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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
6 Nov	59.6	Appointed	Andraos Abouna	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	59.6	Appointed	Andraos Abouna	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	45.1	Appointed	Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia	Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria
	85.1	Died	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
	59.2	Appointed	Bernardino Marchió	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	55.2	Appointed	Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
	64.6	Appointed	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop
	54.3	Appointed	Józef Wesołowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
8 Nov	70.6	Appointed	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
	71.3	Resigned	Edward Joseph O'Donnell	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Lewis Zeigler	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
10 Nov	72.4	Died	André Wouking †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
11 Nov	56.9	Succeeded	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
	63.1	Appointed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
	84.8	Died	Thomas Benjamin Fulton †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
	50.1	Appointed	Thomas Ignatius MacWan	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
	75.9	Retired	Michael Pak Jeong-il	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	62.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	81.8	Retired	Ivan Marghitych †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Milan Šašik, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	50.2	Appointed	Milan Šašik, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Apostolic Administrator of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	76.6	Died	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
	81.4	Retired	Ivan Semedi	Bishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	57.6	Appointed	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati	Bishop of Caetité, Baia, Brazil
	94.4	Died	Bernardo Citterio †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	76.7	Retired	Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S.	Bishop of Caetité, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Antonino Migliore	Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	86.4	Died	Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †	Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
14 Nov	65.8	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
15 Nov	76.3	Retired	Emanuele Catarinicchia	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Maurice Couture, R.S.V.	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.5	Appointed	Jean Gagnon	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
	50.8	Appointed	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	84.2	Died	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.4	Appointed	Marc Ouellet, P.S.S.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Nov	49.9	Appointed	Alapati Lui Mataeliga	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
	78.9	Retired	Pio Taofinu'u, S. M. †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Nov	77.3	Died	Robert Healy †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
20 Nov	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Rutilo Muñoz Zamora	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
	75.1	Retired	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.9	Appointed	Evarist Pinto	Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop
21 Nov	76.3	Retired	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Alep, Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Kim Un-hoe	Titular Bishop of Vadesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
	64.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Alep, Syria
	64.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Forma	Vicar Apostolic of Alep, Syria
22 Nov	64.0	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
23 Nov	64.8	Died	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	78.5	Retired	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	74.7	Resigned	Georg Eder	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.9	Appointed	Vladimír Filo	Coadjutor Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	65.7	Appointed	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	65.7	Appointed	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	65.7	Resigned	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	61.2	Appointed	Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya
24 Nov	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Dziega	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
25 Nov	58.6	Appointed	René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
	76.5	Retired	Lucien Monsi-Agboka †	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Titular Archbishop of Rusticiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
26 Nov	52.4	Appointed	Basílio do Nascimento	Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
	52.8	Appointed	Stephanus Tri Buu Thien	Coadjutor Bishop of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam
	42.1	Appointed	Joseph Vu Van Thien	Bishop of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam
	54.8	Resigned	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
27 Nov	87.1	Died	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	65.5	Appointed	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	75.6	Elected	Joseph Ratzinger	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	75.0	Elected	Angelo Sodano	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
28 Nov	67.2	Appointed	André Louis Fort	Bishop of Orléans, France
30 Nov	80.6	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	80.6	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	60.7	Appointed	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia
	60.7	Appointed	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia
	82.3	Died	Eduardo Picher Peña †	Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
	75.6	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	75.6	Confirmed	Joseph Ratzinger	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	75.0	Confirmed	Angelo Sodano	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	67.1	Installed	Pio Vittorio Vigo	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
3 Dec	64.5	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
	60.6	Appointed	Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop
4 Dec	81.1	Died	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
6 Dec	64.1	Appointed	José Soleibe Arbeláez	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia
7 Dec	62.9	Appointed	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Péter Erdõ	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	51.5	Appointed	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines
	75.6	Retired	László Paskai, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines
	80.5	Died	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
	49.0	Resigned	Crisostomo A. Yalung	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Alain Harel	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
10 Dec	68.0	Appointed	Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	58.1	Appointed	Kevin Michael Britt †	Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop
	40.2	Appointed	Pierre-André Dumas	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	40.2	Appointed	Pierre-André Dumas	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	67.8	Resigned	Gilberto Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	51.4	Appointed	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
11 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Ján Babjak, S.J.	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
	53.1	Appointed	Gílio Felício	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	79.1	Retired	Ján Hirka	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
	52.5	Resigned	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
	47.4	Appointed	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
	47.4	Appointed	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
12 Dec	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Harris	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Hermann	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	49.4	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Titular Archbishop of Acropolis	Apostolic Nuncio to India
13 Dec	55.9	Installed	Vicente Costa	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
	76.0	Retired	Vincenzo Cozzi	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Donald Lapointe	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
	71.1	Resigned	Bernard Francis Law	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	55.7	Appointed	Richard Gerard Lennon	Apostolic Administrator of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	56.7	Appointed	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
	68.8	Appointed	Ignatius Chung Wang	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	68.8	Appointed	Ignatius Chung Wang	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
14 Dec	50.3	Succeeded	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
	67.2	Resigned	Stanislas Kaburungu	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	49.6	Appointed	Joachim Ntahondereye	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
15 Dec	57.2	Installed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	58.4	Installed	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy
16 Dec	75.3	Appointed	Michel Louis Coloni	Archbishop of Dijon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.9	Died	Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	52.1	Succeeded	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	66.9	Appointed	Albert Jean-Marie Rouet	Archbishop of Poitiers, France
	58.8	Appointed	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon	Archbishop of Clermont, France
	65.0	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Archbishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
17 Dec	42.4	Appointed	Michael Ekwoy Apochi	Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria
18 Dec	70.7	Installed	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Installed	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
19 Dec	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Sila	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	47.9	Appointed	Antonios Aziz Mina	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	58.9	Appointed	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	58.9	Appointed	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
20 Dec	81.4	Died	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
21 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Antonios Aziz Mina	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	47.9	Confirmed	Antonios Aziz Mina	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
22 Dec	63.2	Installed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	68.9	Installed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
23 Dec	42.9	Appointed	George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
27 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	43.5	Appointed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	52.8	Appointed	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines
	75.5	Retired	Antonio Arellano Durán †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
	45.3	Appointed	Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela
28 Dec	63.9	Appointed	Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C.	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
	73.5	Resigned	James Leonard Doyle †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	62.4	Appointed	Giancarlo Vecerrica	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
31 Dec	75.5	Retired	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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