The Year of Our Lord 1924

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 23.1 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Dell’Omo † Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy

41.9 Appointed Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Hanyang [Hanyang], China Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China

25.6 Ordained Priest Bernard William Griffin † Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

67.7 Died Josip Lang † Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

25.7 Ordained Priest Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. † Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.9 Appointed Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Estonia Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

2 Nov Born Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

3 Nov Born Samuel Ruiz García † Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

4 Nov 65.0 Died Matthias Dier, S.V.D. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Togo

5 Nov 48.4 Appointed Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

6 Nov Born Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

7 Nov Born Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador

8 Nov 54.7 Appointed Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

63.4 Appointed Antoni Laubitz † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

63.4 Appointed Antoni Laubitz † Titular Bishop of Iasus Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

Born Robert Lebel † Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

Born Victorinus Youn Kong-hi Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

9 Nov Born Severin Pernek † Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

12 Nov 67.1 Installed Giuseppe Ballerini † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

13 Nov 38.5 Appointed Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. † Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

Born Román Arrieta Villalobos † Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

35.8 Appointed [Julio Garret] † Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

36.5 Appointed Cleto Loayza Gumiel † Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

15 Nov 51.2 Appointed Auguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

16 Nov 23.5 Ordained Priest Luis Chávez y González † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Archbishop Emeritus

Born Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio

17 Nov 50.7 Appointed Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. † Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

Born John Aloysius O’Mara † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

18 Nov 48.9 Appointed Giovanni Pranzini † Bishop of Carpi, Italy

19 Nov 84.1 Died Michael Logue † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

67.9 Succeeded Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

26.8 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Tigga † Priest Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India

21 Nov 42.5 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Apostolic Delegate to México

22 Nov Born Józef Pazdur † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

23 Nov 62.1 Installed Anatol Wincenty Nowak (Novak) † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

28.5 Entered Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines

25 Nov 46.4 Appointed Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Lanchowfu, China Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China

41.2 Appointed Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Paotingfu, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China

26 Nov 53.4 Installed John Thomas McNally † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

27 Nov Born Georges Biard, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali

13.3 Entered Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

42.0 Appointed Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Uélé {Uélé Orientale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka

28 Nov Born Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

30 Nov 24.3 Ordained Priest Jan Fondalinski † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland

51.1 Ordained Bishop Janez Franciszek Gnidovec, C.M. † Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

Dec 80.8 Retired John Rooney † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya † Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

1 Dec Born Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

53.3 Ordained Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

62.9 Ceased Johann Jakob von Hauck † Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg, Germany Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

Born Joseph Li Mingshu † Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China

2 Dec Born John Raymond McGann † Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

3 Dec 47.8 Appointed Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

61.9 Appointed Ernest Frans Geurts, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Yüngpingfu, China

56.8 Appointed Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Diarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan) † Bishop of Kerry, Ireland

Born Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

56.7 Appointed François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China

51.7 Appointed Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China

4 Dec Born Jean Gratton † Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

6 Dec 79.6 Died Herman Joseph Alerding † Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Born Salvador Quizon Quizon † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

7 Dec Born Martino Gomiero † Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy

54.4 Ordained Bishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia Archbishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

8 Dec 44.6 Ordained Bishop José Carlos de Aguirre † Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil

36.3 Ordained Bishop [Carlos Duarte Costa] † Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil

Born Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

10 Dec Born Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo † Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

11 Dec Born Giovanni Saldarini † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

12 Dec 44.1 Appointed Alexandru Theodor Cisar † Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

45.1 Appointed Michael Joseph Curley † Apostolic Administrator of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA

43.7 Ordained Bishop Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Hernando Rojas Ramirez † Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia

47.2 Confirmed Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. † Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA Abbot Emeritus

13 Dec Born Gaetano Bonicelli Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

14 Dec 54.6 Appointed Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † Coadjutor Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Bishop

54.6 Appointed Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † Titular Bishop of Podalia Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

47.8 Died Pietro Pomares y De Morant † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

16 Dec 54.0 Appointed Rigoberto Domenech y Valls † Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

54.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

17 Dec Born Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines

18 Dec Born Alberto Ablondi † Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy

57.2 Appointed Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna Cardinal, Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to United States of America

46.5 Appointed Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Issus Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China

51.2 Appointed Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. † Apostolic Delegate to México Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

