Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 41.8 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Antaki † | Titular Archbishop of Nubia | Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) |
39.6 | Installed | Michele Di Simone, C.P. † | Prefect of Sekadau, Indonesia | Prefect Emeritus | |
30.0 | Ordained Priest | Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. † | Priest of Society of the Divine Word | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | |
28.2 | Ordained Priest | Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | |
2 Dec | 51.3 | Appointed | Colin Aloysius MacPherson † | Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain | |
3 Dec | 68.3 | Appointed | Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Tasaccora | Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador |
68.3 | Resigned | Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. † | Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † | Bishop of Umtata, South Africa | Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |
Born | Youssef Abedallah Matta | Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel | |||
4 Dec | 38.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ronald Austin Mulkearns † | Titular Bishop of Cululi | Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia |
5 Dec | Born | Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas | Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela | ||
38.3 | Appointed | José Mario Ruiz Navas † | Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador | |
6 Dec | Born | Joseph Tong Changping | Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China | ||
83.0 | Died | León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain | ||
7 Dec | 38.4 | Ordained Bishop | Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia | Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia |
45.7 | Appointed | Ireneo García Alonso † | Bishop of Albacete, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.2 | Ordained Priest | Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Chancellor Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other | |
8 Dec | 25.4 | Ordained Priest | Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo † | Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela |
51.8 | Ordained Bishop | Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. † | Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland | ||
40.6 | Ordained Bishop | Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † | Titular Bishop of Lamasba | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany | |
57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ferdinando Lambruschini † | Archbishop of Perugia, Italy | ||
49.9 | Installed | Ovidio Lari † | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Fortunatus M. Lukanima † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania | |
27.9 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D. | Priest of Society of the Divine Word | Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Palayamkottai, India | |
63.4 | Succeeded | Juan Ricote Alonso † | Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain | ||
42.8 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Rozario † | Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh | Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
37.0 | Ordained Bishop | Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. | Titular Bishop of Taurianum | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy | |
9 Dec | Born | Alessandro Giraudo | Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | ||
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Gerard Joseph Hanna | Priest of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia | |
83.3 | Died | Manuel Könner, S.V.D. † | Prelate Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil | ||
60.4 | Appointed | Bruno Wechner † | Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Dec | 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph A. Carroll † | Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland |
74.3 | Died | Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki † | Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA | ||
11 Dec | 26.4 | Ordained Priest | Josaphat Louis Lebulu | Priest of Same, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania |
47.2 | Appointed | Miguel Moncadas Noguera † | Bishop of Menorca, Spain | Bishop of Solsona, Spain | |
57.9 | Appointed | Francis Frederick Reh † | Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
42.1 | Appointed | Szczepan Wesoly † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
42.1 | Appointed | Szczepan Wesoly † | Titular Bishop of Dragonara | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland | |
13 Dec | Born | Leopoldo Ndakalako | Bishop of Menongue, Angola | ||
14 Dec | 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | José Capmany Casamitjana † | Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain |
56.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón Daumal Serra † | Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain | |
Born | Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia | |||
27.4 | Professed | Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. | Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | |
40.9 | Ordained Bishop | José María Guix Ferreres † | Titular Bishop of Sistroniana | Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain | |
Born | Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde | Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia | |||
45.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón Torrella Cascante † | Titular Bishop of Minervium | Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain | |
Born | Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |||
15 Dec | 43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Livio Maritano † | Titular Bishop of Opitergium | Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy |
24.5 | Ordained Priest | Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust | Priest of Valencia en Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela | |
60.4 | Installed | Bruno Wechner † | Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 51.1 | Appointed | Matthieu Kanyama † | Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
46.0 | Appointed | André Bernard Michel Quélen † | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France | Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France | |
46.0 | Appointed | André Bernard Michel Quélen † | Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae | Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France | |
54.9 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Travia † | Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities | Almoner Emeritus | |
54.9 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Travia † | Titular Archbishop of Termae Himerae | Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities | |
79.1 | Retired | Diego Venini † | Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities | Secret Almoner Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 28.1 | Ordained Priest | Juan Carlos Maccarone † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
18 Dec | 46.9 | Appointed | Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † | Titular Archbishop of Alexanum | Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá |
46.9 | Resigned | Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † | Archbishop of Panamá | Archbishop Emeritus | |
19 Dec | 69.5 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Litterae | Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda |
69.5 | Resigned | Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. † | Bishop of Gulu, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.6 | Appointed | Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. † | Archbishop of Endeh, Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus of Ende, Indonesia | |
