The Year of Our Lord 2015

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 50.6 Appointed Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

50.6 Appointed Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma Titular Bishop of Castulo Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

75.1 Retired Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Herculano Medina Garfias Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

48.0 Appointed Herculano Medina Garfias Titular Bishop of Gegi Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

54.8 Succeeded Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

92.1 Died Antonio Troyo Calderón † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

2 Dec 76.0 Retired Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Succeeded Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.2 Appointed Rodolfo Luís Weber Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

3 Dec 75.2 Retired Anthony J. Farquhar † Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B. Bishop of Guasdualito, Venezuela

57.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

63.2 Ordained Bishop Luy Gonzaga Nguyên Hùng Vi Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam

4 Dec 82.7 Died Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

58.4 Ordained Bishop José Melitón Chávez † Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

5 Dec 82.3 Ceased José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Apostolic Administrator of Penonomé, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

55.8 Ordained Bishop Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D. Bishop of Penonomé, Panama

86.7 Died Luigi Conti † Apostolic Nuncio

61.6 Installed José Luis Henao Cadavid Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

53.1 Ordained Bishop Corrado Lorefice Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

53.9 Installed Soane Patita Paini Mafi Cardinal-Priest of Santa Paola Romana Cardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

60.0 Appointed Miguel Maury Buendía Apostolic Nuncio to Romania Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

6 Dec 60.3 Installed Piero Delbosco Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy

77.6 Installed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

7 Dec 76.1 Died Rrok Kola Mirdita † Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania

55.0 Appointed Jan Romeo Pawłowski Official of the Secretariat of State Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

58.9 Appointed Luciano Suriani Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

44.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Tobji Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

8 Dec 71.0 Succeeded Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Garissa, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon

75.0 Retired Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Garissa, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Heinrich Mussinghoff Bishop of Aachen, Germany Bishop Emeritus

77.9 Died Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal

9 Dec 94.0 Died Carlo Furno † Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

48.2 Ordained Bishop Andrea Migliavacca Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

91.6 Died Matthew Shija † Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania

79.7 Died Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

10 Dec 80.8 Died Dermot Patrick O’Mahony † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

11 Dec 75.2 Retired Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre Huynh Văn Hai Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

72.6 Died Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

66.3 Appointed Vasyl Semeniuk Archiepiscopal Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

63.5 Appointed Rolf Steinhäuser Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

63.5 Appointed Rolf Steinhäuser Titular Bishop of Thuburnica Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

12 Dec 48.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

69.0 Ordained Bishop Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Ampora Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru

53.2 Ordained Bishop Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil

68.4 Installed Jozef De Kesel Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Vito Rallo Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco Apostolic Nuncio

54.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia

60.1 Installed Matteo Maria Zuppi Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

13 Dec 52.0 Ceased Benedito Araújo Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

59.1 Installed Roque Paloschi Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

15 Dec 57.9 Installed Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

77.5 Ceased Iván Antonio Marín López Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia

62.8 Appointed James Patrick Powers Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

16 Dec 59.4 Appointed Airton José dos Santos Apostolic Administrator of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

59.8 Appointed John Gregory Kelly Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA

59.8 Appointed John Gregory Kelly Titular Bishop of Jamestown Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA

70.0 Resigned Paulo Sérgio Machado † Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 61.6 Ceased Francisco Carlos Bach Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

50.7 Installed Edmar Perón Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

76.0 Died Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

18 Dec 96.4 Died Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

59.3 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Orlando Seirutti García Titular Bishop of Bela Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina

19 Dec 49.2 Ordained Bishop Aristide Gonsallo Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin

63.2 Installed Pedro María Laxague Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

45.6 Appointed Leszek Leszkiewicz Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

45.6 Appointed Leszek Leszkiewicz Titular Bishop of Bossa Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

73.0 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

54.1 Installed Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland

61.0 Ceased Justo Rodríguez Gallego Administrator of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop

63.7 Appointed Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. Bishop of Vijayawada, India

57.8 Appointed Paul Desmond Tighe Adjunct Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

57.8 Appointed Paul Desmond Tighe Titular Bishop of Drivastum Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

20 Dec 57.7 Installed Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

83.1 Ceased Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille † Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

75.0 Retired Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Installed Andrea Migliavacca Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

22 Dec 59.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. Coadjutor Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop

55.0 Appointed Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles

66.8 Appointed Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico

56.7 Resigned Charles Jason Gordon Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

64.4 Appointed Claude Hamelin Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Bishop

64.4 Appointed Claude Hamelin Titular Bishop of Apollonia Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

84.5 Died Joseph Leopold Imesch † Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

79.8 Retired Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P. Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Alapati Lui Mata’eliga † Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

23 Dec 91.2 Died Grégoire Haddad † Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

76.4 Retired Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S. Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

75.5 Retired Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Justin Mulenga † Bishop of Mpika, Zambia

54.9 Appointed João Muniz Alves, O.F.M. Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil

60.5 Appointed Pierantonio Pavanello Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy

76.0 Retired Lucio Soravito de Franceschi † Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed François Marie Pierre Touvet Bishop of Châlons, France Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

24 Dec 45.0 Appointed Wojciech Tomasz Osial Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz, Poland Bishop

45.0 Appointed Wojciech Tomasz Osial Titular Bishop of Cediae Bishop of Łowicz, Poland

26 Dec 53.3 Installed Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil

69.6 Installed Juan José Omella Omella Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

27 Dec 58.8 Ordained Bishop José Reginaldo Andrietta Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil

66.3 Died Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir † Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

28 Dec 50.2 Appointed Brian Thomas McGee Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

29 Dec 50.2 Appointed Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Bishop of Barisal, Bangladesh Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

30 Dec 48.1 Appointed José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz † Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México

51.9 Appointed Aparecido Donizete de Souza Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

51.9 Appointed Aparecido Donizete de Souza Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

77.3 Retired Brian Vincent Finnigan Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec 85.2 Died Daniel Leo Ryan † Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	50.6	Appointed	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
50.6	Appointed	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma	Titular Bishop of Castulo	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
75.1	Retired	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Herculano Medina Garfias	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
48.0	Appointed	Herculano Medina Garfias	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
54.8	Succeeded	Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
92.1	Died	Antonio Troyo Calderón †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
2 Dec	76.0	Retired	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Succeeded	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
3 Dec	75.2	Retired	Anthony J. Farquhar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.	Bishop of Guasdualito, Venezuela
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
63.2	Ordained Bishop	Luy Gonzaga Nguyên Hùng Vi	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam
4 Dec	82.7	Died	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
58.4	Ordained Bishop	José Melitón Chávez †	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
5 Dec	82.3	Ceased	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Apostolic Administrator of Penonomé, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D.	Bishop of Penonomé, Panama
86.7	Died	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio
61.6	Installed	José Luis Henao Cadavid	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Corrado Lorefice	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
53.9	Installed	Soane Patita Paini Mafi	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Paola Romana	Cardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
60.0	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
6 Dec	60.3	Installed	Piero Delbosco	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy
77.6	Installed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
7 Dec	76.1	Died	Rrok Kola Mirdita †	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
55.0	Appointed	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
58.9	Appointed	Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Tobji	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
8 Dec	71.0	Succeeded	Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Damase Zinga Atangana	Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon
75.0	Retired	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Heinrich Mussinghoff	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
77.9	Died	Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal
9 Dec	94.0	Died	Carlo Furno †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Migliavacca	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
91.6	Died	Matthew Shija †	Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania
79.7	Died	Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
10 Dec	80.8	Died	Dermot Patrick O’Mahony †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
11 Dec	75.2	Retired	Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Huynh Văn Hai	Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
72.6	Died	Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
66.3	Appointed	Vasyl Semeniuk	Archiepiscopal Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
63.5	Appointed	Rolf Steinhäuser	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
63.5	Appointed	Rolf Steinhäuser	Titular Bishop of Thuburnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
12 Dec	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Manuel Alí Herrera	Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
69.0	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Ampora	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
68.4	Installed	Jozef De Kesel	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Vito Rallo	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
60.1	Installed	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
13 Dec	52.0	Ceased	Benedito Araújo	Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
59.1	Installed	Roque Paloschi	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
15 Dec	57.9	Installed	Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
77.5	Ceased	Iván Antonio Marín López	Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
62.8	Appointed	James Patrick Powers	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
16 Dec	59.4	Appointed	Airton José dos Santos	Apostolic Administrator of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
59.8	Appointed	John Gregory Kelly	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
59.8	Appointed	John Gregory Kelly	Titular Bishop of Jamestown	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
70.0	Resigned	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	61.6	Ceased	Francisco Carlos Bach	Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.7	Installed	Edmar Perón	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
76.0	Died	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
18 Dec	96.4	Died	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Orlando Seirutti García	Titular Bishop of Bela	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
19 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Aristide Gonsallo	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
63.2	Installed	Pedro María Laxague	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
45.6	Appointed	Leszek Leszkiewicz	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
45.6	Appointed	Leszek Leszkiewicz	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
73.0	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Piretto, O.P.	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
54.1	Installed	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
61.0	Ceased	Justo Rodríguez Gallego	Administrator of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
63.7	Appointed	Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M.	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
57.8	Appointed	Paul Desmond Tighe	Adjunct Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
57.8	Appointed	Paul Desmond Tighe	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
20 Dec	57.7	Installed	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
83.1	Ceased	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
75.0	Retired	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Installed	Andrea Migliavacca	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
22 Dec	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop
55.0	Appointed	Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
66.8	Appointed	Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
56.7	Resigned	Charles Jason Gordon	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
64.4	Appointed	Claude Hamelin	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop
64.4	Appointed	Claude Hamelin	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
84.5	Died	Joseph Leopold Imesch †	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
79.8	Retired	Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P.	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †	Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
23 Dec	91.2	Died	Grégoire Haddad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
76.4	Retired	Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S.	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Justin Mulenga †	Bishop of Mpika, Zambia
54.9	Appointed	João Muniz Alves, O.F.M.	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil
60.5	Appointed	Pierantonio Pavanello	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
76.0	Retired	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	François Marie Pierre Touvet	Bishop of Châlons, France	Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
24 Dec	45.0	Appointed	Wojciech Tomasz Osial	Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop
45.0	Appointed	Wojciech Tomasz Osial	Titular Bishop of Cediae	Bishop of Łowicz, Poland
26 Dec	53.3	Installed	Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
69.6	Installed	Juan José Omella Omella	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
27 Dec	58.8	Ordained Bishop	José Reginaldo Andrietta	Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
66.3	Died	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
28 Dec	50.2	Appointed	Brian Thomas McGee	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
29 Dec	50.2	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Bishop of Barisal, Bangladesh	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
30 Dec	48.1	Appointed	José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz †	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
51.9	Appointed	Aparecido Donizete de Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
51.9	Appointed	Aparecido Donizete de Souza	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
77.3	Retired	Brian Vincent Finnigan	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	85.2	Died	Daniel Leo Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

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