51.2 Appointed Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

54.8 Appointed Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic

54.8 Appointed Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Usula Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.8 Appointed Roberto Giulio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Camachus Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil

54.8 Appointed Roberto Giulio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil

48.6 Appointed Augusto Álvaro da Silva † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

39.4 Appointed Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † Bishop of Osma, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

43.7 Appointed Fortunato Maria Farina † Bishop of Foggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Luigi Ferri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

78.2 Appointed Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

43.9 Appointed Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P. † Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

46.8 Appointed Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

46.8 Appointed Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

42.0 Appointed Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Tricca Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.9 Appointed Michele Lega † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

41.3 Appointed Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Sidyma Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China

54.6 Appointed Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M. † Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

54.6 Appointed Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M. † Titular Bishop of Agathopolis Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

54.9 Appointed Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

38.5 Appointed José Maria Parreira Lara † Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.9 Appointed António Joaquim Pereira † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Priest

62.9 Appointed António Joaquim Pereira † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Priest

48.5 Appointed Giovanni Piccioni † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy Bishop of Livorno, Italy

51.5 Appointed Justo Rivas Fernández † Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

51.8 Appointed Antonio Scarante † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy Bishop of Faenza, Italy

50.1 Died Francesco Sidoli † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

53.3 Appointed Joseph Thorman † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

48.7 Appointed Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

48.7 Appointed Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Plataea Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

43.4 Appointed Silverio Velasco Pérez † Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

43.4 Appointed Silverio Velasco Pérez † Titular Bishop of Ticelia Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

20 Dec 28.3 Ordained Deacon Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † Deacon of Besançon, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

26.8 Ordained Priest Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

24.9 Ordained Priest Emilio Antonio di Pasquo † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina

27.5 Ordained Priest Germiniano Esorto † Priest of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

22.8 Ordained Deacon Vincent-Marie Favé † Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Deacon Pierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe † Deacon Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

25.3 Ordained Deacon Carlo Livraghi † Deacon of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

27.2 Ordained Deacon Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. † Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam

28.3 Ordained Priest Pierre François Jean-Baptiste Salmon, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

24.4 Ordained Priest Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Nuncio

26.0 Ordained Priest Anunciado Serafini † Priest of La Plata, Argentina Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

28.6 Ordained Priest Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Laos

22 Dec Born Sennen Corrà † Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

23 Dec 59.5 Appointed Antonio Lippolis † Bishop of Ugento, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec 48.7 Appointed Isidro Carrillo y Salazar † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

27 Dec 51.6 Ordained Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Titular Bishop of Zaraï Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

28 Dec 54.3 Died Ángel Regueras y López † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

30 Dec 68.6 Died Oreste Giorgi † Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	23.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Dell’Omo †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
41.9	Appointed	Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Hanyang [Hanyang], China	Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
25.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard William Griffin †	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
67.7	Died	Josip Lang †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.9	Appointed	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
2 Nov		Born	Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau		Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
3 Nov		Born	Samuel Ruiz García †		Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
4 Nov	65.0	Died	Matthias Dier, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Togo
5 Nov	48.4	Appointed	Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
6 Nov		Born	Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
7 Nov		Born	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador
8 Nov	54.7	Appointed	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
63.4	Appointed	Antoni Laubitz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
63.4	Appointed	Antoni Laubitz †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	Born	Robert Lebel †		Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
	Born	Victorinus Youn Kong-hi		Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
9 Nov		Born	Severin Pernek †		Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
12 Nov	67.1	Installed	Giuseppe Ballerini †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
13 Nov	38.5	Appointed	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	Born	Román Arrieta Villalobos †		Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
35.8	Appointed	[Julio Garret] †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
36.5	Appointed	Cleto Loayza Gumiel †	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
15 Nov	51.2	Appointed	Auguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	23.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Chávez y González †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Lajos Kada †		Apostolic Nuncio
17 Nov	50.7	Appointed	Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
	Born	John Aloysius O’Mara †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
18 Nov	48.9	Appointed	Giovanni Pranzini †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
19 Nov	84.1	Died	Michael Logue †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
67.9	Succeeded	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
26.8	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Tigga †	Priest	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
21 Nov	42.5	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Apostolic Delegate to México
22 Nov		Born	Józef Pazdur †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
23 Nov	62.1	Installed	Anatol Wincenty Nowak (Novak) †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
28.5	Entered	Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
25 Nov	46.4	Appointed	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lanchowfu, China	Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
41.2	Appointed	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Paotingfu, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China
26 Nov	53.4	Installed	John Thomas McNally †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 Nov		Born	Georges Biard, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali
13.3	Entered	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
42.0	Appointed	Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Uélé {Uélé Orientale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †		Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
28 Nov		Born	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
30 Nov	24.3	Ordained Priest	Jan Fondalinski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Janez Franciszek Gnidovec, C.M. †	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
Dec	80.8	Retired	John Rooney †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †		Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Dec		Born	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †		Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Ehrenfried †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
62.9	Ceased	Johann Jakob von Hauck †	Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	Born	Joseph Li Mingshu †		Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
2 Dec		Born	John Raymond McGann †		Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
3 Dec	47.8	Appointed	Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.9	Appointed	Ernest Frans Geurts, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yüngpingfu, China
56.8	Appointed	Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Diarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan) †		Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
	Born	Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China
51.7	Appointed	Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
4 Dec		Born	Jean Gratton †		Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
6 Dec	79.6	Died	Herman Joseph Alerding †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
	Born	Salvador Quizon Quizon †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
7 Dec		Born	Martino Gomiero †		Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
8 Dec	44.6	Ordained Bishop	José Carlos de Aguirre †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
36.3	Ordained Bishop	[Carlos Duarte Costa] †	Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil
	Born	Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
10 Dec		Born	Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo †		Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
11 Dec		Born	Giovanni Saldarini †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
12 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Alexandru Theodor Cisar †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
45.1	Appointed	Michael Joseph Curley †	Apostolic Administrator of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Hernando Rojas Ramirez †		Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
47.2	Confirmed	Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
13 Dec		Born	Gaetano Bonicelli		Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
14 Dec	54.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
54.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski †	Titular Bishop of Podalia	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
47.8	Died	Pietro Pomares y De Morant †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
16 Dec	54.0	Appointed	Rigoberto Domenech y Valls †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
17 Dec		Born	Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
18 Dec		Born	Alberto Ablondi †		Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy
57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to United States of America
46.5	Appointed	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Issus	Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
51.2	Appointed	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
51.2	Appointed	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
54.8	Appointed	Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic
54.8	Appointed	Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.8	Appointed	Roberto Giulio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
54.8	Appointed	Roberto Giulio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
48.6	Appointed	Augusto Álvaro da Silva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
39.4	Appointed	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
43.7	Appointed	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Luigi Ferri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
78.2	Appointed	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
43.9	Appointed	Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
46.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
46.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
42.0	Appointed	Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tricca	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.9	Appointed	Michele Lega †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
41.3	Appointed	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China
54.6	Appointed	Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
54.6	Appointed	Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
54.9	Appointed	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
38.5	Appointed	José Maria Parreira Lara †	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.9	Appointed	António Joaquim Pereira †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Priest
62.9	Appointed	António Joaquim Pereira †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Priest
48.5	Appointed	Giovanni Piccioni †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Justo Rivas Fernández †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
51.8	Appointed	Antonio Scarante †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
50.1	Died	Francesco Sidoli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
53.3	Appointed	Joseph Thorman †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
48.7	Appointed	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
48.7	Appointed	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
43.4	Appointed	Silverio Velasco Pérez †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
43.4	Appointed	Silverio Velasco Pérez †	Titular Bishop of Ticelia	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
20 Dec	28.3	Ordained Deacon	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Deacon of Besançon, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
26.8	Ordained Priest	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
24.9	Ordained Priest	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
27.5	Ordained Priest	Germiniano Esorto †	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
22.8	Ordained Deacon	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Deacon	Pierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe †	Deacon	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
25.3	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Livraghi †	Deacon of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
27.2	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
28.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre François Jean-Baptiste Salmon, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
24.4	Ordained Priest	Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio
26.0	Ordained Priest	Anunciado Serafini †	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
28.6	Ordained Priest	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
22 Dec		Born	Sennen Corrà †		Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
23 Dec	59.5	Appointed	Antonio Lippolis †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	48.7	Appointed	Isidro Carrillo y Salazar †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
27 Dec	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
28 Dec	54.3	Died	Ángel Regueras y López †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
30 Dec	68.6	Died	Oreste Giorgi †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

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