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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	77.2	Retired	Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
2 Oct	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Fabiano Francesco Landi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Taenarum	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	37.4	Installed	Leopoldo Duarte e Silva †	Bishop of Curitiba, Brazil	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
5 Oct		Born	Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
	57.7	Resigned	Ján Ivánkovits †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Salvatore Siino †		Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
7 Oct		Born	Sighard Karl Kleiner, O. Cist. †		Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
8 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot Primate of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
9 Oct	22.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’homme †	Priest of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
10 Oct		Born	Ferdinando Ruiz y Solózarno †		Archbishop of Yucatán, México
11 Oct	41.8	Appointed	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop
	41.8	Appointed	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Titular Archbishop of Methymna	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	77.5	Died	Henry O’Callaghan †	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
12 Oct		Born	Lorenzo Gargiulo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
	41.1	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Giuseppe Santarelli †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
13 Oct	62.6	Died	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
15 Oct		Born	Mario De Santis †		Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
16 Oct		Born	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †		Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Théodore Messaieh (Msayeh) †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Titular Archbishop of Methymna	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
17 Oct		Born	Lucas Katsusaburo Arai †		Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
18 Oct	71.8	Died	Donnino Donnini †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Petronio Francesco Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India
20 Oct		Born	Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Malakal, Sudan
21 Oct	70.0	Died	Gaetano Camillo Guindani (Guindari) †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	61.6	Died	Braulio Orúe y Vivanco †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
23 Oct		Born	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †		Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
26 Oct		Born	Alexander Edezath †		Bishop Emeritus of Cochin, India
27 Oct		Born	Joakim Segedi †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
28 Oct	25.8	Ordained Priest	André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero, Italy
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Oct	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Hypaepa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	José Santiago Irala, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct		Born	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	85.6	Died	William Henry Elder †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
		Born	Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.8	Succeeded	Henry K. Moeller †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	69.4	Died	Luigi de Persiis †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Born	Antoni Sagrera Gayá, C.R. †		Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Clerics Regular
1 Nov	25.8	Ordained Priest	Justino José de Sant’Ana †	Priest	Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio García y García †	Priest	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
2 Nov		Born	Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. †		Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia
4 Nov		Born	William Joseph Brennan †		Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
		Born	John Anthony Kyne †		Bishop of Meath, Ireland
		Died	Felipe Salas Errázuriz †	Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.7	Appointed	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
5 Nov		Born	Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. †		Bishop of Changting [Tingchow], China
9 Nov	50.0	Installed	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	60.8	Selected	José Correia Cardoso Monteiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Alois Kessler †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	74.5	Ordained Bishop	William Giles †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Apolinary Wnukowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
14 Nov	41.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Arista-Vigo, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Bishop
	41.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Arista-Vigo, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
	76.1	Appointed	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
	60.5	Appointed	Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	José Cadena y Eleta †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	41.6	Appointed	Carlo Castelli, Obl.S.C. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	39.6	Appointed	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
	39.6	Resigned	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	52.8	Appointed	Francisco Ferreira da Silva †	Prelate of Mozambico
	52.8	Appointed	Francisco Ferreira da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Syene	Prelate of Mozambico
	42.1	Appointed	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	38.2	Appointed	Antolín López y Peláez †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	51.5	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	46.2	Appointed	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Julián Miranda y Ristuer †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	81.8	Died	Mario Mocenni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	51.9	Appointed	Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	41.9	Appointed	António Moutinho †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	60.5	Appointed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.8	Died	Joaquín Pardo y Vergara †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
	49.0	Appointed	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Eduard Karl Gaston Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Titular Archbishop-Elect
	58.6	Appointed	Achille Quadrozzi †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	45.4	Appointed	Manuel Rivera y Muñoz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Querétaro, México	Bishop
	45.4	Appointed	Manuel Rivera y Muñoz †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of Querétaro, México
	68.7	Confirmed	Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Félix Soto y Mancera †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	53.5	Appointed	Lajos Szmrecsányi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop
	53.5	Appointed	Lajos Szmrecsányi †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	58.5	Appointed	Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	53.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Volpi †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Appointed	Jan Nepomuk Weinlich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	73.2	Appointed	Jan Nepomuk Weinlich †	Titular Bishop of Proconnesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	52.0	Appointed	Karel Wisnar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	52.0	Appointed	Karel Wisnar †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
16 Nov		Born	Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †		Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
19 Nov		Born	Georges Jacquot †		Archbishop of Marseille, France
20 Nov	24.1	Ordained Priest	John Henry King †	Priest of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez †	Priest of Michoacán, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	William Miller, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Achille Quadrozzi †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Giuseppe Santarelli †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
24 Nov		Born	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †		Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
26 Nov	73.3	Died	Janos Majorosy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
30 Nov	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Arista-Vigo, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Davis †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Van de Ven †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
Dec	32.7	Appointed	Athanase Melèce Onésime Sawoya, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
4 Dec	22.4	Ordained Priest	Domenico Ettorre †	Priest of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Paolo Giobbe †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
6 Dec		Born	Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Castelli, Obl.S.C. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
8 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	José Carlos de Aguirre †	Priest	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
	17.1	Professed	Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T. †	Member of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	Grand Master Emeritus
11 Dec		Born	John Joseph Maguire †		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
		Born	Nicola Riezzo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
	370.8	Canonized	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Born	Franz Sales Zauner †		Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
13 Dec		Born	Joseph Michael McGee †		Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Dec	58.6	Appointed	Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy	Bishop of Segni, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop of Segni, Italy
15 Dec		Born	Silvio Luis Haro Alvear †		Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
16 Dec	46.4	Appointed	Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
17 Dec	27.0	Ordained Priest	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Arkadiusz Lisiecki †	Priest	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	65.1	Died	Francisco Marvéz †	Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bl. Anselmo Polanco y Fontecha, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
	41.0	Appointed	Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
18 Dec	22.1	Entered	Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop of Segni, Italy
	73.3	Ordained Bishop	Jan Nepomuk Weinlich †	Titular Bishop of Proconnesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Karel Wisnar †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
19 Dec		Born	Gérard-Marie Coderre †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
	41.1	Appointed	Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) †	Apostolic Delegate of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
20 Dec	51.5	Succeeded	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	76.9	Died	Richard Phelan †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
21 Dec	40.8	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	73.5	Died	Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
22 Dec		Born	Aloys Bigirumwami †		Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
		Born	Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †		Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
		Born	Armando Fares †		Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro, Italy
	48.0	Resigned	Richard Preston †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec		Born	Hernán Frías Hurtado †		Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
26 Dec		Born	Natale Mosconi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	68.0	Died	Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	59.6	Died	Louis Marie Piazzoli, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
27 Dec	41.1	Selected	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Coadjutor Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Bishop
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis Lillis †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
29 Dec		Born	Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. †		Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho

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