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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	80.3	Died	Romualdas Krikšciunas †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
3 Nov	60.0	Resigned	Fidèle Agbatchi	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.3	Died	Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	41.5	Appointed	Xavier Novell Gomá	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	76.3	Retired	Jaume Traserra Cunillera	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
4 Nov	81.8	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	56.0	Appointed	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	75.9	Retired	Mario Luis Bautista Maulión	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.0	Appointed	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
6 Nov	64.8	Appointed	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
	64.8	Appointed	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
8 Nov	61.4	Installed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
9 Nov	51.8	Installed	Gerard Paul Bergie	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
	78.5	Died	John Jerome Cunneen †	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
10 Nov	56.8	Appointed	Jude Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
	50.2	Appointed	Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	50.2	Appointed	Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Patara	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
11 Nov	63.7	Appointed	Lourdes Daniel	Bishop of Nashik, India
12 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
13 Nov	81.9	Ordained Bishop	Walter Brandmüller	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	69.9	Appointed	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
	67.3	Appointed	Luis Antonio Nova Rocha †	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
	62.5	Appointed	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	58.2	Appointed	Salvatore Pennacchio	Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal	Apostolic Nuncio to India
	75.7	Retired	Luis Gabriel Romero Franco	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Resigned	Anselme Titianma Sanon	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Nov	81.7	Died	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
16 Nov	47.4	Appointed	Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa	Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Nov	72.4	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	72.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	75.3	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	75.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Fortunato Baldelli †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	93.5	Appointed	Domenico Bartolucci	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nome di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	93.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Bartolucci	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	81.9	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	81.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	62.4	Appointed	Raymond Leo Burke	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	62.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Raymond Leo Burke	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	73.8	Appointed	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	73.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	84.9	Appointed	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	84.9	Elevated to Cardinal	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	60.7	Appointed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	60.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	57.2	Appointed	Reinhard Marx	Cardinal-Priest of San Corbiniano	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Reinhard Marx	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	79.2	Appointed	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	79.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	76.5	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	76.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Monterisi	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	71.1	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	71.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Martin Anwel Mtumbuka	Bishop of Karonga, Malawi
	75.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonios Naguib	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	60.8	Appointed	Kazimierz Nycz	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	60.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Kazimierz Nycz	Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	75.2	Appointed	Velasio De Paolis, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	75.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Velasio De Paolis, C.S.	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	66.2	Appointed	Mauro Piacenza	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
	66.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Mauro Piacenza	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
	63.0	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	63.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	68.1	Appointed	Gianfranco Ravasi	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	68.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Gianfranco Ravasi	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	72.8	Appointed	Paolo Romeo	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	72.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Paolo Romeo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	65.4	Appointed	Robert Sarah	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	65.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Robert Sarah	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	76.2	Appointed	Paolo Sardi	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	76.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Paolo Sardi	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	82.5	Appointed	Elio Sgreccia	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of Life, Roman Curia
	82.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Elio Sgreccia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of Life, Roman Curia
	76.9	Appointed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	76.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	70.0	Appointed	Donald William Wuerl	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	70.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Donald William Wuerl	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	62.8	Appointed	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
21 Nov	66.1	Installed	Cesare Nosiglia	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
22 Nov	49.6	Appointed	José Bonello, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras	Bishop
	59.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	90.5	Died	Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano
23 Nov	53.9	Installed	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	44.5	Appointed	Felix Gmür	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	81.8	Died	George Otto Wirz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
24 Nov	43.3	Appointed	Paulo César Costa	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	43.3	Appointed	Paulo César Costa	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	46.4	Appointed	Pedro Cunha Cruz	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	46.4	Appointed	Pedro Cunha Cruz	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	58.0	Resigned	Luíz Carlos Eccel	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Nelson Francelino Ferreira	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	45.7	Appointed	Nelson Francelino Ferreira	Titular Bishop of Alava	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	59.3	Appointed	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
	83.1	Died	Sergio Valech Aldunate †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
