Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 63.3 | Died | Eugène Biletsi Onim † | Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
2 Dec | 49.3 | Appointed | Wolfgang Haas | Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Archbishop Emeritus |
3 Dec | 88.6 | Died | Domenico Enrici † | Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
4 Dec | 96.5 | Died | Ignace (Jacques) Gillet, O.C.S.O. † | Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance | |
5 Dec | 32.9 | Ordained Priest | Edson Batista de Mello | Priest of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
51.7 | Appointed | Richard John Grecco | Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
51.7 | Appointed | Richard John Grecco | Titular Bishop of Uccula | Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
6 Dec | 30.3 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P. | Priest of Missionary Society of St. Paul | Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru |
54.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel | Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal | Apostolic Nuncio | |
54.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel | Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau | Apostolic Nuncio | |
54.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel | Apostolic Nuncio to Mali | Apostolic Nuncio | |
54.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel | Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde | Apostolic Nuncio | |
75.8 | Retired | Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
75.3 | Retired | Czeslaw Lewandowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
7 Dec | 44.8 | Ordained Bishop | Patrick Le Gal | Bishop of Tulle, France | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France |
8 Dec | 45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Louis Cakü † | Titular Bishop of Abidda | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar |
43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. | Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil | Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil | |
44.9 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen Lepcha | Bishop of Darjeeling, India | ||
85.4 | Died | Laurean Rugambwa † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | ||
9 Dec | 56.5 | Ordained Bishop | Denis James Hart | Titular Bishop of Vagada | Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia |
11 Dec | 44.0 | Appointed | Csaba Ternyák | Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy | Archbishop of Eger, Hungary |
44.0 | Appointed | Csaba Ternyák | Titular Archbishop of Eminentiana | Archbishop of Eger, Hungary | |
12 Dec | 40.1 | Ordained Priest | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias | Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira | Priest of Crato, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil | |
77.9 | Retired | Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.9 | Died | [John Zhu Fengqing] † | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | ||
13 Dec | 43.5 | Appointed | Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. | Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic | Bishop |
28.9 | Ordained Priest | Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa | Priest of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire | |
65.7 | Appointed | Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † | Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale | Apostolic Nuncio | |
65.7 | Appointed | Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan | Apostolic Nuncio | |
65.7 | Appointed | Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Delegate to Somalia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.3 | Appointed | Mieczysław Cisło | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
52.3 | Appointed | Mieczysław Cisło | Titular Bishop of Auca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland | |
64.1 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Daniel | Bishop of Chioggia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.9 | Appointed | Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D. | Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.5 | Appointed | Wiktor Paweł Skworc | Bishop of Tarnów, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland | |
63.6 | Resigned | Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † | Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Dec | 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé | Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire | Apostolic Nuncio to Mali |
29.0 | Ordained Priest | Leopoldo Ndakalako | Priest of Ondjiva, Angola | Bishop of Menongue, Angola | |
15 Dec | 75.6 | Died | Armando Franco † | Bishop of Oria, Italy | |
75.9 | Resigned | Thomas Jerome Welsh † | Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 64.7 | Appointed | Edward Peter Cullen † | Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. | Titular Bishop of Amantia | Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA | |
83.1 | Died | Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador | ||
17 Dec | 42.1 | Appointed | Claudio Gugerotti | Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches |
18 Dec | 63.9 | Installed | Alexander Joseph Brunett † | Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
19 Dec | 58.1 | Appointed | John Buckley | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
49.1 | Appointed | Salvatore Ligorio | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy | |
60.8 | Installed | John George Vlazny | Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
20 Dec | 78.4 | Died | Wenceslas Kalibushi † | Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Armando Matteo | Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
69.3 | Appointed | Francesco Saverio Salerno † | Titular Bishop of Caere | Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura | |
69.3 | Appointed | Francesco Saverio Salerno † | Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura | |
21 Dec | 28.9 | Ordained Priest | Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B. | Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar | Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) |
78.1 | Died | François Hoenen, S.V.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
22 Dec | 34.6 | Appointed | Aleksandr Kan, S.J. | Superior of Kyrgyzstan | Superior Emeritus |
23 Dec | 51.1 | Appointed | Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles |
51.1 | Appointed | Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Nesqually | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | |
43.9 | Appointed | Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. | Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
52.3 | Appointed | Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil | ||
63.1 | Appointed | Geraldo Vieira Gusmão | Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.6 | Appointed | Francisco José Zugliani | Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
24 Dec | 95.8 | Died | Antonio Bagnoli † | Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy | |
82.2 | Died | Charles Roman Koester † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA | ||
78.3 | Died | Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † | Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil | ||
25 Dec | 80.1 | Died | Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | |
26 Dec | 31.5 | Ordained Priest | John Panamthottathil, C.M.I. | Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate | Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia |
27 Dec | 64.7 | Appointed | Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. | Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada |
37.4 | Ordained Priest | Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. | Priest of Order of the Pious Schools | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela | |
33.9 | Ordained Priest | José Lampra Cà | Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Bishop | |
29.5 | Professed | Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.SS.R. | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil | |
28 Dec | 71.7 | Died | Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † | Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania | |
51.2 | Ordained Bishop | Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. | Bishop of Baroda, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
30 Dec | 69.5 | Succeeded | Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần † | Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
88.9 | Retired | Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ † | Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Pamplany | Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop | |
31 Dec | 49.8 | Appointed | Luis Armando Collazuol | Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina |
49.8 | Appointed | Luis Armando Collazuol | Titular Bishop of Elo | Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina |
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