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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Nov	83.9	Died	Augustin Pacha †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
		Born	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Sarandi	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
		Born	Oscar José Vélez Isaza, C.M.F.	Pensilvania	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
6 Nov	41.5	Appointed	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
	41.5	Appointed	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
7 Nov	56.7	Died	João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
		Born	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Hwa-Won	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
		Born	Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize	Soisy-sous-Montmorency	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
	25.1	Ordained Priest	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa	Priest of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Born	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos	Fartura	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	73.9	Died	Federico Lunardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
10 Nov	79.4	Died	Giuseppe Bruno †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	86.2	Appointed	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Titular Bishop of Verbe	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
	86.2	Retired	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Succeeded	William Aloysius Scully †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
12 Nov	46.4	Appointed	Launcelot John Goody †	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
13 Nov	41.1	Installed	Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
	70.8	Appointed	Achille Liènart †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	50.4	Appointed	Umberto Mozzoni †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	50.4	Appointed	Umberto Mozzoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
		Born	Paul Rouhana, O.L.M.	Amchit	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
		Born	Angelo Spina	Colle D’Anchise	Bishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy
14 Nov	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
15 Nov	71.9	Died	Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe †	Bishop of Belley, France
17 Nov	49.5	Appointed	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Leidschendam	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
18 Nov	73.0	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect Emeritus
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	47.9	Appointed	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
21 Nov	70.9	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Apcar †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Elias Zoghbi †	Titular Archbishop of Nubia	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Nov	50.6	Appointed	Bernardino N. Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
27 Nov	83.0	Appointed	Oronzo Caldarola †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
	83.0	Retired	Oronzo Caldarola †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.4	Died	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	55.7	Appointed	Martin Michael Johnson †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Martin Michael Johnson †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	53.1	Appointed	Malcolm Angus MacEachern †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Vito Schlickmann	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
29 Nov	71.7	Appointed	Luigi Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
30 Nov	68.8	Died	Vincenzo Gili †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
Dec	59.7	Resigned	Joseph Guffens, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	68.8	Resigned	Jules Halbert, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Dec	43.7	Appointed	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
	43.7	Appointed	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
2 Dec	54.1	Succeeded	Leo Binz †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	46.7	Resigned	Daniel Ivancho †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	78.7	Appointed	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Titular Archbishop of Cotrada	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	78.7	Retired	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	41.6	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	41.6	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
5 Dec	31.4	Ordained Priest	Dominic Joseph Abreo †	Priest	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
		Born	Kizito Bahujimihigo	Rwamagana	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Rubén Héctor di Monte	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Armando Dini	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca	Priest of Bombay, India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Mozzoni †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Jesús Arturo Roldán †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
		Born	Andrew Peter Wypych	Kazimierza Wielka, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Dec	40.7	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	40.7	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	49.5	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
7 Dec	27.6	Ordained Priest	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Dougherty †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Mathias Kappil †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Punalur, India
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil †	Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankarese), India	Bishop
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Nguyên Van Diêp †	Priest of Vinh Long, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Benedict Singh	Priest of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Priest	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
8 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Ferraioli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jairo Rui Matos da Silva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Baia, Brazil
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Priest of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society	Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Justo Mullor García	Priest	President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Reginald Joseph Orsmond †	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop
	34.3	Ordained Bishop	José Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Luíz Eugênio Pérez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	João Pereira Venâncio †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Oriano Quilici †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Camillo Ruini	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Schruers †	Priest of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Dec		Born	José Chittooparambil, C.M.I.	Neeleswaram presso Ernakulam	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India
11 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Guido Breña López, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Ica, Peru
	50.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Fenocchio †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	48.2	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	48.2	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Apostolic Delegate to Congo, Republic of	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.	Salvador do Sul	Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
13 Dec		Born	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios	Asunción	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
14 Dec	52.4	Died	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
	47.0	Appointed	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Dec		Born	Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil
18 Dec		Born	Fernando María Bargalló	Buenos Aires	Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †	Priest	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	49.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Titular Archbishop of Garella	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Priest of Conversano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
19 Dec		Born	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J.	Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
20 Dec		Born	François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt	Allègre	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
21 Dec	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Dec		Born	Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum	Akimu Swedru	Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana
23 Dec	74.8	Died	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
25 Dec		Born	Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga	Kananga	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	77.0	Died	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 Dec	79.9	Died	Girolamo Cardinale †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
27 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Baroni †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
28 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas	Figeac	Bishop of Angers, France
29 Dec	44.8	Appointed	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Prelate of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
	44.8	Appointed	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
30 Dec	40.2	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
	40.2	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
	56.0	Appointed	Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †	Prefect of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
	42.3	Appointed	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.3	Appointed	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Titular Bishop of Capsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
31 Dec	39.7	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	39.7	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Born	Martin David Holley	Pensacola, FL	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	46.5	Appointed	Bruno Wechner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria
	46.5	Appointed	Bruno Wechner †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria