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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	26.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Arshad	Priest of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan	Priest	Archbishop of Hadiab-Erbil (Syrian), Iraq
2 Nov	42.6	Appointed	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
3 Nov	71.8	Died	Paul Shi Chunjie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
5 Nov	78.5	Died	Jan Lebeda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	45.9	Appointed	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	45.9	Appointed	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Titular Bishop of Othona	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	56.7	Appointed	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
	56.7	Appointed	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
7 Nov	70.9	Appointed	Héctor Rueda Hernández †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
8 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
	50.9	Appointed	Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
9 Nov	77.9	Retired	Juan José Iriarte †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas	Deacon of Digos, Philippines	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
	60.4	Appointed	Jesús Arturo Roldán †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
11 Nov	82.0	Died	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
13 Nov	87.5	Died	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	54.5	Appointed	Luiz Soares Vieira	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Nov	79.2	Died	Giovanni Proni †	Bishop Emeritus of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
16 Nov	46.6	Appointed	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
	46.6	Appointed	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés	Titular Bishop of Cibaliana	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
	74.3	Retired	Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Gobal Gokum	Priest of Jos, Nigeria	Bishop of Pankshin, Nigeria
	62.4	Succeeded	François-Mathurin Gourvès †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Constantino Maradei Donato †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
	51.6	Appointed	Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega	Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
	51.6	Appointed	Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega	Titular Bishop of Cediae	Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
	55.3	Appointed	Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel	Titular Bishop of Buslacena	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
17 Nov	27.9	Ordained Priest	Benedito Araújo	Priest of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
	80.5	Died	Thomas Austin Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	26.3	Solemn Vows	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (Albanian)
	80.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Wang Zhenye †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
18 Nov	26.6	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Falcão de Barros	Priest of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military
19 Nov	51.0	Appointed	José María Arancedo	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
	63.5	Appointed	François Gourguillon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	François Gourguillon †	Titular Bishop of Suas	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
20 Nov	77.4	Retired	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
21 Nov	58.7	Appointed	Roberto Amadei †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.4	Retired	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	60.8	Died	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
23 Nov	47.3	Succeeded	Paul Kamuza Bakyenga	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
	62.1	Resigned	John Baptist Kakubi †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov	29.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Meli	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
	54.3	Installed	John Thomas Steinbock †	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
25 Nov	75.9	Retired	Carlo Minchiatti †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.5	Appointed	Serafino Sprovieri †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Xie Ting Zhe †	Bishop of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
26 Nov	51.5	Appointed	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Buleliana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
	51.7	Appointed	Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I.	Bishop of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	James Corboy, S.J. †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	Paul Lungu, S.J. †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
	75.4	Retired	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Died	Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos †	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	58.5	Appointed	Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	42.5	Appointed	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dedza, Malawi	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
	42.5	Appointed	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †	Titular Bishop of Macon	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
28 Nov	84.7	Died	Joseph Mark McShea †	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	53.4	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
	61.8	Died	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
29 Nov	25.1	Ordained Priest	Anthony Randazzo	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia
30 Nov	75.5	Retired	Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus
	58.4	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Albania
	86.1	Died	Isidor Markus Emanuel †	Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Jeová Elias Ferreira	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	73.1	Retired	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	33.1	Ordained Priest	Luis Horacio Gómez González †	Priest of Manizales, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
	69.5	Appointed	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Prelate Emeritus of Calama, Chile
	69.5	Appointed	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Prelate Emeritus of Calama, Chile
	69.5	Resigned	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
	47.2	Succeeded	Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Lei Shiyin (Chiyin)	Priest	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Priest of Zé-Doca, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Luo Xuegang	Priest	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
	59.5	Appointed	Justo Mullor García †	Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	59.5	Appointed	Justo Mullor García †	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	59.5	Appointed	Justo Mullor García †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	65.7	Succeeded	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
Dec	70.7	Resigned	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	70.7	Resigned	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	43.0	Ordained Deacon	John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Deacon of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	43.0	Professed	John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
1 Dec	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Juan de Dios Peña Rojas	Deacon of Mérida, Venezuela	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
	28.9	Ordained Deacon	Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Paulo, Brazil
3 Dec	55.3	Appointed	John Alexius Bathersby †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.6	Professed	Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y.	Member of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
	75.2	Retired	Francis Roberts Rush †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	55.5	Appointed	Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini †	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
5 Dec	77.3	Died	Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
6 Dec	34.0	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
7 Dec	62.7	Appointed	Giacomo Babini	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Priest of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	75.9	Retired	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	79.3	Died	Aldo Forzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy
	58.9	Appointed	Jesus Castro Galang †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
	51.7	Appointed	Dante Lafranconi	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine Sabi Bio	Priest of Natitingou, Benin	Bishop
	54.6	Appointed	Gastone Simoni	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Ling Jiansen	Priest	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Carlos José de Oliveira	Deacon of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
	67.1	Ordained Bishop	[Matthew Pan Deshi] †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	36.7	Ordained Priest	Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler	Priest of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
10 Dec	64.0	Appointed	Daniel Anthony Cronin	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	John Joseph Glynn †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	John Joseph Glynn †	Titular Bishop of Monteverde	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
11 Dec	48.5	Appointed	Joseph Vernon Fougère †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	79.5	Died	Filippo Pocci †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
13 Dec	24.4	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Malaspina	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
	86.6	Died	Ilario Roatta †	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta	Priest of Quilmes, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina
14 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	André Gueye	Deacon of Thiès, Senegal	Bishop
	43.5	Appointed	Petar Šolic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
	43.5	Appointed	Petar Šolic †	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
	62.0	Appointed	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
	59.4	Appointed	Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P.	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	51.1	Installed	José María Arancedo	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Ante Jozić	Deacon of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus
	65.0	Died	Antuvan Marovitch †	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
16 Dec	73.4	Appointed	Ernesto Maria Fiore †	Titular Archbishop of Novi	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	54.3	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	86.2	Died	Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela
	52.1	Appointed	Zenon Grocholewski †	Titular Archbishop of Acropolis	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
	47.7	Appointed	Rino Passigato	Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
	47.7	Appointed	Rino Passigato	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
17 Dec	28.0	Ordained Priest	Anton Bal	Priest of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	83.1	Died	Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Dec	53.7	Appointed	José Doth de Oliveira †	Coadjutor Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Resigned	Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Appointed	Hubert Luthe †	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Rafael Eleuterio Rey	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	60.5	Installed	Jesús Arturo Roldán †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
21 Dec	51.2	Appointed	Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	87.6	Died	Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Mário Antônio da Silva	Priest of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
	83.8	Died	Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) †	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
	49.2	Appointed	Marampudi Joji †	Bishop of Khammam, India	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	69.5	Died	Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
	65.0	Appointed	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	71.0	Succeeded	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
	69.9	Appointed	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
	69.9	Appointed	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
22 Dec	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Pietro Liu Genzhu	Priest	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
24 Dec	54.8	Appointed	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Juozas Matulaitis	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Juozas Preikšas †	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
26 Dec	38.5	Entered	Daniele Libanori, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
27 Dec	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Paulo Cezar Costa	Deacon of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	59.7	Succeeded	Arthur Luysterman	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	72.3	Retired	Joseph Francis Maguire †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	63.6	Appointed	John Aloysius Marshall †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
	33.4	Ordained Priest	Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Miao, India
	33.4	Solemn Vows	Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Miao, India
	75.2	Retired	Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	28.0	Ordained Priest	Ollo Modeste Kambou	Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine Koné †	Priest of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
29 Dec	26.9	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Imbamba	Priest of Lwena, Angola	Archbishop of Saurimo, Angola
	31.4	Ordained Priest	Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan	Priest	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon
30 Dec	92.8	Died	Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	63.9	Appointed	Pietro Garlato †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	73.1	Died	Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kodakallil	Priest of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
	79.6	Died	MIchael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia

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