The Year of Our Lord 1903

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Arturo Mery Beckdorf † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

Born Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

2 Oct 45.2 Appointed Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel † Bishop of Monaco

4 Oct 55.8 Ordained Bishop Carlo Marozio † Bishop of Susa, Italy

Born Paulus Rusch † Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria

23.3 Ordained Priest Santiago Caragnan Sancho † Priest of Nueva Caceres, Philippines Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

39.8 Installed Francisco Uranga y Sáenz † Bishop of Sinaloa, México Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

5 Oct Born Maksimilijan Držecnik † Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

9 Oct 27.2 Incardinated Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of México, Federal District

11 Oct 66.6 Died Eugenio Carlo Valussi † Bishop of Trento, Italy

13 Oct 41.3 Succeeded John Joseph Glennon † Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

62.3 Died John Joseph Kain † Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

83.6 Died Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy

18 Oct 77.5 Appointed Domenico Bucchi-Accica † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy Bishop

21 Oct 65.2 Died Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule † Bishop of Vannes, France

22 Oct 43.3 Confirmed Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

25 Oct 61.2 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Cortés y Cullell † Titular Bishop of Eudoxias Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

22.4 Ordained Priest Antonio Bento Martins Júnior † Priest Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Born Domenico Savarese † Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

Born José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

26 Oct Born John Michael O’Neill † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

63.8 Appointed Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.J. † President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

27 Oct 42.7 Appointed Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

30.7 Appointed Pierre-Macarie Saba † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

30.7 Appointed Pierre-Macarie Saba † Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

28 Oct 34.8 Ordained Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

54.4 Ordained Bishop Augustinus Josephus Callier † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

27.5 Ordained Priest Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Superior of Lunda, Angola

37.3 Ordained Bishop Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada † Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

37.4 Ordained Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Amastris Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

60.6 Ordained Bishop Braulio Orúe y Vivanco † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

27.1 Ordained Priest Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

29 Oct Born Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

30 Oct Born Renato Luisi † Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

Nov 61.7 Resigned Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

2 Nov 68.1 Died Antonio Maria de Lorenzo † Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

Born Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy

3 Nov 61.6 Died Jean-Baptiste Brondel † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

Born Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Prome, Myanmar

4 Nov Born Joseph Maria Pernicone † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

5 Nov 72.0 Died Heinrich Brück (Brueck) † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

8 Nov 48.6 Ordained Bishop José Alves de Matos † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

45.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel † Bishop of Monaco

43.9 Ordained Bishop Franz Xaver Geyer, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Trocmades Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

Born Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

9 Nov 62.0 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Callegari † Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

45.5 Appointed José de Camargo Barros † Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Born Léon-Etienne Duval † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

50.0 Appointed José Ramón Ibarra y González † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

38.0 Elevated to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

50.7 Appointed Vincent (Vinko) Pulišić † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

52.8 Appointed Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

52.8 Appointed Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

51.9 Appointed Eduard Baron von der Ropp † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

64.5 Appointed Heinrich Vollmar † Bishop of Germany, Military Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Heinrich Vollmar † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

10 Nov Born Vincentas Brizgys † Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

11 Nov 50.2 Appointed Gaetano De Lai † Secretary of the Congregation of the Council Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy

12 Nov 54.4 Appointed Andrea Aiuti † Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

74.6 Died Giuseppe Apollonio † Bishop of Treviso, Italy

62.0 Appointed Giuseppe Callegari † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

70.5 Appointed Francisco García y López † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

70.5 Appointed Francisco García y López † Titular Bishop of Loryma Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

71.4 Appointed Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

38.0 Appointed Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

38.0 Appointed Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

49.9 Appointed Julián Miranda y Ristuer † Bishop of Astorga, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

65.5 Appointed Emidio Taliani † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

14 Nov 55.3 Installed Pietro Terroni † Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy

16 Nov 68.9 Died Etienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong † Bishop of Nevers, France

18 Nov 60.6 Installed Braulio Orúe y Vivanco † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

22 Nov 37.1 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Tanis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China

