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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	51.6	Appointed	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Lanfranchi	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
6 Nov	28.3	Ordained Priest	Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
7 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Priest of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
8 Nov	57.7	Appointed	Pierre Kimbondo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	31.0	Professed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
12 Nov	29.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Marino	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
13 Nov	67.5	Died	Raymond Peter Hillinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
	50.3	Appointed	Bernhard Huhn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Görlitz, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
	50.3	Appointed	Bernhard Huhn †	Titular Bishop of Tasaccora	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
15 Nov	58.1	Succeeded	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	81.4	Retired	Louis Joseph Reicher †	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	62.5	Appointed	Santo Bergamo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Antonio Cantisani	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	81.0	Retired	Giovanni Rizzo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.6	Died	Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of the Divine Word
20 Nov	53.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
21 Nov	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Vallejos Santoni †	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
23 Nov	74.0	Died	Francis Xavier Muthappa †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
24 Nov	64.7	Died	Raymond D’Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
25 Nov	46.1	Appointed	José Freire Falcão	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	84.0	Died	Patrick O’Boyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
	41.4	Appointed	Antônio Soares Costa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	41.4	Appointed	Antônio Soares Costa †	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Nov	87.6	Died	Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of St. Paul
27 Nov	25.8	Ordained Priest	Joaquín Mariano Sucunza	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
28 Nov	70.9	Died	Carlos Riu Anglés †	Bishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
29 Nov	80.2	Retired	Ivan Bucko †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Appointed	Elias Coueter †	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Appointed	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Prelate of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	52.0	Appointed	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	43.0	Appointed	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Caffa	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	68.8	Appointed	José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	70.9	Resigned	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Prelate of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	70.9	Resigned	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira	Titular Bishop of Bitettum	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Bishop of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite), Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
30 Nov	62.7	Appointed	Michael Joseph Begley †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	42.7	Appointed	John Raphael Quinn	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Dec	66.3	Resigned	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1 Dec	62.2	Appointed	Lech Kaczmarek †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
3 Dec	62.5	Appointed	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	54.5	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	64.6	Appointed	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Marcelo González Martín †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.7	Appointed	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
	55.5	Appointed	Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	Hernán Alvarado Solano †	Priest of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
	68.1	Resigned	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
5 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Priest	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Dec	50.8	Appointed	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
	47.3	Appointed	Saminini Arulappa †	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Louis Edward Gelineau	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	48.5	Appointed	René Henry Gracida	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	48.5	Appointed	René Henry Gracida	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	40.6	Appointed	Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jullundur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Henry Joseph Kennedy †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	76.0	Retired	Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Died	Nikasius Kipengele †	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
	46.3	Appointed	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	71.9	Died	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	57.3	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 Dec	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Dante Bernini	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
	26.7	Ordained Priest	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
	83.0	Died	Aurelio del Pino Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
9 Dec	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
10 Dec	36.1	Appointed	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
	36.1	Appointed	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
	71.2	Died	Bernhard Schräder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	45.4	Appointed	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
	45.4	Appointed	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
11 Dec	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Titular Bishop of Tela	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Huhn †	Titular Bishop of Tasaccora	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
	33.9	Ordained Priest	Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña †	Priest	Bishop of El Salvador, Military
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
12 Dec	28.7	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Kaggwa	Priest	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda
13 Dec	51.7	Appointed	José Tomás Sánchez †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
14 Dec	29.2	Ordained Priest	Marampudi Joji †	Priest	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	75.2	Retired	Robert Francis Joyce †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	John Aloysius Marshall †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
15 Dec	66.6	Died	Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
16 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
	52.0	Appointed	José María Cases Deordal †	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	53.3	Installed	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Ronald Matano	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	43.8	Installed	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Robert Sanchez	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	29.4	Ordained Priest	José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Antoine Vu Huy Chuong	Priest of Cân Tho, Viet Nam	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viet Nam
19 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Elói Róggia, S.A.C.	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Athanasius Atule Usuh	Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop
20 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	George Njaralakatt	Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabarese), India
	63.4	Died	Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. †	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
21 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Antony Anandarayar	Priest	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
22 Dec	60.0	Appointed	Tamás Jung †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
	60.0	Appointed	Tamás Jung †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
23 Dec	58.9	Resigned	Gabriel Bukatko †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	60.2	Died	Francisco Cedzich, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Priest	Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
	41.2	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	62.8	Appointed	Antal Jakab †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	62.8	Appointed	Antal Jakab †	Titular Bishop of Astigi	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	54.9	Resigned	Giuseppe Vairo †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
24 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
27 Dec	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Cantisani	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
28 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Charles Amarin Brand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	51.5	Appointed	Charles Amarin Brand †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	61.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Titular Archbishop of Cumae	President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	61.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Raymundo Sabio, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
29 Dec	28.5	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Priest	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
	76.4	Retired	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Dermot J. Ryan †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus