The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Nov 81.3 Died Gustaaf Joos † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo

71.3 Died Alphonse U Than Aung † Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

4 Nov 62.5 Appointed Ronald Paul Herzog Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

54.9 Ordained Bishop Alexander Salazar Titular Bishop of Nesqually Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

6 Nov 76.4 Died Augusto Aristizábal Ospina † Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia

55.9 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

61.5 Appointed Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Apostolic Administrator of Litoměřice, Czech Republic Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

56.4 Appointed Edouard Mathos Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

49.1 Resigned Jean-Claude Rembanga Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

7 Nov 80.2 Died João Hipólito de Morais † Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.1 Installed Lucio Andrice Muandula Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique

57.6 Ordained Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Monteverde Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey

8 Nov 45.5 Appointed Enrique Benavent Vidal Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

45.5 Appointed Enrique Benavent Vidal Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

9 Nov 47.4 Ordained Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels Titular Bishop of Scebatiana Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

10 Nov 81.9 Died John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya

11 Nov 54.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Edward Gullickson Titular Archbishop of Polymartium Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

65.8 Appointed Alfonso Milián Sorribas Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

64.5 Ordained Bishop Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam

12 Nov 65.5 Appointed Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles

13 Nov 74.9 Retired Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

87.3 Died Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

76.3 Retired Antonio Forte, O.F.M. † Bishop of Avellino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Francesco Marino Bishop of Avellino, Italy

54.1 Succeeded Thomas Gerard Wenski Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

14 Nov 40.3 Installed Ernesto Maguengue Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Installed Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

15 Nov 72.1 Died Michael Minj, S.J. † Bishop of Gumla, India

16 Nov 53.2 Appointed Carlos José Tissera Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

18 Nov 92.8 Died Juan Carlos Aramburu † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

87.1 Died Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland

20 Nov 90.4 Died Genaro Alamilla Arteaga † Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México

76.2 Retired Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Appointed Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. † Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi

42.7 Appointed Joachim Ouédraogo Bishop of Dori, Burkina Faso Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

21 Nov 46.9 Ordained Bishop Javier Augusto Del Río Alba Titular Bishop of Phelbes Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru

51.3 Ordained Bishop Martin Vidović Titular Archbishop of Nona Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus

22 Nov 44.8 Appointed Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

55.2 Ordained Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

43.6 Appointed José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

48.2 Appointed François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo Auxiliary Bishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop

48.2 Appointed François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Nov 86.8 Died Danilo Catarzi, S.X. † Bishop Emeritus of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24 Nov 51.8 Installed Anuar Battisti Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

88.1 Died James Corboy, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia

25 Nov 58.2 Appointed Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

26 Nov 75.1 Retired Patricio Infante Alfonso Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

63.5 Succeeded Pablo Lizama Riquelme Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile

27 Nov 75.0 Retired Hans-Reinhard Koch Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Nov 68.1 Installed Paolo Rabitti Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, S.D.B. Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

29 Nov 49.7 Appointed James Kazuo Koda Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan

49.7 Appointed James Kazuo Koda Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan

86.1 Died Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama

30 Nov 62.4 Appointed Luis Guillermo Eichhorn Bishop of Morón, Argentina

75.2 Retired Justo Oscar Laguna † Bishop of Morón, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 49.9 Installed Dieudonné Bogmis Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon

58.0 Appointed Francis Daw Tang Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar

4 Dec 96.5 Died Kevin William Barden, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran

49.7 Ordained Bishop Ricardo García García Prelate of Yauyos, Peru

76.0 Retired Lucas Liu Hsien-tang Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed James Liu Tan-kuei Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Installed Jean-Bosco Ntep Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon

59.9 Installed Alojzij Uran Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

5 Dec 65.7 Ordained Bishop Manfred Grothe Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

45.1 Ordained Bishop Matthias König Titular Bishop of Elicroca Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

48.5 Ordained Bishop Jean Mbarga Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon

6 Dec 71.8 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

50.8 Appointed Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

55.4 Appointed Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

7 Dec 61.4 Appointed Cornelius Fontem Esua Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon Archbishop

61.8 Appointed Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

49.8 Appointed Castor Paul Msemwa Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania Bishop

8 Dec 54.5 Installed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Dec 91.6 Died Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

61.3 Appointed Michael Joseph Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

76.3 Retired John Francis Donoghue † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Archbishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Demetrio Fernández González Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

57.0 Appointed Wilton Daniel Gregory Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

47.0 Ordained Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

76.3 Retired Bernard William Schmitt † Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Dec 52.0 Resigned Anastase Mutabazi Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

