The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 87.5 Resigned Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria

2 Dec 78.8 Retired Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Installed Limacêdo Antônio da Silva Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

54.1 Appointed Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Apostolic Administrator of La Vega, Dominican Republic Bishop

63.7 Appointed Stephen Boonlert Phromsena Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

62.8 Installed Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

3 Dec 49.9 Installed Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

56.5 Installed João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

95.1 Died Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

57.1 Ceased Mário Antônio da Silva Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

61.3 Installed Victor Manuel Fernández Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

4 Dec 75.0 Retired Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Bishop Emeritus

5 Dec 80.2 Appointed Francesco Biasin Apostolic Administrator of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

79.1 Appointed Vincent Rakotozafy Apostolic Administrator of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

79.1 Retired Vincent Rakotozafy Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar

6 Dec 75.1 Retired Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

66.5 Appointed Biagio Colaianni Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

54.8 Appointed Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

7 Dec 78.6 Retired George Alencherry Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus

78.6 Retired George Alencherry Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

60.5 Resigned José Carlos Brandão Cabral Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Installed Claudio Gugerotti Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ambrogio della Massima Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

77.5 Appointed Bosco Puthur Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

75.3 Retired Giovanni Ricchiuti Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Giuseppe Russo Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

69.3 Appointed Moacir Silva Apostolic Administrator of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

71.9 Resigned Andrews Thazhath Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

56.6 Appointed Sebastian Vaniyapurackal Archiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Curial Bishop

8 Dec 59.5 Appointed Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio) Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela

61.9 Ceased Victor Hugo Basabe Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela

60.0 Appointed Nolly Camingue Buco Apostolic Administrator of Catarman, Philippines Bishop

52.3 Appointed Keith James Chylinski Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

52.3 Appointed Keith James Chylinski Titular Bishop of Gunela Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

50.0 Appointed Christopher Randall Cooke Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

50.0 Appointed Christopher Randall Cooke Titular Bishop of Malliana Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

61.4 Appointed Efren Veridiano Esmilla Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

61.4 Appointed Efren Veridiano Esmilla Titular Bishop of Ottana Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

64.3 Appointed Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop

58.2 Ordained Bishop Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. Titular Bishop of Cenae Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

77.8 Retired Franjo Komarica Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Ordained Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

61.3 Ceased Stephen Marmion Lowe Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

75.5 Ceased Dominic Lumon Apostolic Administrator of Imphal, India Archbishop Emeritus

60.6 Appointed Željko Majić Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

66.6 Ordained Bishop Linus Neli Archbishop of Imphal, India

53.2 Appointed Anselm Pendo Lawani Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria

70.3 Resigned Emmanuel Celeste Trance Bishop of Catarman, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Alfred Xuereb Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco

9 Dec 47.1 Appointed Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

47.1 Appointed Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa Titular Bishop of Membressa Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

56.7 Appointed Udo Markus Bentz Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

56.0 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Ferretti Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

96.1 Died Raymond Emil Goedert † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

56.7 Appointed Herwig Gössl Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

53.6 Installed Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

67.9 Ceased Robert Christopher Ndlovu Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

91.2 Died Carles Soler Perdigó † Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

10 Dec 58.4 Installed Giuseppe Alberti Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

59.9 Installed Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Cardinal-Priest of Santa Gemma Galgani Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

93.1 Died Jude Saint-Antoine † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

58.5 Installed François Marie Pierre Touvet Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France Bishop

11 Dec 62.2 Appointed Pietro Lagnese Archbishop of Capua, Italy

75.3 Retired Salvatore Visco Archbishop of Capua, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

12 Dec 59.9 Confirmed Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C. Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India

74.6 Resigned Josef Kajnek Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Appointed Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez Prelate of Illapel, Chile

49.6 Appointed Juan Carlos Londoño Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada

49.6 Appointed Juan Carlos Londoño Titular Bishop of Beatia Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada

52.9 Ordained Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria

13 Dec 64.9 Resigned José María Baliña Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina

53.4 Appointed Juarez Delorto Secco Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.8 Appointed Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

75.6 Retired Emanuel Messias de Oliveira Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 62.6 Installed Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria

53.5 Ordained Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria

15 Dec 61.9 Installed Victor Hugo Basabe Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela

59.1 Installed Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

54.3 Appointed Christopher John Whitehead Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain

16 Dec 52.8 Appointed Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

61.2 Appointed Óscar Álvarez Orellana Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

61.2 Appointed Óscar Álvarez Orellana Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

66.7 Installed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

50.9 Ordained Bishop Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

63.4 Installed Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

49.5 Ordained Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. Titular Bishop of Mulia Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan

77.9 Ceased Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Apostolic Administrator of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

103.0 Beatified Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

59.5 Ordained Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.5 Installed Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas Bishop of Santander, Spain

57.8 Appointed Taddeo Wang Yuesheng Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China

51.5 Appointed Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia Bishop

59.0 Appointed Peter Wu Yishun Bishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China

17 Dec 61.0 Installed Enrique Eguía Seguí Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

63.3 Installed Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

19 Dec 75.0 Retired Heriberto Cavazos Pérez Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Pedro Collar Noguera Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

63.7 Ordained Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Rusguniae Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

76.6 Retired Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 61.2 Appointed Michel Moura Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius

63.1 Died Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets † Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

21 Dec 86.1 Died Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

22 Dec 51.0 Appointed Francis McAnally Dougan Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

54.5 Incardinated Romanus Elamu Mihali Priest of Mafinga, Tanzania Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania

50.0 Appointed Vincent Cosmas Mwagala Bishop of Mafinga, Tanzania

93.7 Died Thomas Stafford Williams † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

23 Dec 75.2 Retired Jan Baxant Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

66.9 Installed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

60.8 Appointed Marek Zalewski Official to Viêt Nam Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore

24 Dec 83.0 Died José Haring, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

27 Dec 77.1 Retired Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. Bishop of Chosica, Peru

77.3 Retired Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. Bishop of Chosica, Peru Bishop Emeritus

28 Dec 92.7 Died Patrick Joseph Walsh † Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

29 Dec 75.1 Retired Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Apostolic Nuncio

45.2 Appointed Vincenzo Turturro Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

45.2 Appointed Vincenzo Turturro Titular Archbishop of Rebellum Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

30 Dec 68.9 Appointed Vincent Aind Archbishop of Ranchi, India

62.2 Appointed Barthol Barretto Bishop of Nashik, India

76.8 Appointed Lourdunada Daniel Apostolic Administrator of Nashik, India Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Lourdunada Daniel Bishop of Nashik, India Bishop Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Peter Rumal Kharadi Bishop of Jhabua, India

60.3 Appointed Bernard Lancy Pinto Coadjutor Bishop of Aurangabad, India Bishop

76.1 Appointed Felix Toppo, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Ranchi, India Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Felix Toppo, S.J. Archbishop of Ranchi, India Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	87.5	Resigned	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria
2 Dec	78.8	Retired	Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Installed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
54.1	Appointed	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán	Apostolic Administrator of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop
63.7	Appointed	Stephen Boonlert Phromsena	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
62.8	Installed	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
3 Dec	49.9	Installed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
56.5	Installed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
95.1	Died	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
57.1	Ceased	Mário Antônio da Silva	Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
61.3	Installed	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
4 Dec	75.0	Retired	Gebhard Fürst	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
5 Dec	80.2	Appointed	Francesco Biasin	Apostolic Administrator of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
79.1	Appointed	Vincent Rakotozafy	Apostolic Administrator of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Vincent Rakotozafy	Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona	Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
6 Dec	75.1	Retired	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Biagio Colaianni	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
54.8	Appointed	Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
7 Dec	78.6	Retired	George Alencherry	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus
78.6	Retired	George Alencherry	Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
60.5	Resigned	José Carlos Brandão Cabral	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Installed	Claudio Gugerotti	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ambrogio della Massima	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
77.5	Appointed	Bosco Puthur	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
75.3	Retired	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Russo	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
69.3	Appointed	Moacir Silva	Apostolic Administrator of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.9	Resigned	Andrews Thazhath	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
56.6	Appointed	Sebastian Vaniyapurackal	Archiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Curial Bishop
8 Dec	59.5	Appointed	Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio)	Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
61.9	Ceased	Victor Hugo Basabe	Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
60.0	Appointed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Apostolic Administrator of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop
52.3	Appointed	Keith James Chylinski	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
52.3	Appointed	Keith James Chylinski	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
50.0	Appointed	Christopher Randall Cooke	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
50.0	Appointed	Christopher Randall Cooke	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
61.4	Appointed	Efren Veridiano Esmilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
61.4	Appointed	Efren Veridiano Esmilla	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
64.3	Appointed	Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
77.8	Retired	Franjo Komarica	Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Richard Philip James Laurenson	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
61.3	Ceased	Stephen Marmion Lowe	Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
75.5	Ceased	Dominic Lumon	Apostolic Administrator of Imphal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	Željko Majić	Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Linus Neli	Archbishop of Imphal, India
53.2	Appointed	Anselm Pendo Lawani	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
70.3	Resigned	Emmanuel Celeste Trance	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Alfred Xuereb	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco
9 Dec	47.1	Appointed	Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
47.1	Appointed	Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Membressa	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
56.7	Appointed	Udo Markus Bentz	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Ferretti	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
96.1	Died	Raymond Emil Goedert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
56.7	Appointed	Herwig Gössl	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
53.6	Installed	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
67.9	Ceased	Robert Christopher Ndlovu	Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
91.2	Died	Carles Soler Perdigó †	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
10 Dec	58.4	Installed	Giuseppe Alberti	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
59.9	Installed	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Gemma Galgani	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
93.1	Died	Jude Saint-Antoine †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
58.5	Installed	François Marie Pierre Touvet	Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Bishop
11 Dec	62.2	Appointed	Pietro Lagnese	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
75.3	Retired	Salvatore Visco	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Dec	59.9	Confirmed	Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.	Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
74.6	Resigned	Josef Kajnek	Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
49.6	Appointed	Juan Carlos Londoño	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
49.6	Appointed	Juan Carlos Londoño	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Mamman Musa	Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria
13 Dec	64.9	Resigned	José María Baliña	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina
53.4	Appointed	Juarez Delorto Secco	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.8	Appointed	Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
75.6	Retired	Emanuel Messias de Oliveira	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	62.6	Installed	Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh	Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
15 Dec	61.9	Installed	Victor Hugo Basabe	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
59.1	Installed	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
54.3	Appointed	Christopher John Whitehead	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain	Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain
16 Dec	52.8	Appointed	Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
61.2	Appointed	Óscar Álvarez Orellana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
61.2	Appointed	Óscar Álvarez Orellana	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
66.7	Installed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
63.4	Installed	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
77.9	Ceased	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo	Apostolic Administrator of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
103.0	Beatified	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Libère Pwongo Bope	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.5	Installed	Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas	Bishop of Santander, Spain
57.8	Appointed	Taddeo Wang Yuesheng	Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China
51.5	Appointed	Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae	Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop
59.0	Appointed	Peter Wu Yishun	Bishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
17 Dec	61.0	Installed	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
63.3	Installed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
19 Dec	75.0	Retired	Heriberto Cavazos Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Pedro Collar Noguera	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
76.6	Retired	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	61.2	Appointed	Michel Moura	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
63.1	Died	Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets †	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
21 Dec	86.1	Died	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
22 Dec	51.0	Appointed	Francis McAnally Dougan	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
54.5	Incardinated	Romanus Elamu Mihali	Priest of Mafinga, Tanzania	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
50.0	Appointed	Vincent Cosmas Mwagala	Bishop of Mafinga, Tanzania
93.7	Died	Thomas Stafford Williams †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
23 Dec	75.2	Retired	Jan Baxant	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
66.9	Installed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
60.8	Appointed	Marek Zalewski	Official to Viêt Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
24 Dec	83.0	Died	José Haring, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
27 Dec	77.1	Retired	Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.	Bishop of Chosica, Peru
77.3	Retired	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Bishop of Chosica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	92.7	Died	Patrick Joseph Walsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
29 Dec	75.1	Retired	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio
45.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Turturro	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
45.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Turturro	Titular Archbishop of Rebellum	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
30 Dec	68.9	Appointed	Vincent Aind	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
62.2	Appointed	Barthol Barretto	Bishop of Nashik, India
76.8	Appointed	Lourdunada Daniel	Apostolic Administrator of Nashik, India	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Lourdunada Daniel	Bishop of Nashik, India	Bishop Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Peter Rumal Kharadi	Bishop of Jhabua, India
60.3	Appointed	Bernard Lancy Pinto	Coadjutor Bishop of Aurangabad, India	Bishop
76.1	Appointed	Felix Toppo, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Ranchi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Felix Toppo, S.J.	Archbishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop Emeritus

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