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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	43.6	Appointed	Józef Marek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	43.6	Appointed	Józef Marek †	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
3 Nov	45.7	Appointed	José Freire de Oliveira Neto	Auxiliary Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	José Freire de Oliveira Neto	Titular Bishop of Illici	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Takeo Okada	Priest of Tokyo, Japan	Archbishop
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Chosica, Peru
4 Nov	30.9	Ordained Priest	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes	Priest of Lisboa, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop
	76.1	Died	Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sideia, Papua New Guinea
6 Nov	73.7	Died	George Alapatt †	Bishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Nov	53.5	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada	Titular Archbishop of Nomentum	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
	53.5	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
	53.5	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
9 Nov	48.7	Installed	Paul Francis Reding †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
10 Nov	58.1	Appointed	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	57.5	Appointed	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	57.5	Resigned	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	77.9	Retired	Domenico Valerii †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	65.6	Died	Thomas Edward Gill †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
13 Nov	54.4	Appointed	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
14 Nov	28.2	Ordained Priest	Norbert Wendelin Mtega	Priest	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	70.4	Died	Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
17 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Óscar González Villa	Priest of Manizales, Colombia	Former Bishop-Elect of Girardota, Colombia
	83.6	Died	Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	62.0	Succeeded	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	25.3	Ordained Priest	Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez	Priest of Pereira, Colombia	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
	74.4	Died	Peter Thomas McKeefry †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
20 Nov	38.9	Appointed	Pawel Socha, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Gorzów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	38.9	Appointed	Pawel Socha, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
21 Nov	43.2	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Auxiliary Bishop of Oria, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	43.2	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
24 Nov	28.0	Ordained Priest	Rubén Oscar Frassia	Priest	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Fernando Carlos Maletti	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
25 Nov	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Guido Breña López, O.P.	Bishop of Ica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Michel Ellis †	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina
	96.9	Died	Giuseppe Placido M. Nicolini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Zéphyrin Toé	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
26 Nov	83.0	Retired	Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	70.5	Resigned	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Aimé Halpin †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	74.7	Retired	Ignatius Mummadi †	Bishop of Guntur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	54.4	Resigned	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	41.3	Appointed	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia	Titular Bishop of Sebana	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	61.8	Appointed	Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Simingi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
	45.6	Appointed	Balashoury Thanugundla †	Bishop of Guntur, India
	36.6	Appointed	Nestorius Timanywa	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
	55.6	Appointed	Simeon O. Valerio, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Simeon O. Valerio, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mimiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
29 Nov	49.7	Appointed	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
	49.7	Appointed	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
	58.7	Died	Aldo Gobbi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Guy Hamelin	Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Bududira †	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
1 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Salvatore Cassisa	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
2 Dec	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor	Bishop of Tacna, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	77.9	Died	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
3 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Noël Delaquis	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
5 Dec	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Francis Law	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
6 Dec	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Agostinho Marochi	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Dec	44.8	Appointed	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Prelate of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	44.8	Appointed	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	58.9	Died	Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
	51.2	Appointed	Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. †	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
	51.2	Appointed	Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Sesta	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
8 Dec	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Bertrand Blanchet	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Manoel João Francisco	Priest	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Lucas Kim Un-hoe	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
12 Dec	43.3	Installed	Charles Aimé Halpin †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	49.9	Appointed	Marian Przykucki	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	49.9	Appointed	Marian Przykucki	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
13 Dec	84.9	Died	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
	79.9	Died	Blaise Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Yungchow [Lingling], China
14 Dec	85.9	Died	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
15 Dec	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
16 Dec	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Hanna Kello †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Hanna Paulus Marcus †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	77.8	Retired	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
	38.8	Appointed	Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge	Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop
	38.8	Appointed	Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
	39.3	Appointed	Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	52.7	Appointed	Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Appointed	Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy	Bishop of Nellore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	69.0	Resigned	Aloys Bigirumwami †	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
	90.8	Died	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	40.0	Appointed	Boniface Nyema Dalieh	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	40.0	Appointed	Boniface Nyema Dalieh	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	44.7	Appointed	Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
	64.6	Resigned	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	37.9	Appointed	Vincent Nsengiyumva †	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Pierre Nguyên Van Dê, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viêt Nam
	46.2	Appointed	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Bishop of Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
	64.9	Resigned	Guillaume Schoemaker, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	69.6	Resigned	Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. †	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
	67.1	Resigned	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
	81.7	Retired	József Mindszenty †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Karikkassery	Priest of Verapoly, India	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kariyil	Priest of Cochin, India	Bishop of Punalur, India
	61.8	Appointed	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
	61.8	Appointed	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Apostolic Delegate to Guinea	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
	61.8	Appointed	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Apostolic Delegate to Togo	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
21 Dec	45.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
	45.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
	43.9	Appointed	James Masilamony Arul Das †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	60.6	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	60.2	Appointed	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	62.1	Resigned	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Robert Marie Jean Victor de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	René-Alexandre Dupanloup †	Coadjutor Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
	62.5	Appointed	Michele Federici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy	Bishop
	62.5	Appointed	Michele Federici †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
	54.1	Appointed	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	54.1	Appointed	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Appointed	Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.4	Retired	Francesco Monaco †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.	Priest of Other	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
	51.7	Appointed	Peter Wang Kei Lei †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Auxiliary Bishop
23 Dec	30.9	Ordained Priest	Cristián Caro Cordero	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
25 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ilídio Pinto Leandro	Priest of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop
26 Dec	65.5	Died	Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Pawel Socha, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
27 Dec	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore De Giorgi	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Józef Marek †	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
29 Dec	38.7	Resigned	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P.	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil
	56.0	Appointed	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sululos	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil
	56.0	Resigned	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
30 Dec	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Shaman Abba	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
	26.8	Ordained Priest	John 'Oke Afareha	Priest of Warri, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
31 Dec	93.9	Died	Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India
	63.3	Appointed	Marian Jozef Rechowicz †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
	63.3	Appointed	Marian Jozef Rechowicz †	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

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