The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 63.7 Appointed Giovanni Giudici † Bishop of Pavia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Ordained Bishop Peter Antony Moran Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Giovanni Volta † Bishop of Pavia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

2 Dec 55.4 Appointed Raymond Leo Burke Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

67.7 Resigned Joseph Oyanga † Bishop of Lira, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 49.2 Appointed Sérgio Aparecido Colombo Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

76.1 Confirmed Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

76.1 Confirmed Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

76.1 Selected Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

76.1 Selected Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

76.2 Retired Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Antonio Lanfranchi † Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

76.7 Retired Alfredo Magarotto † Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Paolo Magnani † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Andrea Bruno Mazzocato Bishop of Treviso, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

58.0 Appointed Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed Giuseppe Zenti Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

4 Dec 54.6 Installed Leonard Paul Blair Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

5 Dec 52.6 Appointed Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. Bishop of Carora, Venezuela Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

76.2 Retired Eduardo Herrera Riera † Bishop of Carora, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

28.5 Perpetual Vows Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C. Member of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya

44.6 Appointed Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. † Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

6 Dec 89.4 Died Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

31.6 Ordained Priest Júlio César Gomes Moreira Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

8 Dec 43.5 Ordained Bishop Cornel Damian Titular Bishop of Iziriana Auxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

31.9 Ordained Priest Ryan Pagente Jimenez Priest of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

56.3 Installed Kevin John Patrick McDonald Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

85.7 Died Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

9 Dec 47.2 Appointed Robert Brahm Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

47.2 Appointed Robert Brahm Titular Bishop of Mimiana Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

43.6 Appointed Jörg Michael Peters Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

43.6 Appointed Jörg Michael Peters Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

10 Dec 50.7 Appointed Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

11 Dec 59.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora † Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Oscar Azarcon Solis Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

50.1 Appointed Oscar Azarcon Solis Titular Bishop of Urci Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

82.2 Died Paulos Tzadua † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

12 Dec 77.7 Died Joseph Anthony Ferrario † Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

76.4 Retired Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India Archbishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † Patriarch of East Indies, India Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

61.6 Appointed Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia, Yemen Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

61.6 Appointed Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Macon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

56.3 Appointed Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

56.3 Appointed Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Titular Bishop of Munatiana Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

50.8 Appointed Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

50.8 Appointed Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão Patriarch of East Indies, India Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

66.3 Appointed Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt Titular Bishop of Voncariana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

54.2 Installed David Allen Zubik Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

13 Dec 59.7 Died Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta † Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia

66.7 Installed Attilio Nicora † Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

14 Dec 48.9 Ordained Bishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. Bishop of Huesca, Spain Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain

48.3 Ordained Bishop Manfred Scheuer Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria Bishop of Linz, Austria

57.7 Installed Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

60.6 Installed Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

15 Dec 70.2 Appointed Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 75.5 Retired Giacomo Biffi † Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Carlo Caffarra † Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

17 Dec 66.5 Appointed Joseph Edra Ukpo † Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Brian David Usanga † Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

18 Dec 67.1 Appointed Pier Giacomo Grampa Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Installed Henry Joseph Mansell Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Giuseppe Torti † Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

19 Dec 26.2 Solemn Vows Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan

55.3 Appointed Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

71.7 Resigned Arthur Luysterman Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

41.8 Appointed Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi

57.6 Ceased Juan José Omella Omella Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

43.7 Appointed John Philip Saklil † Bishop of Timika, Indonesia

64.8 Appointed Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

64.8 Appointed Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. Titular Bishop of Zaba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

62.2 Appointed Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 30.8 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Min Ko Priest of Yangon, Myanmar Coadjutor Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar

56.9 Installed Thomas James Olmsted Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 41.7 Ordained Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

57.6 Ceased Juan José Omella Omella Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

48.9 Installed Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. Bishop of Jaca, Spain Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain

24 Dec 77.1 Retired Josef Koukl † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Appointed Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh Bishop

47.4 Appointed Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh

50.4 Appointed Pavel Posád Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

27 Dec 31.4 Ordained Priest Coffi Roger Anoumou Priest of Lokossa, Benin Bishop

57.5 Appointed Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos Bishop of Toluca, México, México Archbishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México

60.4 Appointed José Luis Dibildox Martínez † Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. † Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Bishop of Mallorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

64.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28 Dec 84.0 Died Henrique Froehlich, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

92.2 Died Miguel Angel García y Aráuz † Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala

29 Dec 58.8 Died Michael Aidan Courtney † Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

35.7 Ordained Priest George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India

54.9 Ordained Bishop Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

81.7 Died Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

30 Dec 68.2 Appointed Velasio De Paolis, C.S. † Titular Bishop of Thelepte Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

68.2 Appointed Velasio De Paolis, C.S. † Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

75.3 Retired Francesco Saverio Salerno † Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura Secretary Emeritus

31 Dec 61.9 Appointed John Francis Moore, S.M.A. † Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Giudici †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Antony Moran	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Giovanni Volta †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec	55.4	Appointed	Raymond Leo Burke	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
67.7	Resigned	Joseph Oyanga †	Bishop of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	49.2	Appointed	Sérgio Aparecido Colombo	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
76.1	Confirmed	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
76.1	Confirmed	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
76.1	Selected	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
76.1	Selected	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
76.2	Retired	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Antonio Lanfranchi †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
76.7	Retired	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Paolo Magnani †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
58.0	Appointed	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola †	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Zenti	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
4 Dec	54.6	Installed	Leonard Paul Blair	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
5 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
76.2	Retired	Eduardo Herrera Riera †	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
28.5	Perpetual Vows	Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya
44.6	Appointed	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
6 Dec	89.4	Died	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
31.6	Ordained Priest	Júlio César Gomes Moreira	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Dec	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Cornel Damian	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
31.9	Ordained Priest	Ryan Pagente Jimenez	Priest of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
56.3	Installed	Kevin John Patrick McDonald	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
85.7	Died	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
9 Dec	47.2	Appointed	Robert Brahm	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
47.2	Appointed	Robert Brahm	Titular Bishop of Mimiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
43.6	Appointed	Jörg Michael Peters	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
43.6	Appointed	Jörg Michael Peters	Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
10 Dec	50.7	Appointed	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
11 Dec	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Oscar Azarcon Solis	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
50.1	Appointed	Oscar Azarcon Solis	Titular Bishop of Urci	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
82.2	Died	Paulos Tzadua †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
12 Dec	77.7	Died	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
76.4	Retired	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
61.6	Appointed	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia, Yemen	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
61.6	Appointed	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Macon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
56.3	Appointed	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
56.3	Appointed	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
50.8	Appointed	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
50.8	Appointed	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
66.3	Appointed	Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt	Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt	Titular Bishop of Voncariana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
54.2	Installed	David Allen Zubik	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Dec	59.7	Died	Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
66.7	Installed	Attilio Nicora †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
14 Dec	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Manfred Scheuer	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria	Bishop of Linz, Austria
57.7	Installed	Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
60.6	Installed	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
15 Dec	70.2	Appointed	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	75.5	Retired	Giacomo Biffi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Carlo Caffarra †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec	66.5	Appointed	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Brian David Usanga †	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Dec	67.1	Appointed	Pier Giacomo Grampa	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Installed	Henry Joseph Mansell	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Giuseppe Torti †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	26.2	Solemn Vows	Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan
55.3	Appointed	Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
71.7	Resigned	Arthur Luysterman	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Appointed	Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
57.6	Ceased	Juan José Omella Omella	Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
43.7	Appointed	John Philip Saklil †	Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
64.8	Appointed	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
62.2	Appointed	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	30.8	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Min Ko	Priest of Yangon, Myanmar	Coadjutor Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
56.9	Installed	Thomas James Olmsted	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
57.6	Ceased	Juan José Omella Omella	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
48.9	Installed	Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
24 Dec	77.1	Retired	Josef Koukl †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Appointed	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Bishop
47.4	Appointed	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
50.4	Appointed	Pavel Posád	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
27 Dec	31.4	Ordained Priest	Coffi Roger Anoumou	Priest of Lokossa, Benin	Bishop
57.5	Appointed	Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos	Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México
60.4	Appointed	José Luis Dibildox Martínez †	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	84.0	Died	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
92.2	Died	Miguel Angel García y Aráuz †	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
29 Dec	58.8	Died	Michael Aidan Courtney †	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
35.7	Ordained Priest	George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
81.7	Died	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
30 Dec	68.2	Appointed	Velasio De Paolis, C.S. †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
68.2	Appointed	Velasio De Paolis, C.S. †	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
75.3	Retired	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Secretary Emeritus
31 Dec	61.9	Appointed	John Francis Moore, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

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