51.9 | Installed | Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. † | Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland | ||
49.1 | Appointed | Joseph Malacky Gray † | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain | |
49.1 | Appointed | Joseph Malacky Gray † | Titular Bishop of Mercia | Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain | |
71.5 | Appointed | Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Caprulae | Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
71.5 | Resigned | Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.7 | Appointed | Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire † | Bishop of Gulu, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.8 | Died | Everardo López Alcocer † | Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México | ||
55.3 | Appointed | Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. † | Titular Archbishop of Bavagaliana | Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia | |
55.3 | Resigned | Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. † | Archbishop of Endeh, Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
71.9 | Appointed | Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Archbishop of Castrum | Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | |
71.9 | Resigned | Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus | |
40.9 | Appointed | Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte † | Auxiliary Bishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus | |
40.9 | Appointed | Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte † | Titular Bishop of Sicilibba | Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles | |
56.4 | Appointed | Laurean Rugambwa † | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
64.8 | Appointed | Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
41.2 | Appointed | Abraham Than | Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus | |
41.2 | Appointed | Abraham Than | Titular Bishop of Tortibulum | Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar | |
63.2 | Appointed | John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † | Titular Archbishop of Skálholt | Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi | |
63.2 | Ceased | John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † | Apostolic Administrator of Iceland {Islanda} | Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi | |
74.4 | Appointed | Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † | Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense | Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan | |
74.4 | Retired | Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
20 Dec | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | John Raymond Gaydos | Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | Richard Edmund Pates | Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA | |
24.6 | Ordained Priest | Arthur Joseph Serratelli | Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | |
21 Dec | 29.4 | Ordained Priest | Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran |
64.5 | Appointed | Franco Costa † | Titular Archbishop of Emmaüs | Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy | |
46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Salvatore Di Salvo † | Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia | Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy | |
26.4 | Ordained Priest | Luis Guillermo Eichhorn † | Priest of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina | |
57.3 | Appointed | Raymond Philip Etteldorf † | Titular Archbishop of Tyndaris | Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
57.3 | Appointed | Raymond Philip Etteldorf † | Apostolic Delegate to New Zealand and Pacific Islands | Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
45.0 | Appointed | Józef Gucwa † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
45.0 | Appointed | Józef Gucwa † | Titular Bishop of Vaga | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland | |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. † | Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Carlo Mazza | Priest of Bergamo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy | |
34.7 | Ordained Priest | Néstor Hugo Navarro | Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina | |
32.0 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Nguyễn Soạn † | Priest of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
27.3 | Ordained Priest | Gabriel Villaruz Reyes | Priest of Manila, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines | |
28.2 | Ordained Priest | Felipe Salazar Villagrana | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | |
25.9 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. | Priest of Order of St. Augustine | Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru | |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer | Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay | Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay | |
22 Dec | 30.1 | Ordained Priest | Michel Hoăng Ðức Oanh | Priest of Kontum, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
45.9 | Ordained Bishop | Edward Henryk Materski † | Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses | Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland | |
53.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ferdinando Palatucci † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy | |
23 Dec | 42.1 | Appointed | Eugène-Marie Ernoult † | Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France |
42.1 | Appointed | Eugène-Marie Ernoult † | Titular Bishop of Tadamata | Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France | |
24 Dec | 46.9 | Appointed | Paul Casimir Marcinkus † | Titular Bishop of Horta | Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
46.9 | Appointed | Paul Casimir Marcinkus † | Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other | Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | |
25 Dec | 68.2 | Died | José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru | |
68.6 | Died | Agustín Rodríguez † | Bishop of Paraguay, Military | ||
26 Dec | Born | Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto | Bishop of Soacha, Colombia | ||
76.6 | Died | Zygmunt Choromański † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | ||
28 Dec | 55.1 | Appointed | José Pedro de Araújo Costa † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus |
55.1 | Appointed | José Pedro de Araújo Costa † | Titular Archbishop of Marcelliana | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
50.9 | Appointed | Thomas Benjamin Fulton † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada | |
50.9 | Appointed | Thomas Benjamin Fulton † | Titular Bishop of Cursola | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México | |
56.1 | Appointed | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin † | Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
56.1 | Appointed | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin † | Titular Bishop of Motula | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA | |
52.3 | Appointed | Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.9 | Appointed | John Francis Whealon † | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | ||
30 Dec | 49.3 | Appointed | Antonio Alfredo Brasca † | Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina | |
58.8 | Succeeded | Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia | Bishop Emeritus | |
80.6 | Died | Cleto Loayza Gumiel † | Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia | ||
47.9 | Appointed | Sabás Magaña García † | Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México | ||
Born | Stefano Rega | Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy |
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