11 Dec 44.6 Appointed Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista Bishop of Boac, Philippines Bishop of Imus, Philippines

89.4 Died Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez † Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela

67.5 Appointed Faustino Sainz Muñoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

50.4 Ordained Bishop Moacir Silva Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 Dec 65.7 Ordained Bishop Ángel Rubio Castro Titular Bishop of Vergi Bishop of Segovia, Spain

78.3 Died Pavlo Vasylyk † Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

45.1 Succeeded Volodymyr Viytyshyn Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

13 Dec 65.6 Ordained Bishop William Joseph Dendinger Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

14 Dec 45.0 Appointed Antoni Dziemianko Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

53.9 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo Galván Castillo Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

68.3 Appointed Guido Plante, P.M.E. Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

75.2 Retired Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 59.2 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

59.2 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Titular Bishop of Afufenia Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

64.1 Ordained Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

65.5 Appointed Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

17 Dec 76.4 Died Lawrence James McNamara † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

18 Dec 76.1 Retired Giuseppe Agostino Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

70.3 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

51.3 Appointed Kazimierz Gurda Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

51.3 Appointed Kazimierz Gurda Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

65.7 Appointed Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic

65.5 Appointed Salvatore Nunnari Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

48.1 Appointed Luigi Ernesto Palletti Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

48.1 Appointed Luigi Ernesto Palletti Titular Bishop of Fundi Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

58.3 Ordained Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

34.8 Incardinated Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa Priest of Alindao, Central African Republic Coadjutor Bishop

19 Dec 62.3 Installed Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo Bishop of Getafe, Spain

50.3 Installed José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

65.9 Installed Alfonso Milián Sorribas Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

93.8 Died Longinus Gabriel Pereira † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

64.1 Installed Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

20 Dec 54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

21 Dec 57.1 Appointed Manuel da Rocha Felício Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal Bishop

56.3 Appointed António Francisco dos Santos Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

56.3 Appointed António Francisco dos Santos Titular Bishop of Magnetum Bishop of Porto, Portugal

76.5 Retired Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Maurice Marcel Gardès Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

80.8 Died Gabriel Lee Gab-sou † Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

22 Dec 45.9 Appointed Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil

45.9 Appointed Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho Titular Bishop of Thubursicum Bishop of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil

58.3 Installed Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

23 Dec 76.9 Retired Pietro Bottaccioli Bishop of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Mario Ceccobelli Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

89.0 Died Pietro Fiordelli † Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy

27 Dec 81.9 Died Thomas Kevin O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

28 Dec 49.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Stagg Coakley Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

29 Dec 60.5 Appointed Robert James Carlson Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

55.2 Appointed Pedro José Conti Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

55.6 Appointed Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Coadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Cardinal, Archbishop

73.9 Appointed Joseph Anthony Fiorenza Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Patrick Fernández Flores Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed José Horacio Gómez Velasco Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

55.8 Appointed Jerome Edward Listecki Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

54.3 Appointed Carlos Verzeletti Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil

30 Dec 90.0 Died Salvatore Asta † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

55.1 Appointed Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

72.5 Resigned Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec 75.6 Retired Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

64.9 Succeeded Yves François Patenôtre Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

64.9 Succeeded Yves François Patenôtre Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

88.9 Died Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	81.3	Died	Gustaaf Joos †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
71.3	Died	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
4 Nov	62.5	Appointed	Ronald Paul Herzog	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Salazar	Titular Bishop of Nesqually	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
6 Nov	76.4	Died	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
55.9	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
61.5	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Litoměřice, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
56.4	Appointed	Edouard Mathos	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
49.1	Resigned	Jean-Claude Rembanga	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	80.2	Died	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.1	Installed	Lucio Andrice Muandula	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Monteverde	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
8 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Enrique Benavent Vidal	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
45.5	Appointed	Enrique Benavent Vidal	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
9 Nov	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Robert Anthony Daniels	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
10 Nov	81.9	Died	John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya
11 Nov	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Titular Archbishop of Polymartium	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
65.8	Appointed	Alfonso Milián Sorribas	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh	Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
12 Nov	65.5	Appointed	Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
13 Nov	74.9	Retired	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
87.3	Died	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
76.3	Retired	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Francesco Marino	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
54.1	Succeeded	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
14 Nov	40.3	Installed	Ernesto Maguengue	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Installed	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
15 Nov	72.1	Died	Michael Minj, S.J. †	Bishop of Gumla, India
16 Nov	53.2	Appointed	Carlos José Tissera	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
18 Nov	92.8	Died	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
87.1	Died	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
20 Nov	90.4	Died	Genaro Alamilla Arteaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
76.2	Retired	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
42.7	Appointed	Joachim Ouédraogo	Bishop of Dori, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
21 Nov	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Martin Vidović	Titular Archbishop of Nona	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus
22 Nov	44.8	Appointed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
43.6	Appointed	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
48.2	Appointed	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo	Auxiliary Bishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop
48.2	Appointed	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Nov	86.8	Died	Danilo Catarzi, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Nov	51.8	Installed	Anuar Battisti	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
88.1	Died	James Corboy, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
25 Nov	58.2	Appointed	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
26 Nov	75.1	Retired	Patricio Infante Alfonso	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
63.5	Succeeded	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
27 Nov	75.0	Retired	Hans-Reinhard Koch	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	68.1	Installed	Paolo Rabitti	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, S.D.B.	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
29 Nov	49.7	Appointed	James Kazuo Koda	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
49.7	Appointed	James Kazuo Koda	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
86.1	Died	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
30 Nov	62.4	Appointed	Luis Guillermo Eichhorn	Bishop of Morón, Argentina
75.2	Retired	Justo Oscar Laguna †	Bishop of Morón, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	49.9	Installed	Dieudonné Bogmis	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
58.0	Appointed	Francis Daw Tang	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar
4 Dec	96.5	Died	Kevin William Barden, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo García García	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru
76.0	Retired	Lucas Liu Hsien-tang	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	James Liu Tan-kuei	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Installed	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
59.9	Installed	Alojzij Uran	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Dec	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Manfred Grothe	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Matthias König	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon
6 Dec	71.8	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U.	Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.8	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
55.4	Appointed	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 Dec	61.4	Appointed	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon	Archbishop
61.8	Appointed	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
49.8	Appointed	Castor Paul Msemwa	Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania	Bishop
8 Dec	54.5	Installed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Dec	91.6	Died	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
61.3	Appointed	Michael Joseph Bransfield	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
76.3	Retired	John Francis Donoghue †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Demetrio Fernández González	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
57.0	Appointed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Carl Rhoades	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
76.3	Retired	Bernard William Schmitt †	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	52.0	Resigned	Anastase Mutabazi	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	44.6	Appointed	Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista	Bishop of Boac, Philippines	Bishop of Imus, Philippines
89.4	Died	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
67.5	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Silva	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 Dec	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Rubio Castro	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
78.3	Died	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
45.1	Succeeded	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Dec	65.6	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Dendinger	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
14 Dec	45.0	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Galván Castillo	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
68.3	Appointed	Guido Plante, P.M.E.	Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
75.2	Retired	Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	59.2	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
59.2	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
65.5	Appointed	Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
17 Dec	76.4	Died	Lawrence James McNamara †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
18 Dec	76.1	Retired	Giuseppe Agostino	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
70.3	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
51.3	Appointed	Kazimierz Gurda	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
51.3	Appointed	Kazimierz Gurda	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
65.7	Appointed	Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic
65.5	Appointed	Salvatore Nunnari	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Luigi Ernesto Palletti	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Luigi Ernesto Palletti	Titular Bishop of Fundi	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
34.8	Incardinated	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Priest of Alindao, Central African Republic	Coadjutor Bishop
19 Dec	62.3	Installed	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
50.3	Installed	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
65.9	Installed	Alfonso Milián Sorribas	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
93.8	Died	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
64.1	Installed	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
20 Dec	54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
21 Dec	57.1	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop
56.3	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
56.3	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos	Titular Bishop of Magnetum	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
76.5	Retired	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Maurice Marcel Gardès	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
80.8	Died	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
22 Dec	45.9	Appointed	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil
45.9	Appointed	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Bishop of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil
58.3	Installed	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
23 Dec	76.9	Retired	Pietro Bottaccioli	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Mario Ceccobelli	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
89.0	Died	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
27 Dec	81.9	Died	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
28 Dec	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Stagg Coakley	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
29 Dec	60.5	Appointed	Robert James Carlson	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
55.2	Appointed	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.6	Appointed	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
73.9	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Patrick Fernández Flores	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
55.8	Appointed	Jerome Edward Listecki	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
54.3	Appointed	Carlos Verzeletti	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
30 Dec	90.0	Died	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
55.1	Appointed	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
72.5	Resigned	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	75.6	Retired	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
64.9	Succeeded	Yves François Patenôtre	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
64.9	Succeeded	Yves François Patenôtre	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
88.9	Died	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France