The Year of Our Lord 1912

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov Resigned Giovanni Battista Niola † Bishop-Elect of Venosa, Italy Former Bishop-Elect

80.7 Retired Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

1 Nov 24.0 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest Francis Martin Kelly † Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

3 Nov 46.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Elaea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yükiang [Yujiang], China

69.6 Died Francisco Jarrín y Moro † Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

5 Nov Born Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. † Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam

57.7 Appointed Gaetano Pizzi † Bishop of San Severo, Italy

6 Nov 76.5 Confirmed Franz Egger † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

7 Nov Born Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

8 Nov Born Laureano Castán Lacoma † Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

Born Thomas McDonnell † Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland

76.8 Appointed Joaquim José Vieira † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil

9 Nov 76.0 Died Francesco Baldassarri † Bishop of Imola, Italy

10 Nov Born Théophile Jean Dahi † Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

26.0 Ordained Priest Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón † Priest of Antioquía, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia

12 Nov Born Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Born Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines

56.8 Appointed Patrick Phelan † Bishop of Sale, Australia

14 Nov 88.7 Died Alfonso Capecelatro (di Castelpagano), C.O. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy

15 Nov Born Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. † Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

17 Nov Born Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

18 Nov Born Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born André Louis Marie Pailler † Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

19 Nov Born Raymond Joseph Gallagher † Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

Born Bernard Joseph McLaughlin † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

38.6 Appointed Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. † Prefect of Niigata, Japan Prefect Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan

23 Nov Born Jean Hengen † Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

24 Nov 36.0 Ordained Bishop Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal † Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

64.8 Ordained Bishop Eusthate-Moïse Sarkis † Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri

26 Nov 69.2 Appointed Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † Librarian of the Vatican Library Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

27 Nov 76.5 Installed Franz Egger † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

42.0 Selected Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. † Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Born Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México

74.8 Died José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

77.9 Died Raffaele Sandrelli † Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

30 Nov 63.1 Appointed Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

22.5 Ordained Priest Justin Daniel Simonds † Priest of Sydney, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

Dec 63.3 Died Youssef Debs (Diab) † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

Born Michel Ntuyahaga † Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

1 Dec 72.4 Died James Charles McDonald † Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

2 Dec 65.1 Appointed Enrique Almaraz y Santos † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

58.3 Appointed Vincenzo Bacchi † Bishop of Faenza, Italy

83.6 Died Giovanni Barcia † Titular Bishop of Croae

72.9 Appointed Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

74.3 Appointed José María Cos y Macho † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

60.9 Appointed Silvio Gasperini † Bishop of Anagni, Italy

60.9 Confirmed Felix von Hartmann † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

48.3 Appointed Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez † Bishop of Tabasco, México Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Elevated to Cardinal Károly Hornig † Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

45.4 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Masera † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

45.4 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Masera † Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria) Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

45.4 Resigned Giovanni Andrea Masera † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

57.0 Appointed Franz Xaver Nagl † Cardinal-Priest of San Marco Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

48.0 Appointed Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

52.4 Appointed Adam Senger † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Adam Senger † Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

51.8 Appointed Natale Serafino † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy

60.6 Appointed Hector-Irénée Sévin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

63.1 Appointed Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Echinus Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia

63.1 Resigned Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

65.8 Appointed Antonio Vico † Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

3 Dec Born Odoric Victor Liu Hede (Liu Ho-teh), O.F.M. † Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China

Born Mario Zanchin † Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy

4 Dec 52.3 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Hanna † Titular Bishop of Titiopolis Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

5 Dec Born José María Mestres † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

7 Dec 87.4 Died Wincenty Teofil Chościak-Popiel † Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

8 Dec 42.7 Installed João Batista Becker † Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

38.1 Ordained Bishop Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Tanagra Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China

10 Dec 42.1 Ordained Bishop Edouard Alfred LeBlanc † Bishop of Saint John in New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

36.0 Appointed Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon Vicar Apostolic

36.0 Appointed Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Corycus Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

11 Dec 48.4 Appointed André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam

48.4 Appointed André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Magydus Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam

12 Dec Born Joseph A. Carroll † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

58.7 Appointed Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

46.1 Appointed Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic

46.1 Appointed Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Laranda Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam

54.7 Succeeded Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania

13 Dec 60.4 Appointed János Csernoch † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

39.0 Appointed Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Vicar Apostolic

39.0 Appointed Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Lyrbe Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Born Paschal Sweeney, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

14 Dec 37.6 Appointed Bl. Valeriu Traian Frentiu † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

42.1 Confirmed Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. † Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

56.3 Appointed Tommaso Trussoni † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

17 Dec Born Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. † Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China

19 Dec 55.6 Appointed Francesco di Costanzo † Titular Bishop of Amisus Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy

55.6 Resigned Francesco di Costanzo † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

38.5 Installed Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

20 Dec Born Manuel Nunes Gabriel † Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

55.3 Appointed Joseph-Marie Tissier † Bishop of Châlons, France

21 Dec 23.2 Ordained Priest Raffaele Baratta † Priest of Bologna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy

25.2 Ordained Subdeacon Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. † Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