23 Nov 78.3 Died Felice Gialdini † Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

24 Nov 52.5 Died Johann Baptist von Anzer, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China

Born Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † Bishop of Piura, Peru

27 Nov 23.2 Ordained Priest Mihovil Pušić † Priest of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

28 Nov Born Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

56.2 Appointed Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

29 Nov 42.8 Ordained Bishop Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

30.7 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Macarie Saba † Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

30 Nov Born José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.4 Selected Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

2 Dec 51.9 Installed Eduard Baron von der Ropp † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

3 Dec 31.9 Appointed Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M. † Prefect of Shiré, Malawi Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi

5 Dec 61.7 Died Federico Domenico Sala † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

6 Dec 24.9 Ordained Priest August Wachter, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Prefect of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia

9 Dec Born Angelo Dell’Acqua † Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

81.8 Died Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

10 Dec 56.2 Installed Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

13 Dec 57.8 Died Denis Mary Bradley † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

43.4 Ordained Bishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

61.9 Died Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba

15 Dec 37.3 Died Maximilian Albert, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

Born Edward John Doody † Bishop of Armidale, Australia

18 Dec 22.0 Ordained Deacon St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † Deacon of Bergamo, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

19 Dec 24.4 Ordained Priest Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

23.6 Ordained Priest Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania

34.0 Appointed Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

34.0 Appointed Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Thugga Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Natal, South Africa

45.4 Appointed James Joseph Hartley † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

26.7 Ordained Priest Agostinho de Jesus e Souza † Priest of Braga, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

23.2 Ordained Priest Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

23.1 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Ricca † Priest Bishop of Trapani, Italy

20 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda † Priest of Campinas, Brazil Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil

22 Dec 52.6 Appointed Armand Olier, S.M. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga Vicar Apostolic

52.6 Appointed Armand Olier, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga

Born Matthew Pothanamuzhi † Bishop Emeritus of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India

23 Dec Born Bolesław Kominek † Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

24 Dec Born Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

26 Dec Born Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus

27 Dec Born William Aloysius O’Connor † Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

Born Hermann Volk † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

28 Dec 23.6 Ordained Priest Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. † Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29 Dec Born Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone † Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

30 Dec 57.1 Appointed Juan Bautista Castro † Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop

57.1 Appointed Juan Bautista Castro † Titular Archbishop of Serrae Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Arturo Mery Beckdorf †		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	Born	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
2 Oct	45.2	Appointed	Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel †	Bishop of Monaco
4 Oct	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Marozio †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	Born	Paulus Rusch †		Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria
23.3	Ordained Priest	Santiago Caragnan Sancho †	Priest of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
39.8	Installed	Francisco Uranga y Sáenz †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
5 Oct		Born	Maksimilijan Držecnik †		Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
9 Oct	27.2	Incardinated	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of México, Federal District
11 Oct	66.6	Died	Eugenio Carlo Valussi †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
13 Oct	41.3	Succeeded	John Joseph Glennon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
62.3	Died	John Joseph Kain †	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
83.6	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
18 Oct	77.5	Appointed	Domenico Bucchi-Accica †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop
21 Oct	65.2	Died	Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule †	Bishop of Vannes, France
22 Oct	43.3	Confirmed	Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Cortés y Cullell †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
22.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Bento Martins Júnior †	Priest	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	Born	Domenico Savarese †		Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
	Born	José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
26 Oct		Born	John Michael O’Neill †		Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
63.8	Appointed	Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.J. †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
27 Oct	42.7	Appointed	Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
30.7	Appointed	Pierre-Macarie Saba †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
30.7	Appointed	Pierre-Macarie Saba †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Oct	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Augustinus Josephus Callier †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
27.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Superior of Lunda, Angola
37.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
37.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Amastris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Braulio Orúe y Vivanco †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
27.1	Ordained Priest	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
29 Oct		Born	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
30 Oct		Born	Renato Luisi †		Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
Nov	61.7	Resigned	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Nov	68.1	Died	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
	Born	Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
3 Nov	61.6	Died	Jean-Baptiste Brondel †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	Born	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Prome, Myanmar
4 Nov		Born	Joseph Maria Pernicone †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Nov	72.0	Died	Heinrich Brück (Brueck) †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Nov	48.6	Ordained Bishop	José Alves de Matos †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel †	Bishop of Monaco
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Franz Xaver Geyer, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Trocmades	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
	Born	Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
9 Nov	62.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Callegari †	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
45.5	Appointed	José de Camargo Barros †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Léon-Etienne Duval †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
50.0	Appointed	José Ramón Ibarra y González †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
38.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
50.7	Appointed	Vincent (Vinko) Pulišić †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
52.8	Appointed	Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
52.8	Appointed	Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek †	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
51.9	Appointed	Eduard Baron von der Ropp †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
64.5	Appointed	Heinrich Vollmar †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Heinrich Vollmar †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
10 Nov		Born	Vincentas Brizgys †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
11 Nov	50.2	Appointed	Gaetano De Lai †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
12 Nov	54.4	Appointed	Andrea Aiuti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
74.6	Died	Giuseppe Apollonio †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
62.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Callegari †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
70.5	Appointed	Francisco García y López †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
70.5	Appointed	Francisco García y López †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
71.4	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Katschthaler †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
38.0	Appointed	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
38.0	Appointed	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
49.9	Appointed	Julián Miranda y Ristuer †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
65.5	Appointed	Emidio Taliani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
14 Nov	55.3	Installed	Pietro Terroni †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
16 Nov	68.9	Died	Etienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong †	Bishop of Nevers, France
18 Nov	60.6	Installed	Braulio Orúe y Vivanco †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
22 Nov	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China
23 Nov	78.3	Died	Felice Gialdini †	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
24 Nov	52.5	Died	Johann Baptist von Anzer, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China
	Born	Carlos Alberto Arce Masías †		Bishop of Piura, Peru
27 Nov	23.2	Ordained Priest	Mihovil Pušić †	Priest of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov		Born	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †		Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
56.2	Appointed	Sebastian Gebhard Messmer †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
29 Nov	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
30.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Macarie Saba †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
30 Nov		Born	José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares †		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.4	Selected	Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 Dec	51.9	Installed	Eduard Baron von der Ropp †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
3 Dec	31.9	Appointed	Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Shiré, Malawi	Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
5 Dec	61.7	Died	Federico Domenico Sala †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
6 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	August Wachter, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Prefect of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia
9 Dec		Born	Angelo Dell’Acqua †		Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
81.8	Died	Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Dec	56.2	Installed	Sebastian Gebhard Messmer †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
13 Dec	57.8	Died	Denis Mary Bradley †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
61.9	Died	Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
15 Dec	37.3	Died	Maximilian Albert, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	Born	Edward John Doody †		Bishop of Armidale, Australia
18 Dec	22.0	Ordained Deacon	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Deacon of Bergamo, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
19 Dec	24.4	Ordained Priest	Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
23.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
34.0	Appointed	Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
34.0	Appointed	Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Thugga	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Natal, South Africa
45.4	Appointed	James Joseph Hartley †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
26.7	Ordained Priest	Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †	Priest of Braga, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
23.2	Ordained Priest	Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
23.1	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Ricca †	Priest	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
20 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Priest of Campinas, Brazil	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
22 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Armand Olier, S.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga	Vicar Apostolic
52.6	Appointed	Armand Olier, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
	Born	Matthew Pothanamuzhi †		Bishop Emeritus of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Dec		Born	Bolesław Kominek †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
24 Dec		Born	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
26 Dec		Born	Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus
27 Dec		Born	William Aloysius O’Connor †		Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA
	Born	Hermann Volk †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
28 Dec	23.6	Ordained Priest	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Dec		Born	Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone †		Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
30 Dec	57.1	Appointed	Juan Bautista Castro †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop
57.1	Appointed	Juan Bautista Castro †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

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