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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	63.0	Ordained Bishop	José Ángel Rovai	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina
2 Nov	80.0	Died	Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
3 Nov	86.7	Died	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
	66.9	Appointed	Ian Murray	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	51.3	Appointed	Józef Wesołowski	Titular Archbishop of Slebte	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
	51.3	Appointed	Józef Wesołowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
4 Nov	57.1	Resigned	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Bishop of Chile, Military	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
5 Nov	47.4	Appointed	Péter Erdõ	Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	47.4	Appointed	Péter Erdõ	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	39.9	Appointed	András Veres	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	39.9	Appointed	András Veres	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
6 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	51.3	Appointed	Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	51.3	Appointed	Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
8 Nov	87.8	Died	Alfons Karl Kempf †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
9 Nov	68.6	Died	José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
	45.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Musti	Apostolic Administrator of Caucaso, Armenia
	84.5	Died	Joseph Sibomana †	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
	52.6	Appointed	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
10 Nov	69.3	Appointed	Thadeu Gomes Canellas	Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	78.2	Retired	Gilbert Blaize Rego	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Janusz Bolonek	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
	66.4	Resigned	Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	62.5	Died	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
12 Nov	67.3	Appointed	Alfons Nossol	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Opole, Poland	Bishop
13 Nov	77.6	Retired	Dante Bernini	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	96.5	Died	Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières †	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	80.2	Retired	Jožef Kvas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pichierri	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
	59.6	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Nov	59.6	Appointed	François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel	Bishop of Viviers, France
	60.1	Appointed	Zenon Grocholewski	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
	77.5	Retired	Pio Laghi	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
16 Nov	70.6	Appointed	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
17 Nov	76.3	Retired	Waldyr Calheiros Novaes (de Novais)	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	65.1	Appointed	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	52.2	Appointed	José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Nov	54.2	Appointed	Benjamín Castillo Plascencia	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
	54.2	Appointed	Benjamín Castillo Plascencia	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
19 Nov	77.3	Retired	Thomas Joseph Connolly	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	George Leo Thomas	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	49.5	Appointed	George Leo Thomas	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	48.5	Appointed	Robert Francis Vasa	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
20 Nov	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Wladyslaw Blin	Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus
	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Eid	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	73.1	Died	Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
23 Nov	68.4	Died	Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
	61.4	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante	Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	38.3	Appointed	Clemens Pickel	Apostolic Administrator of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale}	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
24 Nov	98.7	Died	Ambrose Rayappan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
27 Nov	68.3	Resigned	Roland Pierre DuMaine	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Resigned	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community
	54.5	Succeeded	Patrick Joseph McGrath	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
29 Nov	53.3	Appointed	Giacomo Guido Ottonello	Titular Archbishop of Sasabe	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
	53.3	Appointed	Giacomo Guido Ottonello	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
Dec	76.0	Died	José Julio Aguilar García †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
1 Dec	54.3	Appointed	José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
3 Dec	69.4	Appointed	Franco Croci	Titular Bishop of Potentia in Piceno	Vice President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	69.4	Appointed	Franco Croci	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Vice President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	53.0	Appointed	Andrew Francis	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
	58.3	Appointed	Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop
	50.1	Appointed	Gerald Isaac Lobo	Bishop of Shimoga, India
	61.5	Appointed	Max John Rodrigues	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
4 Dec	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Cyryl Klimowicz	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
	57.1	Appointed	George Panikulam	Titular Archbishop of Caudium	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
	57.1	Appointed	George Panikulam	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
5 Dec	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Santucci	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
7 Dec	61.2	Appointed	Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez	Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic
	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Ian Murray	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	76.9	Retired	Antonio Riboldi, I.C.	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Appointed	Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	67.6	Resigned	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	74.1	Resigned	Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Succeeded	Peter Fernando	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Archbishop of Madurai, India
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Aurel Perca	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	82.8	Died	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
9 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Hans-Josef Becker	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop
	51.5	Appointed	Hans-Josef Becker	Titular Bishop of Vina	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	78.9	Died	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Basile Georges Casmoussa	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
11 Dec	70.9	Appointed	Raffaello Funghini †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Gebicki	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
	54.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Gebicki	Titular Bishop of Thiges	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
	76.0	Retired	Józef Gucwa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Braulio Rafael León Villegas	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
	49.8	Appointed	Ireneusz Józef Pekalski	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	49.8	Appointed	Ireneusz Józef Pekalski	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tingitii	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	51.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Pelvi	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Italy, Military
	51.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Pelvi	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Archbishop of Italy, Military
	77.2	Retired	Sefafín Vásquez Elizalde	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	88.1	Died	Joseph Vû Duy Nhât †	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viêt Nam
12 Dec	95.7	Died	Alois Stöger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
13 Dec	61.9	Resigned	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
14 Dec	52.7	Appointed	Ivo Baldi Gaburri	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Lee Ki-heon	Bishop of Korea, Military
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	George Joseph Lucas	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
	44.5	Appointed	Arnold Orowae	Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
	44.5	Appointed	Arnold Orowae	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
	47.1	Appointed	David Laurin Ricken	Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	89.1	Died	Enea Selis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
15 Dec	88.0	Died	Augustin Fataki Alueke †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	84.9	Died	Manuel Menéndez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
16 Dec	61.1	Appointed	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Bishop of Langres, France
	76.4	Retired	Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C.	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	98.0	Died	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Dec	57.5	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Titular Archbishop of Foratiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	57.5	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	57.5	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	57.5	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	57.5	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	84.8	Died	Luigi Dardani †	Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
	74.5	Retired	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
	59.1	Appointed	Fares Maakaroun	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop
	77.1	Retired	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V.	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India
	72.6	Appointed	Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
21 Dec	68.5	Appointed	Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
22 Dec	44.4	Appointed	Martin Adjou Moumouni	Bishop of N’Dali, Benin
	48.4	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bassène	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
	65.9	Appointed	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P.	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	54.1	Appointed	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
	86.1	Died	Edward John Herrmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	50.2	Appointed	Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	50.2	Appointed	Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	48.4	Appointed	Dominic Jala, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Shillong, India
	45.0	Appointed	David Kamau Ng'ang'a	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
	45.0	Appointed	David Kamau Ng'ang'a	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
	51.7	Appointed	Method Kilaini	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	51.7	Appointed	Method Kilaini	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	46.3	Appointed	Gerald John Mathias	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop of Lucknow, India
	66.7	Appointed	Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
	66.7	Appointed	Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
	66.8	Resigned	José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.	Prefect of Vichada, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
	62.8	Appointed	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
	65.4	Died	Yousif Thomas †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
23 Dec	80.6	Died	José Brandão de Castro, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
	89.6	Died	Brian Charles Foley †	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
27 Dec	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Boniface Choi Ki-San	Coadjutor Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Bishop
28 Dec	83.9	Died	Walter Arthur Coggin, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
	91.5	Died	Bruno Wechner †	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria
30 Dec	54.5	Appointed	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
	78.9	Retired	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Lino Fumagalli	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

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