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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Dec63.7AppointedGiovanni GiudiciBishop of Pavia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
68.6Ordained BishopPeter Antony MoranBishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
75.7RetiredGiovanni VoltaBishop of Pavia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
2 Dec55.4AppointedRaymond Leo BurkeArchbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USACardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
67.7ResignedJoseph OyangaBishop of Lira, UgandaBishop Emeritus
3 Dec49.2AppointedSérgio Aparecido ColomboBishop of Paranavaí, Parana, BrazilBishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
76.1ConfirmedEmmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) DellyPatriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), IraqCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
76.1ConfirmedEmmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) DellyArchbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), IraqCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
76.1SelectedEmmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) DellyPatriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), IraqCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
76.1SelectedEmmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) DellyArchbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), IraqCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
76.2RetiredLino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, ItalyBishop Emeritus
57.5AppointedAntonio LanfranchiBishop of Cesena-Sarsina, ItalyArchbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
76.7RetiredAlfredo MagarottoBishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus
76.9RetiredPaolo MagnaniBishop of Treviso, ItalyBishop Emeritus
55.2AppointedAndrea Bruno MazzocatoBishop of Treviso, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
58.0AppointedFulgence Rabeony, S.J.Archbishop of Toliara, MadagascarArchbishop Emeritus
75.4RetiredRubens Augusto de Souza EspínolaBishop of Paranavaí, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus
56.7AppointedGiuseppe ZentiBishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
4 Dec54.6InstalledLeonard Paul BlairBishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USAArchbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
5 Dec52.6AppointedUlises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.Bishop of Carora, VenezuelaArchbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
76.2RetiredEduardo Herrera RieraBishop of Carora, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
44.6AppointedRamón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †Bishop of Puerto Cabello, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
6 Dec89.4DiedLuiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
31.6Ordained PriestJúlio César Gomes MoreiraPriest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Dec43.5Ordained BishopCornel DamianTitular Bishop of IzirianaAuxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
31.9Ordained PriestRyan Pagente JimenezPriest of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop
56.3InstalledKevin John Patrick McDonaldArchbishop of Southwark, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus
85.7DiedFernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
9 Dec47.2AppointedRobert BrahmAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
47.2AppointedRobert BrahmTitular Bishop of MimianaAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
43.6AppointedJörg Michael PetersAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
43.6AppointedJörg Michael PetersTitular Bishop of Forum TraianiAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
10 Dec50.7AppointedValdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), BrazilArchbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
11 Dec59.7Ordained BishopLuis Alberto Parra MoraBishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
50.1AppointedOscar Azarcon SolisAuxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USABishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
50.1AppointedOscar Azarcon SolisTitular Bishop of UrciBishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
82.2DiedPaulos TzaduaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
12 Dec77.7DiedJoseph Anthony FerrarioBishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
76.4RetiredRaul Nicolau GonsalvesArchbishop of Goa e Damão, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
76.4RetiredRaul Nicolau GonsalvesPatriarch of East Indies, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
61.6AppointedPaul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia, YemenVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
61.6AppointedPaul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of MaconVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
56.3AppointedGonzalo Restrepo RestrepoAuxiliary Bishop of Cali, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
56.3AppointedGonzalo Restrepo RestrepoTitular Bishop of MunatianaArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
50.8AppointedFilipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário FerrãoCardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
50.8AppointedFilipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário FerrãoPatriarch of East Indies, IndiaCardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
66.3AppointedVictor Antonio Tamayo BetancourtAuxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, ColombiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.3AppointedVictor Antonio Tamayo BetancourtTitular Bishop of VoncarianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
54.2InstalledDavid Allen ZubikBishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USABishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Dec59.7DiedJohannes Sudiarna HadiwikartaBishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
66.7InstalledAttilio NicoraCardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in EurosiaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
14 Dec48.9Ordained BishopJesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.Bishop of Huesca, SpainArchbishop of Oviedo, Spain
48.3Ordained BishopManfred ScheuerBishop of Innsbruck, AustriaBishop of Linz, Austria
57.7InstalledJoseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop of Nagasaki, JapanArchbishop Emeritus
60.6InstalledJean-Louis Pierre TauranCardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-AlessandrineCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
15 Dec70.2AppointedBernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop of Granada, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus
76.5RetiredLeovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †Bishop of Granada, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus
16 Dec75.5RetiredGiacomo BiffiArchbishop of Bologna, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
65.5AppointedCarlo CaffarraArchbishop of Bologna, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec66.5AppointedJoseph Edra UkpoArchbishop of Calabar, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus
75.1RetiredBrian David UsangaArchbishop of Calabar, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus
18 Dec67.1AppointedPier Giacomo GrampaBishop of Lugano, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
66.1InstalledHenry Joseph MansellArchbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USAArchbishop Emeritus
75.8RetiredGiuseppe TortiBishop of Lugano, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
19 Dec26.2Solemn VowsChristian Carlassare, M.C.C.I.Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of JesusBishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
55.3AppointedRigoberto Corredor BermúdezBishop of Garzón, ColombiaBishop of Pereira, Colombia
71.7ResignedArthur LuystermanBishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
41.8AppointedThomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.Bishop of Zomba, MalawiArchbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
57.6CeasedJuan José Omella OmellaApostolic Administrator of Huesca, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
43.7AppointedJohn Philip SaklilBishop of Timika, Indonesia
64.8AppointedEdgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, ColombiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
64.8AppointedEdgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.Titular Bishop of ZabaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
62.2AppointedLucas Van Looy, S.D.B.Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
20 Dec56.9InstalledThomas James OlmstedBishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USABishop Emeritus
21 Dec41.7Ordained BishopJean-Jacques Koffi Oi KoffiBishop of Abengourou, Côte d’IvoireBishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
57.6CeasedJuan José Omella OmellaApostolic Administrator of Jaca, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
48.9InstalledJesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.Bishop of Jaca, SpainArchbishop of Oviedo, Spain
24 Dec77.1RetiredJosef KouklBishop of Litoměřice, CzechiaBishop Emeritus
47.4AppointedPaul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, BangladeshBishop
47.4AppointedPaul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.Titular Bishop of Turris TamalleniBishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
50.4AppointedPavel PosádBishop of Litoměřice, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
27 Dec31.4Ordained PriestCoffi Roger AnoumouPriest of Lokossa, BeninBishop
57.5AppointedFrancisco Javier Chavolla RamosBishop of Toluca, México, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México
60.4AppointedJosé Luis Dibildox MartínezBishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
76.1RetiredRafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
57.6AppointedJesús Murgui SorianoBishop of Mallorca, SpainBishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
64.0Ordained BishopGiovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, ItalyBishop Emeritus
28 Dec84.0DiedHenrique Froehlich, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
92.2DiedMiguel Angel García y AráuzBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
29 Dec58.8DiedMichael Aidan CourtneyApostolic Nuncio to Burundi
35.7Ordained PriestGeorge Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
54.9Ordained BishopJose Romeo Juanito Orquejo LazoBishop of Kalibo, PhilippinesArchbishop of Jaro, Philippines
81.7DiedJoseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
30 Dec68.2AppointedVelasio De Paolis, C.S. †Titular Bishop of ThelepteCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
68.2AppointedVelasio De Paolis, C.S. †Secretary of the Apostolic SignaturaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
75.3RetiredFrancesco Saverio SalernoSecretary of the Apostolic SignaturaSecretary Emeritus
31 Dec61.9AppointedJohn Francis Moore, S.M.A. †Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

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