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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	28.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.6	Solemn Vows	Rocco Ronzani, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
3 Nov	30.4	Ordained Priest	Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
4 Nov	33.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Tong Changping	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
6 Nov	59.6	Appointed	Andraos Abouna †	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	59.6	Appointed	Andraos Abouna †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	45.1	Appointed	Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia	Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria
	85.1	Died	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
	59.1	Appointed	Bernardino Marchió	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Official of the Secretariat of State
	64.5	Appointed	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Nov	70.5	Appointed	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	71.3	Resigned	Edward Joseph O’Donnell †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Milan Stipić	Deacon of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop
9 Nov	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Lewis Jerome Zeigler †	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia	Archbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, 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)	Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	Appointed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	84.8	Died	Thomas Benjamin Fulton †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
	50.0	Appointed	Thomas Ignatius Macwan	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
	75.8	Retired	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	62.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
	81.7	Retired	Ivan Marghitych †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop
	50.1	Appointed	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	76.6	Died	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
	81.3	Retired	Ivan Semedi †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	57.5	Appointed	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	94.4	Died	Bernardo Citterio †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	76.6	Retired	Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Antonino Migliore	Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	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	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
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, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.4	Appointed	Jean Gagnon †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	84.1	Died	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.4	Appointed	Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Nov	49.8	Appointed	Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
	60.1	Appointed	Cosimo Semeraro, S.D.B. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Secretary Emeritus
	78.9	Retired	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Nov	77.3	Died	Robert Healy †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
19 Nov	58.6	Appointed	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
20 Nov	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Rutilo Muñoz Zamora	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
	75.0	Retired	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.8	Appointed	Evarist Pinto	Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	76.2	Retired	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	83.4	Died	Joseph Jin Dechen †	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)	Titular Bishop of Vadesi	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
	64.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	64.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	81.3	Appointed	Joseph Zhu Baoyu †	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	26.3	Ordained Priest	Hugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
	63.9	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Nov	64.8	Died	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	78.4	Retired	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	74.7	Resigned	Georg Eder †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	Vladimír Filo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
	65.6	Appointed	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	65.6	Appointed	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	65.6	Resigned	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
	61.1	Appointed	Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	32.5	Ordained Priest	Basel Salim Yaldo	Priest of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
24 Nov	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Dzięga	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
25 Nov	76.4	Retired	Lucien Monsi-Agboka †	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Titular Archbishop of Rusticiana	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio
26 Nov	52.4	Appointed	Basílio do Nascimento †	Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
	52.7	Appointed	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop
	42.0	Appointed	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
	54.8	Resigned	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
27 Nov	87.0	Died	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	65.4	Appointed	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.6	Elected	Joseph Ratzinger †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	75.0	Elected	Angelo Sodano †	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
28 Nov	67.1	Appointed	André Louis Fort	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	29.9	Solemn Vows	Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira	Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	80.5	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	80.5	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
	47.8	Appointed	Pietro Parolin	Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary
	82.2	Died	Eduardo Picher Peña †	Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
	75.6	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	75.6	Confirmed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	75.0	Confirmed	Angelo Sodano †	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	67.0	Installed	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	64.4	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	81.1	Died	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
5 Dec	45.9	Incardinated	James Maria Wainaina Kungu	Priest of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
6 Dec	64.0	Appointed	José Soleibe Arbeláez	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	62.8	Appointed	Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Péter Erdő	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	51.5	Appointed	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines
	75.5	Retired	László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	80.5	Died	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	35.7	Ordained Priest	Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
	49.0	Resigned	Crisostomo Ayson Yalung	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	75.2	Appointed	Michel Louis Coloni †	Archbishop of Dijon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Alain Harel	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	66.8	Appointed	Albert Jean-Marie Rouet	Archbishop of Poitiers, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.7	Appointed	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon †	Archbishop of Clermont, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
10 Dec	68.0	Appointed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	58.0	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	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
	40.2	Appointed	Pierre-André Dumas	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
	67.8	Resigned	Gilberto Fernández del Villar †	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	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
	51.4	Appointed	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
11 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Ján Babjak, S.J.	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
	53.0	Appointed	Gílio Felício	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	79.0	Retired	Ján Hirka †	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
	52.4	Ceased	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, 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	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Harris	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Hermann	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	49.3	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Titular Archbishop of Acropolis	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
13 Dec	55.9	Installed	Vicente Costa	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	76.0	Retired	Vincenzo Cozzi †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Ceased	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos †	Apostolic Administrator of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	55.3	Appointed	Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Donald Lapointe	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	71.1	Resigned	Bernard Francis Law †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	55.7	Appointed	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Apostolic Administrator of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	56.7	Appointed	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	68.7	Appointed	Ignatius Wang Chung Chang	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.7	Appointed	Ignatius Wang Chung Chang	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
14 Dec	50.2	Succeeded	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
	31.1	Ordained Priest	César Garza Miranda, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	67.1	Resigned	Stanislas Kaburungu	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Joachim Ntahondereye	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
15 Dec	57.1	Installed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
	58.3	Installed	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	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
17 Dec	42.3	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
	62.5	Installed	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Sila	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	47.8	Selected	Antonios Aziz Mina	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	58.8	Appointed	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	58.8	Appointed	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
20 Dec	118.7	Beatified	Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of St. Paul
	81.4	Died	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
21 Dec	47.8	Appointed	Antonios Aziz Mina	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	47.8	Confirmed	Antonios Aziz Mina	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	45.7	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	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	68.8	Installed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	Priest of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
23 Dec	42.8	Appointed	George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
24 Dec	87.5	Died	[Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin] †	Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
27 Dec	46.4	Appointed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	46.4	Appointed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	52.7	Appointed	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
	75.5	Retired	Antonio Arellano Durán †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
	45.2	Appointed	Tomás Jesús Zárraga Colmenares	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	63.9	Appointed	Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	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	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	75.4	Retired	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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