The Year of Our Lord 1920

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

6 Nov 28.8 Solemn Vows Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. † Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

Born Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

8 Nov Born Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Nov Born Héctor Rueda Hernández † Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

10 Nov Born Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

66.9 Died William Andrew Macdonell † Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

11 Nov 28.8 Ordained Priest Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. † Priest of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

12 Nov 50.3 Appointed Ernesto Cozzi † Apostolic Delegate to Albania

13 Nov Born Edward Thomas Hughes † Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

14 Nov 43.6 Installed Francisco de Campos Barreto † Bishop of Campinas, Brazil

36.7 Ordained Bishop Manuel Nunes Coelho † Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

28.8 Ordained Priest Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China

Born Alojzij Šuštar † Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

16 Nov Born Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. † Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

20 Nov 37.6 Appointed Basile Khoury (Khouri) † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

21 Nov 27.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China

33.3 Ordained Deacon Plácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. † Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot

22 Nov 39.8 Appointed Achille Grimaldi † Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Priest

Born Michael Francis McAuliffe † Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

25 Nov 80.6 Died Pasquale de Siena † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

26 Nov 81.7 Died Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China

55.5 Succeeded Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

28 Nov 52.6 Ordained Bishop Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

30 Nov 40.8 Ordained Bishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Apollonia Vicar Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia

56.6 Ordained Bishop Michael O’Farrell, C.M. † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

Dec 54.2 Resigned Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Dec Born Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Naha, Japan

2 Dec 49.1 Appointed Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

Born Maximos Salloum † Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel

3 Dec Born Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

47.1 Appointed Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China

4 Dec 45.9 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane † Titular Bishop of Samaria Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

64.8 Died Franz Löbmann † Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

Born Michel Yatim † Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

5 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Ildebrando Antoniutti † Priest of Udine, Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes

25.7 Ordained Priest Donato Pafundi † Priest Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

7 Dec 53.8 Appointed Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

79.8 Died José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

Born Joseph Sun Yuanmo † Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China

8 Dec 44.1 Appointed Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

44.1 Appointed Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Latvia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

44.1 Appointed Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Apostolic Delegate to Estonia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

47.9 Ordained Bishop Henry Thomas Renouf † Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

28.1 Ordained Priest Renato Ziggiotti, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Rector Major Emeritus

9 Dec 82.7 Appointed Jaime Cardona y Tur † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

77.0 Died José Meseguer y Costa † Archbishop of Granada, Spain

59.1 Died Demetriu Radu † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

Born Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

10 Dec Born Antônio Batista Fragoso † Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil

Born Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Born Michael Russell † Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

49.7 Incardinated Wincenty Tymieniecki † Priest of Łódź, Poland Bishop

12 Dec 37.7 Ordained Bishop Basile Khoury (Khouri) † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

39.5 Ordained Bishop James Michael Liston † Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus) Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand

Born José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano † Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, México

64.5 Died Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. † Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

52.1 Ordained Bishop James Whyte † Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

14 Dec 70.2 Died Anton Mahnič † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

82.2 Died José Ignacio Eduardo Sánchez y Camacho † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México

16 Dec 73.2 Appointed Enrique Almaraz y Santos † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

46.1 Appointed Šimon Bárta † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

50.7 Appointed Vilmos Batthyány † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

50.7 Retired Vilmos Batthyány † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Cius Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

58.3 Resigned James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Marián Bláha † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

56.2 Appointed Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes † Bishop of Monaco Bishop Emeritus

82.9 Appointed Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

53.0 Installed Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. † Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

50.4 Appointed Ernesto Cozzi † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Apostolic Delegate to Albania

40.7 Appointed José da Costa Nunes † Bishop of Macau, China Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

46.3 Appointed Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Prelate of Mozambico Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

46.3 Appointed Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Augusta Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

36.3 Appointed José do Patrocinio Dias † Bishop of Beja, Portugal

55.4 Appointed Giorgio Francesco Delrio † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

56.4 Appointed Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Alfred Flocard † Bishop of Limoges, France

43.5 Installed John Mark Gannon † Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Fidel García Martínez † Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Fidel García Martínez † Titular Bishop of Hippos Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain

36.6 Appointed Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

36.6 Appointed Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Canopus Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

46.0 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Theveste Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada

58.2 Appointed Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

45.0 Appointed Karel Kmetko † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe Lagumina † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe Lagumina † Titular Bishop of Samos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

54.1 Appointed Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Ersilio Menzani † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

43.2 Appointed Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

58.7 Appointed Saturnino Peri † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed Juan Plaza y García † Bishop of Santander, Spain

72.7 Appointed Wolfgang Radnai † Titular Archbishop of Axomis Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

72.7 Resigned Wolfgang Radnai † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta † Titular Bishop of Hephaestus Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

59.1 Resigned Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.1 Appointed Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Amyclae Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China

39.7 Appointed Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

43.0 Appointed Ján Vojtassák † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

17 Dec 58.7 Appointed Salvatore Bella † Bishop of Acireale, Italy

18 Dec 26.0 Ordained Priest Carlo Bandini † Priest of Faenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Henri Belleau, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada

26.4 Ordained Deacon Henri-René-Adrien Brault † Deacon of Paris, France Bishop of Saint-Dié, France

23.9 Ordained Priest Oleksandr Khira (Chira) † Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop

29.7 Ordained Priest Luigi Faveri † Priest of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

40.9 Ordained Deacon Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier † Deacon of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

22.6 Ordained Priest Bl. Wladyslaw Goral † Priest of Lublin, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

46.0 Appointed Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Perrhe Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada

Born Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

Born Michael Kien Samophithak † Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

29.3 Ordained Priest Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

27.6 Ordained Priest José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

25.5 Ordained Priest Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy

20 Dec 43.9 Appointed Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Hesbon Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)

43.9 Confirmed Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)

Born André Sana † Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Clément Georges Schelhoth † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

21 Dec 35.4 Ordained Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † Titular Bishop of Thagora Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

22 Dec 49.1 Appointed Giuseppe Castelli † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

23 Dec 46.1 Appointed Leopoldo Lara y Torres † Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec Born James William Gleeson † Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia

25 Dec 23.3 Ordained Priest Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek) Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

92.5 Died Francesco d’Albore † Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy

Born Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. † Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

26 Dec Born Pedro Filipak † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

65.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Lagumina † Titular Bishop of Samos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

Born Paul Liu Jing-he † Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China

27 Dec 50.4 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Cozzi † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Apostolic Delegate to Albania

53.8 Ordained Bishop Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

Born Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. † Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru

41.9 Ordained Bishop Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Thelepte Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands

30 Dec 45.3 Appointed Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

31 Dec Born Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France

85.7 Died Antonio Sabatucci † Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
6 Nov	28.8	Solemn Vows	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. †	Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	Born	Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
8 Nov		Born	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Nov		Born	Héctor Rueda Hernández †		Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
10 Nov		Born	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †		Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
66.9	Died	William Andrew Macdonell †	Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
11 Nov	28.8	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. †	Priest of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
12 Nov	50.3	Appointed	Ernesto Cozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
13 Nov		Born	Edward Thomas Hughes †		Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
14 Nov	43.6	Installed	Francisco de Campos Barreto †	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
36.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Nunes Coelho †	Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.8	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
	Born	Alojzij Šuštar †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Nov		Born	Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. †		Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
20 Nov	37.6	Appointed	Basile Khoury (Khouri) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
33.3	Ordained Deacon	Plácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot
22 Nov	39.8	Appointed	Achille Grimaldi †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Priest
	Born	Michael Francis McAuliffe †		Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
25 Nov	80.6	Died	Pasquale de Siena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Nov	81.7	Died	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
55.5	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
28 Nov	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
30 Nov	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Vicar Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael O’Farrell, C.M. †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
Dec	54.2	Resigned	Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Dec		Born	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Naha, Japan
2 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	Born	Maximos Salloum †		Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
3 Dec		Born	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
47.1	Appointed	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China
4 Dec	45.9	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph James Keane †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
64.8	Died	Franz Löbmann †	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	Born	Michel Yatim †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Priest of Udine, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
25.7	Ordained Priest	Donato Pafundi †	Priest	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
7 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
79.8	Died	José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Neto, O.F.M. Disc. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	Born	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †		Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
8 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Apostolic Delegate to Estonia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Thomas Renouf †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
28.1	Ordained Priest	Renato Ziggiotti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Rector Major Emeritus
9 Dec	82.7	Appointed	Jaime Cardona y Tur †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
77.0	Died	José Meseguer y Costa †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
59.1	Died	Demetriu Radu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	Born	Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
10 Dec		Born	Antônio Batista Fragoso †		Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	Born	Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
	Born	Michael Russell †		Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
49.7	Incardinated	Wincenty Tymieniecki †	Priest of Łódź, Poland	Bishop
12 Dec	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Basile Khoury (Khouri) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
39.5	Ordained Bishop	James Michael Liston †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
	Born	José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano †		Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, México
64.5	Died	Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
52.1	Ordained Bishop	James Whyte †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
14 Dec	70.2	Died	Anton Mahnič †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
82.2	Died	José Ignacio Eduardo Sánchez y Camacho †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
16 Dec	73.2	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
46.1	Appointed	Šimon Bárta †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
50.7	Appointed	Vilmos Batthyány †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
50.7	Retired	Vilmos Batthyány †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
58.3	Resigned	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Marián Bláha †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
56.2	Appointed	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
82.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
53.0	Installed	Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
50.4	Appointed	Ernesto Cozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
40.7	Appointed	José da Costa Nunes †	Bishop of Macau, China	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
46.3	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Mozambico	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
46.3	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Augusta	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
36.3	Appointed	José do Patrocinio Dias †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
55.4	Appointed	Giorgio Francesco Delrio †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
56.4	Appointed	Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Alfred Flocard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
43.5	Installed	John Mark Gannon †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Fidel García Martínez †	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Fidel García Martínez †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
36.6	Appointed	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
36.6	Appointed	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Canopus	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
46.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada
58.2	Appointed	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
45.0	Appointed	Karel Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
54.1	Appointed	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Ersilio Menzani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
43.2	Appointed	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
58.7	Appointed	Saturnino Peri †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Juan Plaza y García †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
72.7	Appointed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Titular Archbishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
72.7	Resigned	Wolfgang Radnai †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
59.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.1	Appointed	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China
39.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.0	Appointed	Ján Vojtassák †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
17 Dec	58.7	Appointed	Salvatore Bella †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
18 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Carlo Bandini †	Priest of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
26.4	Ordained Deacon	Henri-René-Adrien Brault †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
23.9	Ordained Priest	Oleksandr Khira (Chira) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
29.7	Ordained Priest	Luigi Faveri †	Priest of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
40.9	Ordained Deacon	Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier †	Deacon of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Bl. Wladyslaw Goral †	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
46.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Perrhe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada
	Born	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †		Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	Born	Michael Kien Samophithak †		Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
29.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
27.6	Ordained Priest	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
25.5	Ordained Priest	Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
20 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hesbon	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
43.9	Confirmed	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
	Born	André Sana †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Clément Georges Schelhoth †		Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
21 Dec	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
22 Dec	49.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Castelli †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
23 Dec	46.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Lara y Torres †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec		Born	James William Gleeson †		Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
25 Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
92.5	Died	Francesco d’Albore †	Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy
	Born	Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. †		Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
26 Dec		Born	Pedro Filipak †		Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	Born	Paul Liu Jing-he †		Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
27 Dec	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Cozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	Born	Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †		Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
30 Dec	45.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Dec		Born	Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
85.7	Died	Antonio Sabatucci †	Apostolic Nuncio

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