The Year of Our Lord 1950

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil † Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India

35.0 Ordained Bishop José Varani † Titular Bishop of Altava Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2 Nov 61.1 Died Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. † Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China

3 Nov Born Bernard Bober Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia

4 Nov 61.1 Appointed Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Apostolic Administrator of Lucena, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov 48.2 Ordained Bishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Berissa Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia

Born John Charles Wester Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

6 Nov 56.3 Appointed Jaime de Barros Câmara † Bishop of Brazil, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada

Born Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Born Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

7 Nov 61.5 Appointed Ghebre Jesus Jacob † Apostolic Administrator of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

66.8 Died Krizosztom (Ferenc) Kelemen, O.S.B. † Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary

24.2 First Vows Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen Jr., O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines

8 Nov 57.5 Died Albini Lafortune † Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

37.0 Succeeded Joseph Albertus Martin † Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov 46.3 Ordained Bishop Matthew Kavukattu † Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

44.7 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil † Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

10 Nov Born Casimiro López Llorente Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain

11 Nov 78.0 Died José de Jesús López y González † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

70.8 Appointed Clemente Micara † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

79.1 Appointed Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

12 Nov 67.7 Died Bl. Hryhory Lakota † Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland

13 Nov 29.0 Professed Luca Collino, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

Born Antal Spányi Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

14 Nov 70.1 Died Georges-Alexandre Courchesne † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

48.3 Appointed Cornelius Lucey † Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland

48.3 Appointed Cornelius Lucey † Titular Bishop of Sila Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland

16 Nov 87.9 Died Joseph Marie Cuaz, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos

83.9 Died Ercolano Marini † Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy

17 Nov Born Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

Born Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México

Born Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia

18 Nov 57.3 Appointed Wilhelm Cleven † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Wilhelm Cleven † Titular Bishop of Sasima Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Born Alessandro D’Errico Apostolic Nuncio

76.2 Died Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

19 Nov 38.4 Ordained Bishop Alexandru Todea † Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

20 Nov 42.2 Appointed János Bárd † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.2 Appointed János Bárd † Titular Bishop of Ulpiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary

45.0 Appointed Mihály Endrey-Eipel † Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

45.0 Appointed Mihály Endrey-Eipel † Titular Bishop of Barata Bishop of Vác, Hungary

85.0 Died Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy

21 Nov Born Lawrence Thomas Persico Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

25 Nov 62.0 Died Patrick James Byrne, M.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Korea

47.7 Appointed Gracija Ivanovic † Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

70.2 Resigned David O’Leary, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

82.9 Died Giovanni Spada, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

43.5 Succeeded William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

26 Nov 38.5 Ordained Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Drivastum Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

30 Nov 74.8 Appointed Augusto Bertazzoni † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

29.3 Ordained Priest Raymund Wang Chong Lin † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China

1 Dec Born Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia

51.5 Appointed Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

51.5 Appointed Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Cerbali Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

2 Dec 49.0 Installed Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Otto Georgens Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany

3 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Heitor de Araújo Sales Priest of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

16.0 Professed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

26.8 Ordained Priest John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

28.4 Ordained Priest Alfredo Guillermo Disandro † Priest of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina

35.5 Ordained Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes † Titular Bishop of Nisyrus Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

4 Dec Born Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

50.1 Appointed Valerian Gracias † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

80.2 Died Johannes Baptist Höcht † Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

57.7 Appointed Thomas Roberts, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Sugdaea Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

57.7 Resigned Thomas Roberts, S.J. † Archbishop of Bombay, India Archbishop Emeritus

5 Dec Born Lajos Varga Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

6 Dec 52.9 Appointed Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † Bishop of Tunja, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia

7 Dec 63.9 Resigned Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi

8 Dec 27.2 Ordained Priest Bernardo José Bueno Miele † Priest Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

27.5 Ordained Priest Virgílio de Pauli † Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Luís Gonzaga Fernandes † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

49.0 Installed Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

26.3 Ordained Priest Bruno Maldaner † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

46.7 Installed Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux † Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

9 Dec 78.9 Appointed Albino Morera † Titular Bishop of Gurza Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

78.9 Retired Albino Morera † Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

35.7 Appointed José Rincón Bonilla † Auxiliary Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

35.7 Appointed José Rincón Bonilla † Titular Bishop of Tamasus Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

10 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Urbano José Allgayer † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

23.7 Ordained Priest Rómulo García † Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

11 Dec 63.0 Appointed Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † Secretary of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

55.8 Appointed Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. † Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

55.8 Appointed Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. † Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

55.3 Appointed Maurice Schexnayder † Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Maurice Schexnayder † Titular Bishop of Tuscamia Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

12 Dec Born Hugo Nicolás Barbaro Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

69.9 Appointed Iwannis (Youhanna) Gandour † Titular Archbishop of Bostra

62.3 Appointed Luis Alonso Muñoyerro † Archbishop of Spain, Military

62.3 Appointed Luis Alonso Muñoyerro † Titular Archbishop of Sion Archbishop of Spain, Military

63.0 Appointed Patrick O’Boyle † Bishop of Killala, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

Born Justin Tetmu Samba † Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania

13 Dec 61.6 Died George Joseph Donnelly † Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

78.9 Died Luigi Mazzini † Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy

14 Dec 57.1 Appointed Luis Cabrera Cruz † Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México

53.9 Appointed Eduardo Martinez González † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

Born Ilídio Pinto Leandro † Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal

Born Carl Leonard Reid Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia

15 Dec Born Irineu Roque Scherer † Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

17 Dec Born Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria

37.9 Ordained Bishop Frane Franić † Titular Bishop of Agathopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

24.0 Ordained Priest Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia

46.8 Appointed Francesco Minerva † Bishop of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

49.2 Appointed Corrado Mingo † Bishop of Trapani, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

62.9 Appointed Ernesto Ruffini † Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

18 Dec 49.9 Appointed Giuseppe Burzio † Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Apostolic Nuncio

49.9 Appointed Giuseppe Burzio † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Apostolic Nuncio

46.4 Installed Matthew Kavukattu † Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

20 Dec Born Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M. Bishop of Agats, Indonesia

21 Dec 50.8 Appointed Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

23.5 Ordained Priest John Joseph Gerry † Priest of Brisbane, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.5 Ordained Priest Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † Priest of Goa e Damão, India Archbishop Emeritus

70.3 Died Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos † Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany

22.8 Ordained Priest Peter Quinn † Priest of Perth, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia

42.3 Appointed Rufino Jiao Santos † Bishop of Philippines, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

25.3 Ordained Priest Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. † Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)

22 Dec 77.2 Died Hugh Charles Boyle † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

43.1 Succeeded John Francis Dearden † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born Tomáš Galis Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia

40.5 Appointed Sergio Pignedoli † Titular Archbishop of Iconium Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

40.5 Appointed Sergio Pignedoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

23 Dec 38.9 Appointed Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Hyderabad, India Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India

22.5 Ordained Priest Giacomo Biffi † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

23.5 Ordained Deacon Guy Gérard Deroubaix † Deacon of Lille, France Bishop of Saint-Denis, France

24.5 Ordained Priest Dominik Hrušovský † Priest Apostolic Nuncio

42.3 Appointed André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.3 Appointed André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Ingila Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso † Priest of Santiago de Chile

45.6 Appointed Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

45.6 Appointed Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

57.0 Appointed Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa

57.0 Appointed Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Nicius Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa

52.8 Appointed José Vieira Alvernaz † Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India Archbishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed José Vieira Alvernaz † Titular Archbishop of Anasartha Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

52.8 Appointed José Vieira Alvernaz † Coadjutor Patriarch of East Indies, India Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

25.9 Ordained Priest Štefan Vrablec † Priest of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia

24 Dec 42.2 Ordained Bishop Herbert Bednorz † Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

29.4 Ordained Priest Peter Dubovský, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

25 Dec 67.6 Died Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

Born Noël Treanor † Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

27 Dec 26.3 Ordained Priest Pedro Fré, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

62.6 Appointed Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O. Cist. † Abbot Abbot Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