25 Nov	75.0	Retired	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.1	Appointed	Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Archbishop
	65.7	Appointed	Luigi Marrucci	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
26 Nov	75.7	Retired	Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Succeeded	Jude Ayodeji Arogundade	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
	58.4	Resigned	Gáspár Ladocsi	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Nov	65.7	Installed	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
	40.9	Appointed	Santo Loku Pio Doggale	Auxiliary Bishop of Juba, Sudan
	40.9	Appointed	Santo Loku Pio Doggale	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Auxiliary Bishop of Juba, Sudan
	45.0	Appointed	Renatus Leonard Nkwande	Bishop of Bunda, Tanzania
28 Nov	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
	76.9	Installed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
30 Nov	75.5	Retired	William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.5	Appointed	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
1 Dec	76.3	Retired	Robert Joseph Hermann	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Succeeded	David Michael O’Connell, C.M.	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	50.3	Appointed	Edward Matthew Rice	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	50.3	Appointed	Edward Matthew Rice	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	58.5	Installed	James Peter Sartain	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
	75.4	Retired	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	73.3	Resigned	Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.4	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec	81.7	Died	Michael Bunluen Mansap †	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	80.2	Died	Michele Giordano †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
3 Dec	75.3	Retired	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
	61.4	Appointed	Alexander Pyone Cho	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar
	51.2	Appointed	Stefan Zekorn	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	51.2	Appointed	Stefan Zekorn	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
4 Dec	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
	47.8	Installed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
	55.7	Appointed	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	55.7	Appointed	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	54.7	Appointed	Józef Guzdek	Bishop of Poland, Military
	75.7	Retired	Hans-Georg Koitz	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
	63.1	Installed	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Guatemala
5 Dec	73.5	Resigned	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	73.4	Died	John Thomas Steinbock †	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
6 Dec	88.7	Died	Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita †	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
	82.7	Died	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	88.9	Died	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
7 Dec	53.7	Appointed	Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López	Bishop of Tabasco, México
8 Dec	76.9	Retired	Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Jan Sobiło	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
11 Dec	75.7	Retired	Lorenzo Chiarinelli	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	97.7	Died	José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Amélia, Mozambique
	63.6	Appointed	Lino Fumagalli	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy
	70.0	Installed	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
12 Dec	83.2	Died	Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Novell Gomá	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	61.2	Installed	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
14 Dec	52.2	Installed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
15 Dec	52.4	Appointed	John Balthasar Brungardt	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
	59.7	Appointed	Carlo Ciattini	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
	89.8	Died	Bernard Patrick Devlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
	77.3	Retired	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	45.6	Appointed	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Titular Bishop of Arpi	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	68.9	Appointed	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	68.6	Resigned	Ronald Michael Gilmore	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Appointed	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Bishop of Barreiras, Baia, Brazil
	65.1	Appointed	João Carlos Petrini	Bishop of Camaçari, Baia, Brazil
16 Dec	76.3	Retired	Eusebius Joseph Beltran	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	Paul Stagg Coakley	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	83.4	Died	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	59.8	Installed	John Gerard Noonan	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
17 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
	56.8	Installed	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
18 Dec	86.9	Died	John Bukovsky, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Russian Federation
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Emidio Cipollone	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	53.1	Appointed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	64.8	Appointed	Joseph Karikkassery	Bishop of Kottapuram, India
	63.3	Appointed	Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
19 Dec	58.4	Installed	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
20 Dec	56.1	Installed	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	98.8	Died	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ecuador
21 Dec	75.2	Retired	Francisco Capiral San Diego	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	54.0	Appointed	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
	54.0	Appointed	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
	58.9	Appointed	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	58.9	Appointed	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	58.1	Appointed	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23 Dec	55.8	Appointed	Abel Gabuza	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
	60.2	Appointed	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	60.2	Appointed	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Sila	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	67.3	Appointed	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa
	67.3	Appointed	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa
25 Dec	77.5	Died	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Albania
	95.7	Died	Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	95.1	Died	Jorge Mayer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
26 Dec	90.8	Died	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Para, Brazil
27 Dec	62.0	Died	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	46.8	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	46.8	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
28 Dec	76.1	Retired	Wenceslas Compaoré	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	Gabriel Sayaogo	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
29 Dec	66.7	Appointed	Marcello Bartolucci	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	66.7	Appointed	Marcello Bartolucci	Titular Archbishop of Mevania	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	62.9	Appointed	Celso Morga Iruzubieta	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
	62.9	Appointed	Celso Morga Iruzubieta	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
30 Dec	63.7	Resigned	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
	77.2	Appointed	Kevin Michael Manning	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
	53.9	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	53.9	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
31 Dec	93.0	Died	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia