The Year of Our Lord 1902

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez † Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain

2 Oct 41.2 Selected Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. † Abbot of New Norcia, Australia

4 Oct Born Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín † Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba

46.6 Appointed Giovanni Régine † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy

5 Oct 22.7 Ordained Priest Jean Delay † Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

26.6 Entered Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

44.4 Ordained Bishop Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China

23.5 Professed Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

8 Oct Born Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

10 Oct Born Rafael Alvarez Lara † Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain

37.8 Appointed Alfonso Archi † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop of Cesena, Italy

12 Oct 57.8 Ordained Bishop Juan Torres y Rivas † Bishop of Menorca, Spain

13 Oct 50.9 Appointed Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguna, C.M. † Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus

14 Oct Born Edward Gerard Hettinger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

16 Oct 76.7 Died Leopoldo Franchi † Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy

19 Oct 46.8 Ordained Bishop Compton Theodore Galton, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Petinessus Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

22.9 Ordained Priest Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

31.5 Ordained Priest Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Gibraltar

41.2 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz † Bishop of Sonora, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

53.5 Installed Mattia Vicario † Bishop of Novara, Italy

21 Oct Born Aurelio Signora † Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

23 Oct Born Giovanni Battista Dal Prà † Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy

24 Oct 54.8 Appointed Jules-Basile Kandelaft † Vicar Apostolic of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

54.8 Appointed Jules-Basile Kandelaft † Titular Archbishop of Palmyra Vicar Apostolic of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

64.8 Died Athanase Nasser † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

62.6 Selected Jordan Zaninović, O.P. † Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

25 Oct 68.5 Succeeded Charles Maurice Graham † Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

88.6 Died William Vaughan † Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

26 Oct 34.1 Installed João Francisco Braga † Bishop of Petrópolis, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Born Karol Pękala † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

27 Oct Born Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

28 Oct 22.8 Ordained Priest Santiago Luis Copello † Priest of La Plata, Argentina Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

45.1 Ordained Bishop James John Keane † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

57.4 Ordained Bishop John Stariha † Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct Born Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.Ss.R. † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

3 Nov 66.1 Died Bernardo Cozzucli (Cozzuoli) † Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

6 Nov 62.4 Selected Anton Hubert Fischer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

7 Nov 43.7 Appointed François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq

8 Nov 41.2 Installed Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz † Bishop of Sonora, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

9 Nov 65.9 Appointed José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez † Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

34.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Parlais Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

56.4 Ordained Bishop Manuel Antonio López de Mesa Enthwistle † Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia

23.0 Ordained Priest Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni † Priest Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

10 Nov Born Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ica, Peru

15 Nov Born Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

85.6 Died Pierre Rougeyron, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)

16 Nov 43.7 Ordained Bishop François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq

34.0 Ordained Bishop Ephrem Giesen, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Paltus Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China

36.3 Ordained Bishop Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiss (Spiß), O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ostracine Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania

50.9 Ordained Bishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp † Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

19 Nov Born Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

20 Nov 56.5 Died Edvard Jan Nepomuk Brynych † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia

Born Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) † Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China

22 Nov 76.1 Died Gaetano Aloisi Masella † Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary

67.8 Died Anton Baranowski † Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland

27.8 Ordained Priest Aleksandr Ivanovič Frison † Priest of Tiraspol, Moldova Apostolic Administrator of Odessa, Ukraine

23 Nov 22.5 Ordained Priest Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. † Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles Bishop of Brescia, Italy

48.7 Ordained Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

25 Nov 55.1 Died Giuseppe Barillari † Coadjutor Bishop of Cariati, Italy

26 Nov 84.6 Died John MacEvilly † Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland

27 Nov 74.5 Appointed Angelo Di Pietro † Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

55.7 Appointed Domenico Ferrata † Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars Cardinal, Secretary of State

29 Nov Born Smiljan Franjo Čekada † Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 Nov 35.7 Ordained Bishop Ibrahim Addai-Scher † Bishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey

30.8 Ordained Bishop Hormisdas Étienne Djibri † Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

35.9 Ordained Bishop Jacques-Eugène Manna † Titular Bishop of Tabbora Patriarchal Vicar of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. † Priest of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia

2 Dec 80.0 Died James Laird Patterson † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

3 Dec 38.0 Installed Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

6 Dec Born Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

7 Dec 22.9 Ordained Deacon Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt † Deacon of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

27.2 Ordained Priest Edward Myers † Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Coadjutor Archbishop

10 Dec 69.9 Died Rafael Celedón † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

11 Dec 66.0 Installed José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez † Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

12 Dec Born Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

23.1 Ordained Priest Basil Takacs (Takach) † Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania

13 Dec 70.6 Died Francesco Giordani † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

83.7 Died Bartholomew Woodlock † Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

15 Dec Born Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

16 Dec 57.1 Died Teodosio Maria Gargiulo † Bishop of Oria, Italy

70.0 Died Filippo Genovese † Titular Bishop of Sarepta

20 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Giovanni Capobianco † Priest of Spoleto, Italy Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

23.0 Ordained Priest Joseph-Eugène Limoges † Priest Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

49.2 Appointed Pietro Monti † Apostolic Delegate to Chile Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Prelate Emeritus of Jataí, Brazil

21 Dec 22.5 Ordained Priest Salvatore Del Bene † Priest of Valva e Sulmona, Italy Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Domenico Marsiglia † Priest Archbishop of Rossano, Italy

22 Dec Born João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

Born Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

23 Dec Born Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

26 Dec 46.1 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

27 Dec 50.8 Ordained Bishop João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro † Bishop of Macau, China

28 Dec Born Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

30 Dec 59.1 Appointed Carlo Caputo † Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

49.2 Appointed Pietro Monti † Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

49.2 Resigned Pietro Monti † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec Born René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez †		Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain
2 Oct	41.2	Selected	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
4 Oct		Born	Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín †		Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba
46.6	Appointed	Giovanni Régine †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
5 Oct	22.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Delay †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
26.6	Entered	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
23.5	Professed	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
8 Oct		Born	Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
10 Oct		Born	Rafael Alvarez Lara †		Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain
37.8	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
12 Oct	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Torres y Rivas †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
13 Oct	50.9	Appointed	Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguna, C.M. †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Oct		Born	Edward Gerard Hettinger †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
16 Oct	76.7	Died	Leopoldo Franchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy
19 Oct	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Compton Theodore Galton, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Petinessus	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
22.9	Ordained Priest	Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
31.5	Ordained Priest	Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Gibraltar
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
53.5	Installed	Mattia Vicario †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
21 Oct		Born	Aurelio Signora †		Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
23 Oct		Born	Giovanni Battista Dal Prà †		Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
24 Oct	54.8	Appointed	Jules-Basile Kandelaft †	Vicar Apostolic of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
54.8	Appointed	Jules-Basile Kandelaft †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Vicar Apostolic of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
64.8	Died	Athanase Nasser †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
62.6	Selected	Jordan Zaninović, O.P. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
25 Oct	68.5	Succeeded	Charles Maurice Graham †	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
88.6	Died	William Vaughan †	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
26 Oct	34.1	Installed	João Francisco Braga †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	Born	Karol Pękala †		Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
27 Oct		Born	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
28 Oct	22.8	Ordained Priest	Santiago Luis Copello †	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
45.1	Ordained Bishop	James John Keane †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
57.4	Ordained Bishop	John Stariha †	Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct		Born	Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.Ss.R. †		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 Nov	66.1	Died	Bernardo Cozzucli (Cozzuoli) †	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
6 Nov	62.4	Selected	Anton Hubert Fischer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
7 Nov	43.7	Appointed	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
8 Nov	41.2	Installed	Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
9 Nov	65.9	Appointed	José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
34.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Parlais	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Antonio López de Mesa Enthwistle †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
23.0	Ordained Priest	Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Nov		Born	Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ica, Peru
15 Nov		Born	Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
85.6	Died	Pierre Rougeyron, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)
16 Nov	43.7	Ordained Bishop	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
34.0	Ordained Bishop	Ephrem Giesen, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Paltus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
36.3	Ordained Bishop	Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiss (Spiß), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ostracine	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Baron von der Ropp †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
19 Nov		Born	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
20 Nov	56.5	Died	Edvard Jan Nepomuk Brynych †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	Born	Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) †		Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
22 Nov	76.1	Died	Gaetano Aloisi Masella †	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
67.8	Died	Anton Baranowski †	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
27.8	Ordained Priest	Aleksandr Ivanovič Frison †	Priest of Tiraspol, Moldova	Apostolic Administrator of Odessa, Ukraine
23 Nov	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. †	Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
25 Nov	55.1	Died	Giuseppe Barillari †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cariati, Italy
26 Nov	84.6	Died	John MacEvilly †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
27 Nov	74.5	Appointed	Angelo Di Pietro †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
55.7	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Secretary of State
29 Nov		Born	Smiljan Franjo Čekada †		Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
30 Nov	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Addai-Scher †	Bishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
30.8	Ordained Bishop	Hormisdas Étienne Djibri †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
35.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Eugène Manna †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Patriarchal Vicar of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. †	Priest of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
2 Dec	80.0	Died	James Laird Patterson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
3 Dec	38.0	Installed	Francisco Orozco y Jiménez †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
6 Dec		Born	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Dec	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt †	Deacon of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
27.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Myers †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Coadjutor Archbishop
10 Dec	69.9	Died	Rafael Celedón †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
11 Dec	66.0	Installed	José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
12 Dec		Born	Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
23.1	Ordained Priest	Basil Takacs (Takach) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
13 Dec	70.6	Died	Francesco Giordani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
83.7	Died	Bartholomew Woodlock †	Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
15 Dec		Born	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Dec	57.1	Died	Teodosio Maria Gargiulo †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
70.0	Died	Filippo Genovese †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta
20 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Capobianco †	Priest of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
23.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Eugène Limoges †	Priest	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
49.2	Appointed	Pietro Monti †	Apostolic Delegate to Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Prelate Emeritus of Jataí, Brazil
21 Dec	22.5	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Del Bene †	Priest of Valva e Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Marsiglia †	Priest	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
22 Dec		Born	João Batista Costa, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	Born	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †		Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
23 Dec		Born	Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
26 Dec	46.1	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
27 Dec	50.8	Ordained Bishop	João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro †	Bishop of Macau, China
28 Dec		Born	Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
30 Dec	59.1	Appointed	Carlo Caputo †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
49.2	Appointed	Pietro Monti †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
49.2	Resigned	Pietro Monti †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec		Born	René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia

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