The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 25.5 Ordained Priest Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. Priest of Other Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. Agaña Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

2 Nov 67.3 Succeeded Edward Francis Hoban † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

79.6 Died Joseph Schrembs † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

3 Nov 51.2 Appointed Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

51.2 Appointed Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Aradus Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

51.2 Appointed Victor-Jean Perrin † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

41.2 Appointed Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Louis-Sylvain Robin † Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

4 Nov 23.6 Ordained Priest José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

24.4 Ordained Priest Norbert Felix Gaughan † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

Born Carlos López Hernández Papatrigo Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

24.3 Ordained Priest John Bernard McDowell † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov Born Joseph Aind, S.D.B. Nahorani Bishop of Dibrugarh, India

6 Nov 78.1 Died Joseph Gabriel Pinten † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Born Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. Treherne Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

8 Nov Born Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina Clusone, Italy Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Born Vincent Gerard Nichols Crosby Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

53.2 Appointed Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

53.2 Appointed Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Curubis Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

12 Nov Born Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B. Jelendol in Novo Mesto Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

41.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

41.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Titular Bishop of Isinda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

13 Nov 81.1 Died Eduardo Brettoni † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

29.7 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph Dudick † Priest of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

14 Nov Born John Raymond Manz Chicago Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

63.9 Appointed Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. † Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov 56.8 Appointed Giuseppe Beltrami † Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

Born Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. Sendenhorst, Germany Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania

Born Dorick McGowan Wright Belize City Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

16 Nov 45.8 Appointed Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. † Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China

45.8 Resigned Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Nov 72.9 Appointed Ersilio Menzani † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy Bishop

47.7 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

47.7 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Titular Bishop of Lydda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

18 Nov Born Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni Aleppo, Syria Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)

58.2 Appointed Egidio Bignamini † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

51.4 Appointed Dominic Senyemon Fukahori † Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

Born João Carlos Petrini Fermo, Italy Bishop of Camaçari, Baia, Brazil

21 Nov 52.2 Ordained Bishop François Charrière † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

Born Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. Isoraka Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar

49.9 Confirmed Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

22 Nov Born Paulo Sérgio Machado Patrocinio Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23 Nov 71.8 Died Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

Appointed Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

24 Nov 42.8 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Titular Bishop of Flavias Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina

Born Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Vanier, Canada Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

60.5 Appointed José Maria Cuenco † Bishop of Jaro, Philippines Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

Born Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. † Pascagoula, MS Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

81.4 Appointed Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski † Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

25 Nov 41.2 Appointed José María Bueno y Monreal † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

38.5 Appointed Vicente Enrique y Tarancón † Bishop of Solsona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

Born Joseph Francis Kweku Essien Apowa Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana

Born Luiz Antônio Guedes Mogi Mirim Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.8 Appointed Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

48.3 Appointed Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

48.3 Appointed Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † Titular Bishop of Messene Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

27 Nov Born Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. Paola Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

Born Anthony Mancini Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

30 Nov 24.2 Ordained Priest Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Telesphore Mkude Pinde Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania

1 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Terence James Cooke † Priest of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop

Born Rubén Oscar Frassia Buenos Aires Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

2 Dec 58.3 Ordained Bishop Egidio Bignamini † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

3 Dec Born Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Corbellino di Sayago, Spain Bishop of Chimbote, Peru

4 Dec Born Piero Coccia Ascoli Piceno Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy

7 Dec Born Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok Masan Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)

8 Dec 22.5 Ordained Priest Angelo Campagna † Priest Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

30.5 Ordained Priest Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Georges F. Garmou † Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop

59.0 Died Giuseppe Mazzoli † Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

73.5 Died Felipe Joaquín Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

57.9 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Ruffini † Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

25.3 Ordained Priest Imre Timkó † Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop

9 Dec 24.7 Ordained Priest Bernard Patrick Devlin † Priest of Gibraltar Bishop Emeritus

10 Dec Born Wieslaw Alojzy Mering Zuków Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

12 Dec 47.7 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Titular Bishop of Lydda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Yogyakarta Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia

13 Dec 45.8 Appointed Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya † Prefect of Kyoto, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

58.7 Appointed Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka † Prefect of Nagoya, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan

Appointed Paul Sakuzo Uchino † Prefect of Urawa, Japan Prefect Emeritus

14 Dec 44.0 Appointed Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

44.0 Appointed Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

50.0 Appointed Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. † Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge] Prefect Emeritus

15 Dec 59.4 Appointed Juvéncio de Brito † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

83.1 Appointed Alfonso Carinci † Secretary of the Congregation of Rites Secretary Emeritus

83.1 Appointed Alfonso Carinci † Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites

45.7 Appointed Kenneth Grant † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

25.9 Ordained Priest John Joseph O’Connor † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

54.9 Appointed Patrick O’Neill † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

16 Dec 63.4 Appointed Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

41.4 Ordained Bishop Leo Jozef Suenens † Titular Bishop of Isinda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

17 Dec Born Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz Maxeville, Meurthe et Moselle Archbishop of Avignon, France

67.1 Died Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

Born John Michael Quinn Detroit Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA

18 Dec 57.7 Appointed Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Official of the Secretariat of State

57.7 Appointed Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Official of the Secretariat of State

79.7 Died Marian Leon Fulman † Bishop of Lublin, Poland

19 Dec 24.9 Ordained Priest Antony Padiyara † Priest of Coimbatore, India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India

27.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Rajappa † Priest Bishop of Khammam, India

69.7 Died Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

20 Dec Born Pierre Bürcher Fiesch Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

21 Dec 81.4 Died Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

22 Dec 22.8 Ordained Priest Eurico Dias Nogueira Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

40.3 Appointed Benedetto Falcucci † Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

40.3 Appointed Benedetto Falcucci † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Pedro Filipak † Priest Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

31.1 Incardinated Jerome Joseph Hastrich † Priest of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

Born Jean-Pierre Kutwa Blockhauss Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

52.4 Appointed Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. † Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Priest Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

51.6 Appointed Albini LeBlanc † Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

24.5 Ordained Priest Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil

22.4 Ordained Priest Antonio Quarracino † Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

23 Dec Born Victor Agbanou Lokossa Bishop of Lokossa, Benin

25.2 Ordained Priest Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. Kaithappara Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India

24 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam

85.2 Died Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru

78.1 Died Antal Papp † Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary

25 Dec Born Nicolas Antiba, B.A. Aleppo Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

25.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Basmadjan † Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria Archbishop

25.9 Ordained Priest André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine

23.7 Ordained Priest Georges Layek † Priest Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

26 Dec 62.9 Died Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin † Bishop of Amiens, France

27 Dec 52.7 Ordained Bishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

29 Dec 62.7 Appointed Armand Coupel † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Armand Coupel † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

48.5 Appointed Bertrand Lacaste † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed René-Joseph Piérard † Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed René-Joseph Piérard † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

30 Dec Born Robert Eric Guglielmone New York, NY Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.	Priest of Other	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Agaña	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Nov	67.3	Succeeded	Edward Francis Hoban †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
79.6	Died	Joseph Schrembs †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 Nov	51.2	Appointed	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
51.2	Appointed	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
51.2	Appointed	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
41.2	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
4 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
24.4	Ordained Priest	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
	Born	Carlos López Hernández	Papatrigo	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
24.3	Ordained Priest	John Bernard McDowell †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Born	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.	Nahorani	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
6 Nov	78.1	Died	Joseph Gabriel Pinten †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	Born	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr.	Treherne	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 Nov		Born	Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina	Clusone, Italy	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	Born	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Crosby	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
53.2	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
53.2	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
12 Nov		Born	Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.	Jelendol in Novo Mesto	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
41.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
41.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
13 Nov	81.1	Died	Eduardo Brettoni †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
29.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Dudick †	Priest of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
14 Nov		Born	John Raymond Manz	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.9	Appointed	Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	56.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
	Born	Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.	Sendenhorst, Germany	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	Born	Dorick McGowan Wright	Belize City	Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
16 Nov	45.8	Appointed	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
45.8	Resigned	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Nov	72.9	Appointed	Ersilio Menzani †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop
47.7	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
47.7	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
18 Nov		Born	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Aleppo, Syria	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
58.2	Appointed	Egidio Bignamini †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
51.4	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	Born	João Carlos Petrini	Fermo, Italy	Bishop of Camaçari, Baia, Brazil
21 Nov	52.2	Ordained Bishop	François Charrière †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Isoraka	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
49.9	Confirmed	Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
22 Nov		Born	Paulo Sérgio Machado	Patrocinio	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Nov	71.8	Died	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
	Appointed	Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
24 Nov	42.8	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
	Born	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Vanier, Canada	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
60.5	Appointed	José Maria Cuenco †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	Born	Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. †	Pascagoula, MS	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
81.4	Appointed	Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski †	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
25 Nov	41.2	Appointed	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
38.5	Appointed	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
	Born	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Apowa	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
	Born	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Mogi Mirim	Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.8	Appointed	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
48.3	Appointed	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
48.3	Appointed	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
27 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.	Paola	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
	Born	Anthony Mancini	Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
30 Nov	24.2	Ordained Priest	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Telesphore Mkude	Pinde	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
1 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Terence James Cooke †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
	Born	Rubén Oscar Frassia	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
2 Dec	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Egidio Bignamini †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
3 Dec		Born	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Corbellino di Sayago, Spain	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
4 Dec		Born	Piero Coccia	Ascoli Piceno	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
7 Dec		Born	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok	Masan	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
8 Dec	22.5	Ordained Priest	Angelo Campagna †	Priest	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Georges F. Garmou †	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop
59.0	Died	Giuseppe Mazzoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria
73.5	Died	Felipe Joaquín Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Ruffini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Imre Timkó †	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop
9 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Bernard Patrick Devlin †	Priest of Gibraltar	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec		Born	Wieslaw Alojzy Mering	Zuków	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Dec	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Yogyakarta	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
13 Dec	45.8	Appointed	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
58.7	Appointed	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Prefect of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	Appointed	Paul Sakuzo Uchino †	Prefect of Urawa, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
14 Dec	44.0	Appointed	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
44.0	Appointed	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
50.0	Appointed	Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]	Prefect Emeritus
15 Dec	59.4	Appointed	Juvéncio de Brito †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
83.1	Appointed	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary of the Congregation of Rites	Secretary Emeritus
83.1	Appointed	Alfonso Carinci †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites
45.7	Appointed	Kenneth Grant †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
25.9	Ordained Priest	John Joseph O’Connor †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
54.9	Appointed	Patrick O’Neill †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
16 Dec	63.4	Appointed	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
17 Dec		Born	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Maxeville, Meurthe et Moselle	Archbishop of Avignon, France
67.1	Died	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
	Born	John Michael Quinn	Detroit	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
18 Dec	57.7	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Official of the Secretariat of State
57.7	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Official of the Secretariat of State
79.7	Died	Marian Leon Fulman †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
19 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	Antony Padiyara †	Priest of Coimbatore, India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Rajappa †	Priest	Bishop of Khammam, India
69.7	Died	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
20 Dec		Born	Pierre Bürcher	Fiesch	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
21 Dec	81.4	Died	Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
22 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Eurico Dias Nogueira	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
40.3	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
40.3	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Pedro Filipak †	Priest	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
31.1	Incardinated	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Priest of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Jean-Pierre Kutwa	Blockhauss	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.4	Appointed	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
51.6	Appointed	Albini LeBlanc †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
24.5	Ordained Priest	Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
22.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Quarracino †	Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 Dec		Born	Victor Agbanou	Lokossa	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
25.2	Ordained Priest	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.	Kaithappara	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India
24 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
85.2	Died	Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
78.1	Died	Antal Papp †	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
25 Dec		Born	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Aleppo	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Basmadjan †	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria	Archbishop
25.9	Ordained Priest	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
23.7	Ordained Priest	Georges Layek †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
26 Dec	62.9	Died	Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin †	Bishop of Amiens, France
27 Dec	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
29 Dec	62.7	Appointed	Armand Coupel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Armand Coupel †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
48.5	Appointed	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	René-Joseph Piérard †	Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	René-Joseph Piérard †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
30 Dec		Born	Robert Eric Guglielmone	New York, NY	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA