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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	79.2	Died	Vito Chang Tso-huan, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Xinyang [Sinyang], China
	76.6	Died	Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
	56.4	Installed	Otto Wüst †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward Urban Kmiec	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	41.4	Appointed	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
	41.4	Appointed	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
6 Nov	32.3	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir	Priest	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
	48.3	Appointed	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	63.4	Resigned	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.0	Succeeded	Joachim Ruhuna †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
7 Nov	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Nov	25.0	Ordained Priest	Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Enrique Benavent Vidal	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	52.8	Appointed	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
9 Nov	56.3	Appointed	Janis Cakuls	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Janis Cakuls	Titular Bishop of Tinista	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
	56.3	Appointed	Janis Cakuls	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
11 Nov	59.1	Appointed	Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy
12 Nov	75.4	Died	Károly Gombos †	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kalocsa, Hungary
14 Nov	79.2	Died	Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kaolack, Senegal
15 Nov	69.7	Appointed	Henry Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop of Iba, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Fernando R. Capalla	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
	53.8	Appointed	Francisco F. Claver, S.J. †	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
	70.0	Appointed	Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Dinualdo D. Gutierrez	Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
	56.9	Appointed	Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
	64.1	Appointed	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
	67.0	Appointed	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov	68.0	Retired	Agostino Casaroli †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	71.5	Appointed	Emanuele Clarizio †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	William Benedict Friend	Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
	51.5	Appointed	Eugene John Gerber	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	James Francis Stafford	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
18 Nov	56.9	Died	Constantin Szabó (Sabov, Savov) †	Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
19 Nov	52.9	Appointed	Peter Michael Chenaparampil †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
	40.1	Appointed	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos	Vicar Apostolic
	40.1	Appointed	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Moglaena	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
	42.6	Appointed	Antoine Ntalou	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
	58.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Anacleto Sima Ngua	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Christian Wiyghan Tumi	Coadjutor Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
21 Nov	36.1	Ordained Priest	Adriano Langa, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
22 Nov	54.3	Appointed	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.	Bishop of Netherlands, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	58.3	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	79.1	Died	José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
	73.2	Resigned	Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands †	Bishop of Netherlands, Military	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
27 Nov	89.6	Died	Paolo Babini †	Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. †	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Zygris	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
	78.3	Retired	Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.SS.R. †	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Roberto Calara Mallari	Priest of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
28 Nov	68.7	Appointed	Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †	Prelate of Opus Dei
30 Nov	72.1	Resigned	Victor-Julien-André Gouet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec	54.2	Appointed	Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.2	Appointed	Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E. †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 Dec	58.6	Appointed	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
	45.7	Appointed	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
	45.7	Appointed	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
	48.7	Appointed	Patrick Ronald Cooney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gaylord, Michigan, USA
	48.7	Appointed	Patrick Ronald Cooney †	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Bishop Emeritus of Gaylord, Michigan, USA
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Jorge Eduardo Lozano	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	44.1	Appointed	Dale Joseph Melczek	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
	44.1	Appointed	Dale Joseph Melczek	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Maria Taussig	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
4 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	67.2	Appointed	Vasile Louis Puscas †	Vicar Apostolic of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
	67.2	Appointed	Vasile Louis Puscas †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
5 Dec	57.9	Died	Józef Kazimierz Kluz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
6 Dec	51.1	Appointed	Antônio Gaspar	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	Antônio Gaspar	Titular Bishop of Cozyla	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	47.8	Appointed	Albino Mamede Cleto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
	47.8	Appointed	Albino Mamede Cleto †	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
7 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Mireles Vaquera	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México
	59.6	Appointed	Pietro Rossano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	59.6	Appointed	Pietro Rossano †	Titular Bishop of Diocletiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	59.6	Appointed	Pietro Rossano †	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Dec	25.2	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	70.1	Appointed	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Galápagos, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Patrick Le Gal	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
9 Dec	25.0	Ordained Priest	Virgil Bercea	Priest	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
10 Dec	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Iucundiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
	62.1	Appointed	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Janis Cakuls	Titular Bishop of Tinista	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
	50.1	Installed	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Carlos da Silva	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	26.5	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, S.C.V.	Priest of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios	Priest of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
	54.8	Installed	Friedrich Wetter	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
14 Dec	65.6	Resigned	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	76.8	Retired	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Stephen Lepcha	Priest of Darjeeling, India	Bishop
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	John Jeremiah McRaith	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Succeeded	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	78.5	Died	Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Michel Visi †	Priest of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
16 Dec	53.9	Appointed	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Bishop of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	52.5	Appointed	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
17 Dec	60.3	Appointed	Athanasios Abadir †	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
	49.3	Appointed	Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Requena, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.3	Appointed	Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
	60.9	Appointed	Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff †	Prelate of Pando, Bolivia
18 Dec	39.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
	56.5	Appointed	Dominik Hrušovský	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus
	59.9	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Titular Archbishop of Zaraï	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
	59.9	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	27.0	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
	48.7	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Titular Archbishop of Iubaltiana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
	48.7	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
	58.3	Appointed	Jaroslav Škarvada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Jaroslav Škarvada †	Titular Bishop of Litomyšl	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
19 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Wilson Luís Angotti Filho	Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Georg Gänswein	Deacon of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	25.6	Professed	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor	Bishop of France, Military
20 Dec	57.8	Appointed	Emile Eid †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Emile Eid †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	60.4	Appointed	Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine †	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.9	Appointed	Juliusz Paetz	Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
	28.6	Ordained Priest	George Palliparampil (Palliparambil), S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Miao, India
	48.4	Installed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Dec	43.2	Appointed	Zenon Grocholewski	Titular Archbishop of Acropolis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
	43.2	Appointed	Zenon Grocholewski	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
	55.7	Died	Francesco Voto †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
22 Dec	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Zama Major	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	26.8	Ordained Priest	José Porunnedom	Priest of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop
24 Dec	33.3	Ordained Priest	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	48.6	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	48.6	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
27 Dec	79.0	Retired	Hermann Volk †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	69.6	Died	William Eric Grasar †	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	47.7	Appointed	José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	47.7	Appointed	José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira	Titular Bishop of Elvas	Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	75.2	Retired	Sergio Méndez Arceo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
30 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Francis Kalist	Priest of Meerut, India	Bishop
31 Dec	29.6	Ordained Priest	José Câmnate na Bissign	Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop