The Year of Our Lord 1925

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov Resigned José Solé y Mercadé † Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain Priest

Resigned José Solé y Mercadé † Titular Bishop-Elect of Citrus Priest

1 Nov 22.9 Ordained Deacon Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25.7 First Vows Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. † Member of Society of Precious Blood Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil

23.7 Ordained Deacon André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † Deacon of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

Born Arturo Lona Reyes † Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

71.8 Died François-Alexandre Maillet † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

Born Didier-Léon Marchand † Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

58.2 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Zama Major

4 Nov Born Anthyme Bayala † Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Born Arnaldo Clemente Canale † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

61.7 Died John Patrick Carroll † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

Born Franz Xaver Eder † Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

7 Nov Born Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

76.9 Died Denis O’Donaghue † Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

8 Nov Born Vittorio Bernardetto † Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

9 Nov Born Giovanni Coppa † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

11 Nov 72.2 Died Antonio Bassani † Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

Born António José Rafael † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

12 Nov 39.5 Appointed Jozef Čársky † Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

Born Jaime Mota de Farias † Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

Born Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

15 Nov 49.6 Ordained Bishop Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Plataea Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

16 Nov 60.9 Appointed Alfonso Archi † Titular Archbishop of Dara Bishop of Cesena, Italy

17 Nov Born Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

18 Nov 52.7 Resigned Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

19 Nov Born François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Bishop of Créteil, France

20 Nov 21.7 Entered Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

21 Nov Born Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France

22 Nov 43.6 Ordained Bishop François Chaize, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam

Born José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

23 Nov Born Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh

Born Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

76.7 Appointed Anton Johann Zerr † Titular Bishop of Salona Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova

25 Nov 29.5 First Vows Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines

26 Nov 41.8 Installed Dominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. † Prefect of Shenchow, China Prefect Emeritus

80.9 Died Disma Marchese † Bishop of Acqui, Italy

28 Nov 66.7 Died Giuseppe Ridolfi † Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

30 Nov 34.3 Ordained Bishop Edwin Vincent Byrne † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

44.4 Ordained Bishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

22.6 Ordained Priest Francisco Gallego Pérez † Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Bishop of Cali, Colombia

Born Thomas Francis Little † Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

Dec 12.0 Entered José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

2 Dec 51.4 Appointed Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

Born Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

73.2 Died Agostino Migliore † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy

3 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Ignatius Mummadi † Priest of Nellore, India Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India

4 Dec 72.8 Died John Stephen Vaughan † Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

6 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

7 Dec 82.7 Died Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta

61.0 Resigned Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

8 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Garabed Amadouni † Priest Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)

48.5 Ordained Bishop Michal Bubnić † Titular Bishop of Scilium Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

70.1 Selected Cyril IX Mogabgab † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

70.1 Selected Cyril IX Mogabgab † Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

9 Dec Born Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes † Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala

Born Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

10 Dec Born Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

11 Dec Born John Robert Gorman † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru

12 Dec 56.7 Appointed Emilio Ferrais † Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop

13 Dec Born João Alves † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

14 Dec 70.4 Appointed Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. † Archbishop of Panamá

52.5 Appointed Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

59.0 Appointed Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed José María Caro Rodríguez † Bishop of La Serena, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

53.4 Elevated to Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

80.7 Died Henri-Louis Chapon † Bishop of Nice, France

68.3 Appointed Jan Feliks Cieplak † Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

65.1 Appointed Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Francisco Frutos y Valiente † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

54.3 Elevated to Cardinal Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

54.3 Resigned Enrico Gasparri † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

58.7 Appointed Eduardo Gimpert Paut † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

52.8 Appointed Thomas Henshaw † Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

44.4 Appointed August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † Bishop of Katowice, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

49.8 Appointed Romuald Jałbrzykowski † Bishop of Łomża, Poland Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

45.6 Appointed Teodor Kubina † Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

46.7 Appointed Rafael Lira Infante † Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

56.3 Appointed Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos † Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain Bishop of Guadix, Spain

56.3 Appointed Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos † Titular Bishop of Amorium Bishop of Guadix, Spain

48.7 Appointed Giacomo Montanelli † Bishop of Crema, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

48.4 Appointed Guilherme Müller † Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil

57.6 Appointed Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

69.0 Elevated to Cardinal Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

59.7 Appointed Alexandre-Philibert Poirier † Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop

59.7 Appointed Alexandre-Philibert Poirier † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

70.9 Appointed Miguel León Prado † Bishop of Linares, Chile

58.8 Appointed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Bishop of Chillán, Chile

58.5 Appointed Adam Stefan Sapieha † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

57.5 Appointed Carlos Silva Cotapos † Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Adolf Piotr Szelążek † Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

60.7 Elevated to Cardinal Alessandro Verde † Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

47.4 Appointed Roberto Vicentini † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

59.1 Appointed José Vila y Martínez † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

41.1 Appointed Thomas Anthony Welch † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

15 Dec 60.9 Appointed José Miguel Godoy Herrera † Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Dec 57.6 Appointed Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Vicar Apostolic of Spain, Military Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

17 Dec 75.1 Appointed Damaso Pio de Bono † Titular Bishop of Troas Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

75.1 Resigned Damaso Pio de Bono † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

71.6 Appointed Vicente Casanova y Marzol † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain

56.6 Appointed Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam

56.6 Appointed Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Lipara Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam

67.6 Appointed Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Letopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan

67.6 Resigned Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

63.2 Appointed Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

50.5 Appointed Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

50.5 Appointed Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus) Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

69.0 Appointed Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

62.6 Appointed Augustine Francis Schinner † Titular Bishop of Sala Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

62.6 Resigned Augustine Francis Schinner † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed Alessandro Verde † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

18 Dec 75.3 Appointed Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea

39.1 Appointed Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

39.1 Appointed Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Centuria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

25.6 Ordained Priest Agustín Rodríguez † Priest Bishop of Paraguay, Military

42.9 Appointed Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

42.9 Appointed Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

19 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

24.2 Ordained Priest Francisco José Castro y Ramírez † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador

30.8 Ordained Priest Marie Pierre Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Priest Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Apostolic Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China

Born Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mancuso † Priest of Palermo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

22.8 Ordained Priest Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

22.4 Ordained Priest Pietro Severi † Priest of Cesena, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Costantino Stella † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

26.1 Ordained Priest Lawrence Patrick Whelan † Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

20 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Absolam McCabe † Priest of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia

28.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Priest Ernest Victor Tweedy † Priest of Maitland, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

21 Dec 52.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Henshaw † Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

43.4 Appointed Egbert Maria Pelzer, O.P. † Prefect of Tingchow [Changting], China

22 Dec 43.6 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Apostolic Delegate to México

43.6 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Apostolic Delegate to Antilles Apostolic Delegate to México

23 Dec 43.6 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Titular Archbishop of Sebastea Apostolic Delegate to México

Born Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) † Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

