed	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
39.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
39.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
25.6	Ordained Priest	Agustín Rodríguez †	Priest	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
43.0	Appointed	Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
43.0	Appointed	Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
19 Dec	25.4	Ordained Priest	Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin †	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
24.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
30.9	Ordained Priest	Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viet Nam
	Born	Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.	Divinópolis	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mancuso †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
22.5	Ordained Priest	Pietro Severi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Costantino Stella †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Patrick Whelan †	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Dec	23.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Priest of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Port Augusta, Australia
28.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Martin Ngô-Dinh-Thuc †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Priest	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Priest of Maitland, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
21 Dec	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Henshaw †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
43.4	Appointed	Egbert Maria Pelzer, O.P. †	Prefect of Tingchow [Changting], China
22 Dec	43.7	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Delegate to México
43.7	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles	Apostolic Delegate to México
23 Dec	43.7	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Apostolic Delegate to México
	Born	Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †	Ibusa	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
24 Dec		Born	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A.	Vittoriosa (Birgu), Malta	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
25 Dec		Born	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Santa Giustina in Colle, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
27 Dec	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel León Prado †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
	Born	Crescênzio Rinaldini †	Gardone Val Trompia	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
31 Dec		Born	Hermann Josef Spital †	Münster	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany