The Year of Our Lord 2017

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 75.4 Retired Alberto Bottari de Castello Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Apostolic Nuncio

2 Dec 59.1 Installed Dulcênio Fontes de Matos Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

78.1 Retired Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Ordained Bishop Hermann Glettler, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria

54.0 Appointed Mirosław Gucwa Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic

54.4 Installed Rocco Pennacchio Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

66.4 Installed Michele Seccia Archbishop of Lecce, Italy

75.0 Retired Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 49.2 Ordained Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

4 Dec 48.2 Appointed Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

48.2 Appointed Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. Titular Bishop of Cataquas Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

5 Dec 64.6 Died Elenito de los Reyes Galido † Bishop of Iligan, Philippines

55.4 Appointed Barry Christopher Knestout Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

46.2 Appointed Marcelo Julián Margni Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

46.2 Appointed Marcelo Julián Margni Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

50.5 Appointed Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

6 Dec 68.2 Installed Anders Arborelius, O.C.D. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden

48.1 Appointed Severo Cagátan Caérmare Apostolic Administrator of Iligan, Philippines Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines

75.0 Retired Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

76.9 Died Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

58.5 Succeeded Bruno Elizeu Versari Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

7 Dec 67.9 Appointed Carlos Aguiar Retes Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

55.7 Appointed James Raphael Anaparambil Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India Bishop

66.7 Appointed Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Archbishop of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Cirulli Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

56.4 Appointed Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

56.4 Appointed Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

61.9 Ordained Bishop Enrique Esteban Delgado Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA

75.5 Retired Norberto Rivera Carrera Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired André Armand Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

89.9 Died Matthias Yu Chengxin † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

8 Dec 52.2 Appointed Joseph Arshad Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan Bishop

62.3 Appointed Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Municipa Prefect of Azerbaijan

66.2 Died Carlos María Franzini † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

54.5 Appointed Pierre Goudreault Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

75.0 Retired Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Succeeded Romuald Kamiński Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

62.3 Installed Egidio Miragoli Bishop of Mondovi, Italy

76.1 Retired Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

9 Dec 63.5 Appointed Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Naha, Japan

60.8 Ordained Bishop Andrzej Kaleta Titular Bishop of Maxita Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

76.7 Retired Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Naha, Japan Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Installed Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

10 Dec 94.9 Died Antonio Riboldi, I.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

48.9 Installed Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel Bishop of Toruń, Poland Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

11 Dec 49.3 Appointed Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

71.5 Appointed Brendan Kelly Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Dec 93.2 Died Alphonsus Liguori Penney † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

13 Dec 90.5 Died John Joseph Gerry † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

87.2 Died André Haddad, B.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

59.3 Appointed Celso Antônio Marchiori Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil

15 Dec 50.8 Appointed Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

72.5 Resigned Christie Albert Macaluso Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Installed Joseph Mark Siegel Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA

16 Dec 55.2 Ordained Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

44.5 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

53.1 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso Titular Archbishop of Foratiana Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

59.1 Appointed Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

59.1 Installed Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

73.6 Appointed Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos

62.6 Installed Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

45.3 Appointed Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa Apostolic Administrator of Paksé, Laos Vicar Apostolic

44.6 Ordained Bishop Darius Trijonis Titular Bishop of Fissiana Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

17 Dec 79.3 Ceased Bernard Louis Marie Charrier Apostolic Administrator of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

54.6 Installed Anthony James Corcoran, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

53.4 Ordained Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil

59.3 Installed Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

18 Dec 84.9 Died George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

19 Dec 64.6 Ordained Bishop Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen Titular Bishop of Acalissus Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA

53.8 Appointed Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta Official of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina

20 Dec 86.1 Died Bernard Francis Law † Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

53.7 Appointed Sebastião Lima Duarte Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

22 Dec 49.6 Ordained Bishop Roberto Pío Álvarez Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto Bishop of Rawson, Argentina

23 Dec 58.1 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna Titular Bishop of Vardimissa Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

90.3 Died William George Curlin † Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

91.8 Died Héctor Morera Vega † Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán, Costa Rica

25 Dec 83.0 Died Stanisław Kędziora † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

26 Dec 78.3 Died Pavel Hájek † Bishop

91.1 Died Francis Joseph Walmsley † Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

27 Dec 65.2 Installed Giacomo Cirulli Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

58.7 Installed Charles Jason Gordon Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

75.5 Retired Josaphat Louis Lebulu Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus

66.5 Appointed Isaac Amani Massawe Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania

28 Dec 89.8 Died Giulio Einaudi † Apostolic Nuncio

89.5 Died Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

29 Dec 83.8 Died Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

52.2 Appointed José Cobo Cano Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop

52.2 Appointed José Cobo Cano Titular Bishop of Beatia Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

76.3 Retired Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

57.5 Ordained Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli Titular Bishop of Pauzera Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina

51.5 Appointed Santos Montoya Torres Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

51.5 Appointed Santos Montoya Torres Titular Bishop of Horta Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

43.6 Appointed Jesús Vidal Chamorro Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

43.6 Appointed Jesús Vidal Chamorro Titular Bishop of Elepla Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

30 Dec 79.2 Ceased Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic

69.6 Installed Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka

47.6 Appointed Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

49.5 Ordained Bishop Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

81.0 Ceased Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Apostolic Administrator of Mannar, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

31 Dec 84.6 Died Clément Fecteau † Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

92.1 Died Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	75.4	Retired	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Dec	59.1	Installed	Dulcênio Fontes de Matos	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
78.1	Retired	Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Hermann Glettler, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
54.0	Appointed	Mirosław Gucwa	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic
54.4	Installed	Rocco Pennacchio	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
66.4	Installed	Michele Seccia	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
75.0	Retired	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Paolucci Bedini	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
4 Dec	48.2	Appointed	Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O.	Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
48.2	Appointed	Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O.	Titular Bishop of Cataquas	Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
5 Dec	64.6	Died	Elenito de los Reyes Galido †	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
55.4	Appointed	Barry Christopher Knestout	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
46.2	Appointed	Marcelo Julián Margni	Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
46.2	Appointed	Marcelo Julián Margni	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
50.5	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
6 Dec	68.2	Installed	Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
48.1	Appointed	Severo Cagátan Caérmare	Apostolic Administrator of Iligan, Philippines	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
75.0	Retired	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
76.9	Died	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
58.5	Succeeded	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
7 Dec	67.9	Appointed	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
55.7	Appointed	James Raphael Anaparambil	Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop
66.7	Appointed	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Archbishop of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Cirulli	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
56.4	Appointed	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
56.4	Appointed	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Esteban Delgado	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
75.5	Retired	Norberto Rivera Carrera	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
89.9	Died	Matthias Yu Chengxin †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
8 Dec	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Arshad	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Bishop
62.3	Appointed	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Municipa	Prefect of Azerbaijan
66.2	Died	Carlos María Franzini †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
54.5	Appointed	Pierre Goudreault	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
75.0	Retired	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Succeeded	Romuald Kamiński	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
62.3	Installed	Egidio Miragoli	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
76.1	Retired	Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O.	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	63.5	Appointed	Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Naha, Japan
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Kaleta	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
76.7	Retired	Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Installed	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
10 Dec	94.9	Died	Antonio Riboldi, I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
48.9	Installed	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Bishop of Toruń, Poland	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
11 Dec	49.3	Appointed	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
71.5	Appointed	Brendan Kelly	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	93.2	Died	Alphonsus Liguori Penney †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
13 Dec	90.5	Died	John Joseph Gerry †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
87.2	Died	André Haddad, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
59.3	Appointed	Celso Antônio Marchiori	Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
15 Dec	50.8	Appointed	Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
72.5	Resigned	Christie Albert Macaluso	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Installed	Joseph Mark Siegel	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
16 Dec	55.2	Ordained Bishop	José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Oscar Carrara	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso	Titular Archbishop of Foratiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
59.1	Appointed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
59.1	Installed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
73.6	Appointed	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
62.6	Installed	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
45.3	Appointed	Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa	Apostolic Administrator of Paksé, Laos	Vicar Apostolic
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Darius Trijonis	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
17 Dec	79.3	Ceased	Bernard Louis Marie Charrier	Apostolic Administrator of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
54.6	Installed	Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Aldemiro Sena dos Santos	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil
59.3	Installed	Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
18 Dec	84.9	Died	George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
19 Dec	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA
53.8	Appointed	Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta	Official of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina
20 Dec	86.1	Died	Bernard Francis Law †	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
53.7	Appointed	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
22 Dec	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
23 Dec	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Pablo Benna	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
90.3	Died	William George Curlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
91.8	Died	Héctor Morera Vega †	Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán, Costa Rica
25 Dec	83.0	Died	Stanisław Kędziora †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
26 Dec	78.3	Died	Pavel Hájek †	Bishop
91.1	Died	Francis Joseph Walmsley †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
27 Dec	65.2	Installed	Giacomo Cirulli	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
58.7	Installed	Charles Jason Gordon	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
75.5	Retired	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Isaac Amani Massawe	Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania
28 Dec	89.8	Died	Giulio Einaudi †	Apostolic Nuncio
89.5	Died	Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola †	Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
29 Dec	83.8	Died	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
52.2	Appointed	José Cobo Cano	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
52.2	Appointed	José Cobo Cano	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
76.3	Retired	Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth.	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
51.5	Appointed	Santos Montoya Torres	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
51.5	Appointed	Santos Montoya Torres	Titular Bishop of Horta	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
43.6	Appointed	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
43.6	Appointed	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Titular Bishop of Elepla	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
30 Dec	79.2	Ceased	Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez	Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
69.6	Installed	Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
47.6	Appointed	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
81.0	Ceased	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Apostolic Administrator of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
31 Dec	84.6	Died	Clément Fecteau †	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
92.1	Died	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

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