The Year of Our Lord 1928

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 46.0 Resigned Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China

1 Nov 59.8 Appointed Carlo Perosi † Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

5 Nov 21.9 Professed Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

57.3 Appointed Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

8 Nov Born Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Born Giovanni Battista Franzoni †

9 Nov 43.3 Appointed Riccardo Bartoloni † Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

51.4 Resigned Bl. Nykyta Budka † Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

58.7 Appointed Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

63.9 Appointed Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

10 Nov 49.1 Appointed Ernesto de Laurentiis † Bishop of Ischia, Italy

11 Nov 30.6 Entered Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

47.0 Ordained Bishop Carlo Chiarlo † Titular Archbishop of Amida Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

60.2 Ordained Bishop Pasquale Dell’Isola † Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

58.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. † Archbishop of Guatemala

49.5 Ordained Bishop Jorge García Caballeros † Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

Born Joseph Mercieca † Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

42.2 Ordained Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Nara Bishop Emeritus of Hengyang [Hengchow], China

50.1 Installed Antonio Torrini † Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

12 Nov 58.7 Appointed Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala Archbishop of Guatemala

70.6 Resigned Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

13 Nov 88.6 Died Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo † Bishop of Mantova, Italy

14 Nov 42.9 Appointed Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

58.6 Resigned Augusto Klinke Leier † Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile

55.1 Died Odoric Simon Tcheng Hede (Cheng Hede), O.F.M. † Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China

15 Nov Born Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia

Born Riccardo Ruotolo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

16 Nov 53.0 Appointed Domenico Guido Menna † Bishop of Mantova, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Nov 73.8 Appointed John McIntyre † Titular Archbishop of Odessus Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

73.8 Resigned John McIntyre † Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

44.1 Appointed Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Zabi Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

18 Nov 50.4 Died Vlaho Barbić † Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

50.7 Ordained Bishop Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Conana Bishop Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China

26.8 Ordained Priest Manuel Llopis Ivorra † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

86.6 Died Giuseppe Padula † Bishop of Avellino, Italy

45.4 Installed Alfonso Maria de Sanctis † Bishop of Segni, Italy Bishop of Todi, Italy

23 Nov 51.6 Appointed Giacomo Montanelli † Coadjutor Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Archbishop

51.6 Appointed Giacomo Montanelli † Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

24 Nov 62.7 Appointed Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Indochina Apostolic Delegate Emeritus

55.9 Died Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China

32.5 Solemn Vows Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines

87.0 Died James Augustine Smith † Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

25 Nov Born Giuseppe Agostino † Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

42.2 Ordained Bishop Stefan Walczykiewicz † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

26 Nov 62.7 Appointed Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Adulis Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina

69.7 Died Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

29 Nov Born Franco Festorazzi † Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

Born Juan Martí Alanis † Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain

30 Nov 50.5 Ordained Bishop Antoine Sévat, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Ezerus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

Dec 62.5 Resigned Godric Kean † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Dec Born Nicola Rotunno † Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

56.8 Appointed Giuseppe Signore † Titular Bishop of Emmaüs Bishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

56.8 Resigned Giuseppe Signore † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Zef Simoni † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

2 Dec 53.5 Ordained Bishop Joachim Rodrigues Lima, S.J. † Archbishop of Bombay, India

3 Dec 24.6 Ordained Priest Albert Vincent D’Souza † Priest of Mangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

4 Dec Born Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

6 Dec Born Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama

58.7 Appointed Jules-Géraud Saliège † Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

7 Dec 55.7 Appointed Alberto Costa † Bishop of Lecce, Italy

59.6 Succeeded Emilio Ferrais † Archbishop of Catania, Italy

82.3 Died Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

Born Bede Vincent Heather † Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

67.4 Died Władysław Paweł Krynicki † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

8 Dec 44.8 Ordained Bishop Achille Liénart † Bishop of Lille, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

55.4 Appointed Bl. Teofilius Matulionis † Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

55.4 Appointed Bl. Teofilius Matulionis † Titular Bishop of Matrega Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

9 Dec 66.0 Died Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

12 Dec Born Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

16 Dec 54.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot † Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Ordained Bishop Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. † Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

29.2 Ordained Priest Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. † Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

17 Dec 42.8 Appointed Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

72.6 Confirmed Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch

72.7 Appointed Gaetano Bisleti † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

65.9 Resigned Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

68.7 Died Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

59.6 Appointed Auguste-Marie-Augustin Chapuis, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Gurza Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India

59.6 Resigned Auguste-Marie-Augustin Chapuis, M.E.P. † Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Ático Eusébio da Rocha † Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

48.5 Appointed Salvatore Del Bene † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

50.3 Appointed Maurice-Louis Dubourg † Bishop of Marseille, France Archbishop of Besançon, France

41.0 Appointed József Grősz † Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

41.0 Appointed József Grősz † Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

64.1 Succeeded Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

65.8 Appointed Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

Born Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

58.3 Appointed Angel Maria Navarro † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

51.0 Appointed Matteo Pellegrino † Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy

50.1 Appointed Settimio Peroni † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Camille Pic † Bishop of Gap, France Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

65.1 Appointed Barnabé Piedrabuena † Titular Bishop of Callinicum Bishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

65.1 Resigned Barnabé Piedrabuena † Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

72.0 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

58.7 Appointed Luigi Sincero † Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

21 Dec 41.4 Ordained Bishop Juan Pascual Chimento † Titular Bishop of Sela Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

Born Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang) Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan

22 Dec 22.8 Ordained Priest Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Priest Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

24.9 Ordained Priest Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

22.5 Ordained Priest René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret † Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

31.1 Ordained Priest Thaddée Anselme Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist. † Priest of Order of Cistercians Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Priest John Joseph Maguire † Priest of New York, New York, USA Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus

22.8 Ordained Priest Manuel Marengo † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina

23.8 Ordained Priest Plinio Pascoli † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.2 Ordained Deacon Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. † Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

22.8 Ordained Priest Eduard Schick † Priest of Fulda, Germany Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

26.4 Ordained Priest Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

31.6 Ordained Priest Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

22.8 Ordained Priest Egidio Vagnozzi † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

27.6 Ordained Priest Élie Eugène François Vandewalle † Priest of Versailles, France Auxiliary Bishop

27.6 Ordained Priest Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China

23 Dec 22.1 Ordained Priest Gennaro Verolino † Priest of Acerra, Italy President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology

24 Dec Born Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

25 Dec 53.6 Installed Joachim Rodrigues Lima, S.J. † Archbishop of Bombay, India

Born John Joseph Njenga † Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

26 Dec 65.2 Died Michael Joseph Crane † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

28 Dec Born Vito Schlickmann † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

30 Dec Born Zéphyrin Toé † Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	46.0	Resigned	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
1 Nov	59.8	Appointed	Carlo Perosi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
5 Nov	21.9	Professed	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
57.3	Appointed	Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
8 Nov		Born	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †		Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
	Born	Giovanni Battista Franzoni †
9 Nov	43.3	Appointed	Riccardo Bartoloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
51.4	Resigned	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
58.7	Appointed	Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
63.9	Appointed	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
10 Nov	49.1	Appointed	Ernesto de Laurentiis †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
11 Nov	30.6	Entered	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Chiarlo †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Dell’Isola †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jorge García Caballeros †	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	Born	Joseph Mercieca †		Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nara	Bishop Emeritus of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
50.1	Installed	Antonio Torrini †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
12 Nov	58.7	Appointed	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala	Archbishop of Guatemala
70.6	Resigned	Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
13 Nov	88.6	Died	Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
14 Nov	42.9	Appointed	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
58.6	Resigned	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
55.1	Died	Odoric Simon Tcheng Hede (Cheng Hede), O.F.M. †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
15 Nov		Born	Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
	Born	Riccardo Ruotolo †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
16 Nov	53.0	Appointed	Domenico Guido Menna †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov	73.8	Appointed	John McIntyre †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
73.8	Resigned	John McIntyre †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
44.1	Appointed	Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
18 Nov	50.4	Died	Vlaho Barbić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Conana	Bishop Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China
26.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
86.6	Died	Giuseppe Padula †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
45.4	Installed	Alfonso Maria de Sanctis †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop of Todi, Italy
23 Nov	51.6	Appointed	Giacomo Montanelli †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop
51.6	Appointed	Giacomo Montanelli †	Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
24 Nov	62.7	Appointed	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
55.9	Died	Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China
32.5	Solemn Vows	Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
87.0	Died	James Augustine Smith †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Agostino †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Walczykiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
26 Nov	62.7	Appointed	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Adulis	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
69.7	Died	Héctor Raphaël Quilliet †	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
29 Nov		Born	Franco Festorazzi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
	Born	Juan Martí Alanis †		Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
30 Nov	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Sévat, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ezerus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
Dec	62.5	Resigned	Godric Kean †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec		Born	Nicola Rotunno †		Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
56.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Signore †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Bishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
56.8	Resigned	Giuseppe Signore †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Zef Simoni †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
2 Dec	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Rodrigues Lima, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
3 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Priest of Mangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
4 Dec		Born	Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
6 Dec		Born	Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama
58.7	Appointed	Jules-Géraud Saliège †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
7 Dec	55.7	Appointed	Alberto Costa †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
59.6	Succeeded	Emilio Ferrais †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
82.3	Died	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	Born	Bede Vincent Heather †		Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
67.4	Died	Władysław Paweł Krynicki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
8 Dec	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Achille Liénart †	Bishop of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
55.4	Appointed	Bl. Teofilius Matulionis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
55.4	Appointed	Bl. Teofilius Matulionis †	Titular Bishop of Matrega	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
9 Dec	66.0	Died	Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
12 Dec		Born	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
16 Dec	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-François-Marie Julliot †	Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
29.2	Ordained Priest	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
17 Dec	42.8	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
72.6	Confirmed	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch
72.7	Appointed	Gaetano Bisleti †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
65.9	Resigned	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
68.7	Died	Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
59.6	Appointed	Auguste-Marie-Augustin Chapuis, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
59.6	Resigned	Auguste-Marie-Augustin Chapuis, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Ático Eusébio da Rocha †	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
48.5	Appointed	Salvatore Del Bene †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
50.3	Appointed	Maurice-Louis Dubourg †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
41.0	Appointed	József Grősz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
41.0	Appointed	József Grősz †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
64.1	Succeeded	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
65.8	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
58.3	Appointed	Angel Maria Navarro †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
51.0	Appointed	Matteo Pellegrino †	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
50.1	Appointed	Settimio Peroni †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Camille Pic †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
65.1	Appointed	Barnabé Piedrabuena †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Bishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
65.1	Resigned	Barnabé Piedrabuena †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
58.7	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
21 Dec	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Pascual Chimento †	Titular Bishop of Sela	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	Born	Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)		Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
22 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Priest	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24.9	Ordained Priest	Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
22.5	Ordained Priest	René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
31.1	Ordained Priest	Thaddée Anselme Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Maguire †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
22.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel Marengo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
23.8	Ordained Priest	Plinio Pascoli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.2	Ordained Deacon	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
22.8	Ordained Priest	Eduard Schick †	Priest of Fulda, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
26.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
31.6	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
22.8	Ordained Priest	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
27.6	Ordained Priest	Élie Eugène François Vandewalle †	Priest of Versailles, France	Auxiliary Bishop
27.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
23 Dec	22.1	Ordained Priest	Gennaro Verolino †	Priest of Acerra, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
24 Dec		Born	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
25 Dec	53.6	Installed	Joachim Rodrigues Lima, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
	Born	John Joseph Njenga †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
26 Dec	65.2	Died	Michael Joseph Crane †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Dec		Born	Vito Schlickmann †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
30 Dec		Born	Zéphyrin Toé †		Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