53.9 Converted Jules Abraham David †

61.9 Converted Jean-Elie Hallouli † Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine

22.8 Ordained Priest Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France

33.7 Ordained Priest Rafael Lira Infante † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

24.3 Ordained Priest Luis Alonso Muñoyerro † Priest Archbishop of Spain, Military

22 Dec 35.5 Installed Bl. Nykyta Budka † Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

61.0 Installed Neil McNeil † Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

24 Dec Born Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru

25 Dec 19.4 Professed Bonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. † Member of Society of the Divine Savior Superior General Emeritus

26 Dec Born Domenico Picchinenna † Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

27 Dec Born David John Cashman † Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

67.6 Died Giovanni Battista Flapp † Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

29 Dec Born Frane Franić † Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

22.5 Ordained Priest Jozsef Pétery † Priest Bishop of Vác, Hungary

Born Pierluigi Sartorelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Niola †	Bishop-Elect of Venosa, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
80.7	Retired	Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1 Nov	24.0	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Martin Kelly †	Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Elaea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
69.6	Died	Francisco Jarrín y Moro †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Nov		Born	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †		Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
57.7	Appointed	Gaetano Pizzi †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
6 Nov	76.5	Confirmed	Franz Egger †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Nov		Born	Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
8 Nov		Born	Laureano Castán Lacoma †		Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	Born	Thomas McDonnell †		Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
76.8	Appointed	Joaquim José Vieira †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil
9 Nov	76.0	Died	Francesco Baldassarri †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
10 Nov		Born	Théophile Jean Dahi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
26.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Priest of Antioquía, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
12 Nov		Born	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Born	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
56.8	Appointed	Patrick Phelan †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
14 Nov	88.7	Died	Alfonso Capecelatro (di Castelpagano), C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
15 Nov		Born	Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
17 Nov		Born	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
18 Nov		Born	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †		Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	André Louis Marie Pailler †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
19 Nov		Born	Raymond Joseph Gallagher †		Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
	Born	Bernard Joseph McLaughlin †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
38.6	Appointed	Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan	Prefect Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
23 Nov		Born	Jean Hengen †		Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
24 Nov	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Eusthate-Moïse Sarkis †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
26 Nov	69.2	Appointed	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
27 Nov	76.5	Installed	Franz Egger †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
42.0	Selected	Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Born	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †		Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
74.8	Died	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
77.9	Died	Raffaele Sandrelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
30 Nov	63.1	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
22.5	Ordained Priest	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
Dec	63.3	Died	Youssef Debs (Diab) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	Born	Michel Ntuyahaga †		Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
1 Dec	72.4	Died	James Charles McDonald †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
2 Dec	65.1	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
58.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Bacchi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
83.6	Died	Giovanni Barcia †	Titular Bishop of Croae
72.9	Appointed	Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
74.3	Appointed	José María Cos y Macho †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
60.9	Appointed	Silvio Gasperini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
60.9	Confirmed	Felix von Hartmann †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
48.3	Appointed	Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Károly Hornig †	Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
45.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
45.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
45.4	Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
57.0	Appointed	Franz Xaver Nagl †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
48.0	Appointed	Francisco Orozco y Jiménez †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
52.4	Appointed	Adam Senger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Adam Senger †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
51.8	Appointed	Natale Serafino †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Hector-Irénée Sévin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
63.1	Appointed	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
63.1	Resigned	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
65.8	Appointed	Antonio Vico †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
3 Dec		Born	Odoric Victor Liu Hede (Liu Ho-teh), O.F.M. †		Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	Born	Mario Zanchin †		Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
4 Dec	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Dec		Born	José María Mestres †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
7 Dec	87.4	Died	Wincenty Teofil Chościak-Popiel †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
8 Dec	42.7	Installed	João Batista Becker †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
38.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China
10 Dec	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Alfred LeBlanc †	Bishop of Saint John in New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
36.0	Appointed	Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic
36.0	Appointed	Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
11 Dec	48.4	Appointed	André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam
48.4	Appointed	André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Vicar Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam
12 Dec		Born	Joseph A. Carroll †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
58.7	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
46.1	Appointed	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
46.1	Appointed	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
54.7	Succeeded	Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
13 Dec	60.4	Appointed	János Csernoch †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
39.0	Appointed	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Vicar Apostolic
39.0	Appointed	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	Born	Paschal Sweeney, C.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
14 Dec	37.6	Appointed	Bl. Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
42.1	Confirmed	Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
56.3	Appointed	Tommaso Trussoni †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec		Born	Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. †		Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
19 Dec	55.6	Appointed	Francesco di Costanzo †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy
55.6	Resigned	Francesco di Costanzo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
38.5	Installed	Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
20 Dec		Born	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †		Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
55.3	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Tissier †	Bishop of Châlons, France
21 Dec	23.2	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Baratta †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
25.2	Ordained Subdeacon	Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †	Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
53.9	Converted	Jules Abraham David †
61.9	Converted	Jean-Elie Hallouli †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
22.8	Ordained Priest	Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
33.7	Ordained Priest	Rafael Lira Infante †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
24.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Priest	Archbishop of Spain, Military
22 Dec	35.5	Installed	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
61.0	Installed	Neil McNeil †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 Dec		Born	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
25 Dec	19.4	Professed	Bonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. †	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Superior General Emeritus
26 Dec		Born	Domenico Picchinenna †		Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
27 Dec		Born	David John Cashman †		Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
67.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Flapp †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
29 Dec		Born	Frane Franić †		Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Jozsef Pétery †	Priest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	Born	Pierluigi Sartorelli †		Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

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