28 Dec 44.8 Appointed Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

30 Dec Born José María Ortega Trinidad Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil †		Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India
35.0	Ordained Bishop	José Varani †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Nov	61.1	Died	Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China
3 Nov		Born	Bernard Bober		Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
4 Nov	61.1	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Apostolic Administrator of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
	Born	John Charles Wester		Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
6 Nov	56.3	Appointed	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Bishop of Brazil, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.		Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	Born	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Nov	61.5	Appointed	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Apostolic Administrator of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
66.8	Died	Krizosztom (Ferenc) Kelemen, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
24.2	First Vows	Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen Jr., O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
8 Nov	57.5	Died	Albini Lafortune †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
37.0	Succeeded	Joseph Albertus Martin †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Kavukattu †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov		Born	Casimiro López Llorente		Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
11 Nov	78.0	Died	José de Jesús López y González †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
70.8	Appointed	Clemente Micara †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
79.1	Appointed	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
12 Nov	67.7	Died	Bl. Hryhory Lakota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
13 Nov	29.0	Professed	Luca Collino, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	Born	Antal Spányi		Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
14 Nov	70.1	Died	Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
48.3	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
48.3	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
16 Nov	87.9	Died	Joseph Marie Cuaz, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos
83.9	Died	Ercolano Marini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. †		Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
	Born	Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez		Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México
	Born	Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
18 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Cleven †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Cleven †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	Born	Alessandro D’Errico		Apostolic Nuncio
76.2	Died	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
19 Nov	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexandru Todea †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
20 Nov	42.2	Appointed	János Bárd †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.2	Appointed	János Bárd †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
45.0	Appointed	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
45.0	Appointed	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Titular Bishop of Barata	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
85.0	Died	Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
21 Nov		Born	Lawrence Thomas Persico		Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Nov	62.0	Died	Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
47.7	Appointed	Gracija Ivanovic †	Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
70.2	Resigned	David O’Leary, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
82.9	Died	Giovanni Spada, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
43.5	Succeeded	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
26 Nov	38.5	Ordained Bishop	João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
30 Nov	74.8	Appointed	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29.3	Ordained Priest	Raymund Wang Chong Lin †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
1 Dec		Born	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer		Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
51.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
51.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
2 Dec	49.0	Installed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Otto Georgens		Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
3 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Heitor de Araújo Sales	Priest of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
16.0	Professed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
26.8	Ordained Priest	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
28.4	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
35.5	Ordained Bishop	Elizeu Simões Mendes †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
4 Dec		Born	Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
50.1	Appointed	Valerian Gracias †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
80.2	Died	Johannes Baptist Höcht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
57.7	Appointed	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Sugdaea	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
57.7	Resigned	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Dec		Born	Lajos Varga		Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
6 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
7 Dec	63.9	Resigned	Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi
8 Dec	27.2	Ordained Priest	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Priest	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
27.5	Ordained Priest	Virgílio de Pauli †	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Gonzaga Fernandes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
49.0	Installed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
26.3	Ordained Priest	Bruno Maldaner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
46.7	Installed	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
9 Dec	78.9	Appointed	Albino Morera †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
78.9	Retired	Albino Morera †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
35.7	Appointed	José Rincón Bonilla †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
35.7	Appointed	José Rincón Bonilla †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
10 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Urbano José Allgayer †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23.7	Ordained Priest	Rómulo García †	Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
11 Dec	63.0	Appointed	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
55.8	Appointed	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
55.8	Appointed	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
55.3	Appointed	Maurice Schexnayder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Maurice Schexnayder †	Titular Bishop of Tuscamia	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
12 Dec		Born	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro		Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
69.9	Appointed	Iwannis (Youhanna) Gandour †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra
62.3	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
62.3	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Titular Archbishop of Sion	Archbishop of Spain, Military
63.0	Appointed	Patrick O’Boyle †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Justin Tetmu Samba †		Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
13 Dec	61.6	Died	George Joseph Donnelly †	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
78.9	Died	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
14 Dec	57.1	Appointed	Luis Cabrera Cruz †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
53.9	Appointed	Eduardo Martinez González †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
	Born	Ilídio Pinto Leandro †		Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
	Born	Carl Leonard Reid		Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
15 Dec		Born	Irineu Roque Scherer †		Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Dec		Born	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu		Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
37.9	Ordained Bishop	Frane Franić †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
46.8	Appointed	Francesco Minerva †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
49.2	Appointed	Corrado Mingo †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
62.9	Appointed	Ernesto Ruffini †	Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
18 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio
49.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Apostolic Nuncio
46.4	Installed	Matthew Kavukattu †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Dec		Born	Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M.		Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
21 Dec	50.8	Appointed	Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
23.5	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Gerry †	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.5	Ordained Priest	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Priest of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
70.3	Died	Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
22.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Quinn †	Priest of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
42.3	Appointed	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Bishop of Philippines, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
25.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
22 Dec	77.2	Died	Hugh Charles Boyle †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
43.1	Succeeded	John Francis Dearden †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	Born	Tomáš Galis		Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
40.5	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
40.5	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
23 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Biffi †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
23.5	Ordained Deacon	Guy Gérard Deroubaix †	Deacon of Lille, France	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
24.5	Ordained Priest	Dominik Hrušovský †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
42.3	Appointed	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.3	Appointed	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ingila	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Priest of Santiago de Chile
45.6	Appointed	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
45.6	Appointed	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
57.0	Appointed	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
57.0	Appointed	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicius	Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Titular Archbishop of Anasartha	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
52.8	Appointed	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Coadjutor Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
25.9	Ordained Priest	Štefan Vrablec †	Priest of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
24 Dec	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Herbert Bednorz †	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
29.4	Ordained Priest	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
25 Dec	67.6	Died	Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
	Born	Noël Treanor †		Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
27 Dec	26.3	Ordained Priest	Pedro Fré, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O. Cist. †	Abbot	Abbot Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
28 Dec	44.8	Appointed	Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
30 Dec		Born	José María Ortega Trinidad		Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru

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