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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	75.4	Retired	Félix del Blanco Prieto	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Almoner Emeritus
	58.5	Appointed	Pius Thomas D’Souza	Bishop of Ajmer, India
	76.8	Retired	Ignatius Menezes	Bishop of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Guido Pozzo	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	60.9	Appointed	Guido Pozzo	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
6 Nov	67.4	Died	Aloysius Balina †	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
	102.6	Died	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
7 Nov	57.5	Appointed	Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S.	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	46.2	Appointed	Eraldo Bispo da Silva	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
	76.4	Retired	Leonardo de Miranda Pereira	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Nov	80.4	Died	Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
9 Nov	66.4	Appointed	Robert Peter Deeley	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	66.4	Appointed	Robert Peter Deeley	Titular Bishop of Kearney	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	62.6	Appointed	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
	62.6	Appointed	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Titular Archbishop of Volturnum	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
10 Nov	62.9	Appointed	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	62.9	Appointed	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	75.6	Retired	José María Arancibia	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.1	Appointed	Tommaso Caputo	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Carlos María Franzini	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
	75.0	Retired	Carlo Liberati	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	Serge Patrick Poitras	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
	57.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Sciacca	Titular Bishop of Fundi	Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
11 Nov	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Guido Gallese	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
12 Nov	83.7	Died	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
	52.5	Appointed	Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
	52.5	Appointed	Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
14 Nov	53.5	Appointed	Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	53.5	Appointed	Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	84.5	Died	Luíz Eugênio Pérez †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Nov	71.5	Died	José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
16 Nov	51.5	Installed	Tomé Ferreira da Silva	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	64.8	Appointed	Javier Salinas Viñals	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
17 Nov	57.2	Appointed	Henryk Ciereszko	Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland
	57.2	Appointed	Henryk Ciereszko	Titular Bishop of Dices	Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland
	57.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Ghizzoni	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
	66.5	Appointed	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
	66.5	Appointed	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Guido Pozzo	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	75.0	Retired	Giuseppe Verucchi	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	39.5	Appointed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
20 Nov	92.8	Died	Pedro Bantigue y Natividad †	Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
	48.4	Appointed	Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	48.4	Appointed	Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	55.2	Appointed	Marián Chovanec	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	57.7	Installed	James Douglas Conley	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
21 Nov	60.8	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	75.3	Retired	Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Nov	63.1	Appointed	James Michael Harvey	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	78.5	Retired	Francesco Monterisi	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Jacek Pyl, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
	50.3	Appointed	Jacek Pyl, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
24 Nov	67.7	Installed	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala
	73.8	Resigned	Dermot Clifford	Apostolic Administrator of Cloyne, Ireland	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	60.9	Appointed	William Crean	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
	63.1	Appointed	James Michael Harvey	Cardinal-Deacon of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	63.1	Elevated to Cardinal	James Michael Harvey	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	68.8	Appointed	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	68.8	Elevated to Cardinal	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	72.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	70.2	Appointed	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	João Francisco Salm	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Jude Scicluna	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	59.3	Installed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.4	Appointed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal-Priest of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	53.4	Appointed	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio VII	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
	53.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
	49.3	Appointed	Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	49.3	Appointed	Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski	Titular Bishop of Glavinitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
25 Nov	69.6	Installed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	50.7	Installed	Guido Gallese	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
28 Nov	70.5	Resigned	Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Edward Strickland	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
29 Nov	50.2	Appointed	Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	50.2	Appointed	Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
30 Nov	47.5	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	47.5	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	76.2	Retired	Vincent Michael Concessao	Archbishop of Delhi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Vital Corbellini	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
	58.2	Appointed	Anil Joseph Thomas Couto	Archbishop of Delhi, India
	48.9	Appointed	Binay Kandulna	Bishop of Khunti, India
1 Dec	76.5	Retired	Alphonse Émile Georger	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Michael Robert Kennedy	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
	79.2	Retired	John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.1	Resigned	Kevin Michael Manning	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
	71.0	Appointed	Luigi Negri	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	76.1	Retired	Paolo Rabitti	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
	50.7	Appointed	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
	44.5	Succeeded	John Wong Soo Kau	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2 Dec	52.0	Installed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)
3 Dec	74.0	Died	Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	85.6	Died	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
	54.5	Resigned	Christopher James Coyne	Apostolic Administrator of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	60.6	Installed	Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
4 Dec	73.6	Died	José Alves da Costa, D.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	57.4	Appointed	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
	57.4	Appointed	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
	86.8	Died	Massimo Giustetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
	39.5	Solemn Professed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
5 Dec	61.9	Installed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	95.9	Died	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
6 Dec	49.9	Appointed	Murray Chatlain	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	49.9	Appointed	Murray Chatlain	Apostolic Administrator of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	53.2	Appointed	Rudolf Voderholzer	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
7 Dec	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	64.4	Appointed	Adelio Dell’Oro	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan
	64.4	Appointed	Adelio Dell’Oro	Titular Bishop of Castulo	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan
	56.4	Appointed	Georg Gänswein	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	56.4	Appointed	Georg Gänswein	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	48.2	Resigned	Janusz Kaleta	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	49.8	Appointed	Peter Ebere Okpaleke	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
8 Dec	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Jojo Anand	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
	55.2	Installed	Ryszard Kasyna	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	57.1	Died	Ambrose Madtha †	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
9 Dec	89.6	Died	Ivan Ljavinec †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
10 Dec	83.6	Died	Jacques André Marie Jullien †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	75.1	Retired	Sergio Pintor	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	67.7	Appointed	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
	61.6	Installed	Kevin William Vann	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
11 Dec	58.9	Appointed	Paul Richard Gallagher	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	97.3	Died	Pedro Reginaldo Lira †	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
	84.5	Died	Walter Francis Sullivan †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
12 Dec	58.5	Appointed	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	92.1	Died	Augustin Sagna †	Bishop Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
	75.6	Retired	Luiz Soares Vieira	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Terrio	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
13 Dec	74.8	Died	Jan Blaha †	Bishop	Bishop of the Titular See
15 Dec	55.2	Installed	Marián Chovanec	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Ciereszko	Titular Bishop of Dices	Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland
	53.8	Installed	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
	54.5	Appointed	Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin	Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
	54.5	Appointed	Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin	Apostolic Nuncio	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
19 Dec	51.9	Appointed	Peter Loy Chong	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	85.2	Retired	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	85.2	Retired	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	74.8	Appointed	Jacques Ishaq	Administrator of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop
	79.6	Retired	Petero Mataca	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Dec	53.1	Installed	Vital Corbellini	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
	61.0	Appointed	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Udaipur, India
	61.0	Appointed	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua, India	Bishop of Udaipur, India
	75.9	Retired	Joseph Pathalil	Bishop of Udaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	65.4	Appointed	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	54.3	Appointed	Estanislau Marques Chindekasse, S.V.D.	Bishop of Dundo, Angola
	77.2	Retired	José Guadalupe Martín Rábago	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski	Titular Bishop of Glavinitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Dec	58.2	Appointed	Thomas Vu Dình Hiêu	Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
25 Dec	92.1	Died	Edward Thomas Hughes †	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
	81.5	Died	Rudolf Müller †	Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
27 Dec	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Eraldo Bispo da Silva	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
	93.1	Died	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	79.6	Died	Paul Khoarai †	Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Serge Patrick Poitras	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
29 Dec	54.7	Appointed	Peter Iorzuul Adoboh	Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
	57.5	Appointed	William Amove Avenya	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
	55.5	Appointed	William Goh Seng Chye	Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop
	94.9	Died	Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Dec	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Elio Rama, I.M.C.	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
31 Dec	70.4	Resigned	Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez †	Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus