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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	68.2	Installed	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Nov	66.8	Appointed	Francisco F. Claver, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Rudolf Deng Majak	Bishop of Wau, Sudan
	67.1	Appointed	Owen John Dolan	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	75.4	Retired	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	70.3	Resigned	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop
	54.7	Appointed	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	78.1	Retired	Matthieu Kanyama †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Boniface Lele	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
	54.9	Appointed	Valentin Masengo Mkinda	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.8	Resigned	Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †	Bishop of Wau, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
	77.3	Retired	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	57.7	Appointed	Marko Sopi †	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
	57.7	Appointed	Marko Sopi †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
	56.3	Resigned	Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov	72.2	Resigned	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	44.7	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	48.1	Appointed	Antonio González Sánchez	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
	75.7	Retired	John Jobst, S.A.C.	Bishop of Broome, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	56.0	Succeeded	Michael John Malone	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.4	Died	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	45.8	Appointed	Christopher Alan Saunders	Bishop of Broome, Australia
4 Nov	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Lucibello	Titular Archbishop of Thurio	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Merisi	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
6 Nov	79.7	Retired	Michael Joseph Dudick †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	77.8	Retired	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	44.4	Incardinated	Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash	Priest of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Bishop
	60.2	Appointed	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India	Major Archbishop
	68.6	Appointed	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	68.2	Appointed	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	68.4	Appointed	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
	51.0	Appointed	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
7 Nov	65.0	Appointed	Carl Frederick Mengeling	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	71.6	Retired	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe †	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
	65.8	Appointed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	75.7	Retired	Pierre Mamie †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	71.0	Died	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
11 Nov	51.9	Appointed	Gyula Márfi	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	51.9	Appointed	Gyula Márfi	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
13 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
15 Nov	67.2	Appointed	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	79.7	Retired	José Fernandes Veloso †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	69.1	Appointed	Luciano Storero †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
17 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Juan Guillermo López Soto	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
	84.0	Died	Benjamin de Souza Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
18 Nov	89.9	Died	John Aloysius Murphy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
	70.0	Resigned	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	72.2	Died	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	58.8	Succeeded	Alexandru Mesian	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
	84.0	Retired	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	60.3	Appointed	John Brendan McCormack	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	60.3	Appointed	John Brendan McCormack	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	55.5	Appointed	William Francis Murphy	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	55.5	Appointed	William Francis Murphy	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	63.8	Appointed	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	57.6	Appointed	Osvino José Both	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
	67.6	Resigned	João Corso, S.D.B.	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Roberto Gomes Guimarães	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	83.6	Died	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	76.1	Retired	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.2	Appointed	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop
	58.4	Appointed	Franz Vorrath	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
	58.4	Appointed	Franz Vorrath	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
24 Nov	78.9	Died	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	72.0	Selected	Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov	44.8	Installed	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	65.8	Installed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
27 Nov	75.9	Retired	Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
	52.7	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
29 Nov	67.6	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.7	Retired	José Maria Pires	Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
30 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
	51.4	Appointed	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
Dec	81.0	Retired	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
2 Dec	74.6	Retired	Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
	52.4	Appointed	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
	61.2	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	Titular Archbishop of Naissus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	61.2	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	73.2	Resigned	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Gyula Márfi	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	46.8	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	51.2	Appointed	José Paulino Ríos Reynoso	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez	Titular Bishop of Voncariana	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
3 Dec	213.3	Canonized	St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Marseille, France
4 Dec	51.7	Ordained Priest	Alan Stephen Hopes	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Dec	91.2	Died	Sighard Kleiner, O. Cist. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
	54.5	Appointed	Robert Nugent Lynch	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
	75.7	Retired	James William Malone †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	47.7	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
6 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	39.6	Appointed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
	46.8	Appointed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
	55.6	Appointed	Charles Henry Dufour	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	44.9	Appointed	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
	44.9	Appointed	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
	45.7	Confirmed	Kurt Koch	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	70.0	Appointed	Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.	Coadjutor Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	67.1	Appointed	Riccardo Ruotolo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	67.1	Appointed	Riccardo Ruotolo †	Titular Bishop of Castulo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	56.3	Appointed	Francesco Sarego, S.V.D.	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
7 Dec	69.8	Appointed	Arvaldis Andrejs Brumanis	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Janis Bulis	Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia
	64.0	Appointed	Antons Justs	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
9 Dec	87.6	Died	Mario Brini †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	62.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Chiaretti	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez	Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
	44.1	Appointed	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Zakarpattia, Ukraine	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
	44.1	Appointed	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
10 Dec	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Owen John Dolan	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A.	Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
14 Dec	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio González Sánchez	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
15 Dec	38.6	Appointed	Joseph Banga Bane	Coadjutor Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	55.6	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.	Prefect of Kontagora, Nigeria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
	63.6	Appointed	John Jerome Cunneen †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
	67.4	Appointed	Luigi Locati †	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	67.4	Appointed	Luigi Locati †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Guillermo López Soto	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
	66.1	Resigned	John Basil Meeking	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
	46.5	Appointed	José Nambi	Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola	Bishop
	62.7	Appointed	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre	Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
	49.1	Appointed	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
16 Dec	54.4	Appointed	Claudio Maria Celli	Titular Archbishop of Cluentum	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	54.4	Appointed	Claudio Maria Celli	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	76.4	Appointed	Angelo Felici †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Riccardo Fontana	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	80.3	Retired	Antonio Innocenti †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	48.9	Appointed	Francisco Pérez González	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	59.1	Appointed	Walter Pérez Villamonte	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
	59.1	Appointed	Walter Pérez Villamonte	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Rafael Valdivieso Miranda	Priest of Panamá	Bishop of Chitré, Panama
17 Dec	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Fares Maakaroun	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Dec	89.5	Died	René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret †	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	89.9	Died	Joseph Kuo Joshih, C.D.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
20 Dec	50.5	Appointed	Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
	49.4	Appointed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
	50.5	Appointed	Stanisław Ryłko	Titular Archbishop of Novica	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	50.5	Appointed	Stanisław Ryłko	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, President
21 Dec	61.3	Appointed	Tesfamariam Bedho †	Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea
	52.9	Died	Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	74.1	Appointed	Carlo Furno	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
	71.7	Appointed	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Barentu (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
27 Dec	64.3	Appointed	Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.7	Retired	Armando Círio, O.S.I.	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Robert Bell Clune †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.2	Appointed	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	59.5	Succeeded	William Joseph Levada	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. †	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	John Brendan McCormack	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Murphy	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	66.7	Resigned	John Raphael Quinn	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Dec	50.5	Appointed	Gerald Richard Barnes	Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
29 Dec	30.3	Ordained Priest	Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré	Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Dori, Burkina Faso
	76.0	Died	Joaquín García Ordóñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
30 Dec	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Flavien Joseph Melki	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	75.2	Died	Leo Soekoto, S.J. †	Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
31 Dec	28.0	Professed	Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	75.2	Retired	Clemente Faccani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	87.3	Died	Aurelio Gianora, C.R.S.M.A. †	Prefect Emeritus of Sikkim, India