Born Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

24 Dec Born Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

67.6 Appointed Basilio Pompilj † President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

25 Dec Born Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

27 Dec 59.0 Ordained Bishop Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

29.2 Ordained Priest Edward Quentin Jennings † Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada

71.0 Ordained Bishop Miguel León Prado † Bishop of Linares, Chile

Born Crescênzio Rinaldini † Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

31 Dec Born Hermann Josef Spital † Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov		Resigned	José Solé y Mercadé †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain	Priest
	Resigned	José Solé y Mercadé †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Citrus	Priest
1 Nov	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †	Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25.7	First Vows	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Member of Society of Precious Blood	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil
23.7	Ordained Deacon	André Jacques Marie Jacquemin †	Deacon of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	Born	Arturo Lona Reyes †		Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
71.8	Died	François-Alexandre Maillet †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
	Born	Didier-Léon Marchand †		Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
4 Nov		Born	Anthyme Bayala †		Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	Born	Arnaldo Clemente Canale †		Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
61.7	Died	John Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	Born	Franz Xaver Eder †		Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
7 Nov		Born	Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra, O.S.B. †		Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
76.9	Died	Denis O’Donaghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
8 Nov		Born	Vittorio Bernardetto †		Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
9 Nov		Born	Giovanni Coppa †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
11 Nov	72.2	Died	Antonio Bassani †	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
	Born	António José Rafael †		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
12 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Jozef Čársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
	Born	Jaime Mota de Farias †		Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †		Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
15 Nov	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
16 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather †		Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
18 Nov	52.7	Resigned	Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Nov		Born	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †		Bishop of Créteil, France
20 Nov	21.7	Entered	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
21 Nov		Born	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat		Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
22 Nov	43.6	Ordained Bishop	François Chaize, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
	Born	José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
23 Nov		Born	Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
	Born	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
76.7	Appointed	Anton Johann Zerr †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
25 Nov	29.5	First Vows	Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
26 Nov	41.8	Installed	Dominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Prefect Emeritus
80.9	Died	Disma Marchese †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
28 Nov	66.7	Died	Giuseppe Ridolfi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
30 Nov	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Vincent Byrne †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmond John Fitzmaurice †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	Born	Thomas Francis Little †		Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
Dec	12.0	Entered	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
2 Dec	51.4	Appointed	Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
	Born	Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
73.2	Died	Agostino Migliore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
3 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Mummadi †	Priest of Nellore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
4 Dec	72.8	Died	John Stephen Vaughan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
6 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
7 Dec	82.7	Died	Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
61.0	Resigned	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
8 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Garabed Amadouni †	Priest	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Michal Bubnić †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
70.1	Selected	Cyril IX Mogabgab †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
70.1	Selected	Cyril IX Mogabgab †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Dec		Born	Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes †		Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
	Born	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
10 Dec		Born	Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
11 Dec		Born	John Robert Gorman †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	Born	Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
12 Dec	56.7	Appointed	Emilio Ferrais †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop
13 Dec		Born	João Alves †		Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
14 Dec	70.4	Appointed	Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. †	Archbishop of Panamá
52.5	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
59.0	Appointed	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	José María Caro Rodríguez †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
53.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
80.7	Died	Henri-Louis Chapon †	Bishop of Nice, France
68.3	Appointed	Jan Feliks Cieplak †	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
65.1	Appointed	Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Francisco Frutos y Valiente †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
54.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
54.3	Resigned	Enrico Gasparri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
58.7	Appointed	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
52.8	Appointed	Thomas Henshaw †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
44.4	Appointed	August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
49.8	Appointed	Romuald Jałbrzykowski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
45.6	Appointed	Teodor Kubina †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
46.7	Appointed	Rafael Lira Infante †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
56.3	Appointed	Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
56.3	Appointed	Bl. Manuel Medina y Olmos †	Titular Bishop of Amorium	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
48.7	Appointed	Giacomo Montanelli †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
48.4	Appointed	Guilherme Müller †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil
57.6	Appointed	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
59.7	Appointed	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
70.9	Appointed	Miguel León Prado †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
58.8	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
58.5	Appointed	Adam Stefan Sapieha †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
57.5	Appointed	Carlos Silva Cotapos †	Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Adolf Piotr Szelążek †	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
60.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
47.4	Appointed	Roberto Vicentini †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
59.1	Appointed	José Vila y Martínez †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
41.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Welch †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
15 Dec	60.9	Appointed	José Miguel Godoy Herrera †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Vicar Apostolic of Spain, Military	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
17 Dec	75.1	Appointed	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
75.1	Resigned	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
71.6	Appointed	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
56.6	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
56.6	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
67.6	Appointed	Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Letopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
67.6	Resigned	Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
63.2	Appointed	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
50.5	Appointed	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
50.5	Appointed	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
69.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
62.6	Appointed	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
62.6	Resigned	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
18 Dec	75.3	Appointed	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
39.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
39.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
25.6	Ordained Priest	Agustín Rodríguez †	Priest	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
42.9	Appointed	Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
42.9	Appointed	Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
19 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin †	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
24.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
30.8	Ordained Priest	Marie Pierre Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Apostolic Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China
	Born	Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mancuso †	Priest of Palermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
22.8	Ordained Priest	Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
22.4	Ordained Priest	Pietro Severi †	Priest of Cesena, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Costantino Stella †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
26.1	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Patrick Whelan †	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Priest of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
28.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Priest	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Priest of Maitland, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
21 Dec	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Henshaw †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
43.4	Appointed	Egbert Maria Pelzer, O.P. †	Prefect of Tingchow [Changting], China
22 Dec	43.6	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Delegate to México
43.6	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles	Apostolic Delegate to México
23 Dec	43.6	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Apostolic Delegate to México
	Born	Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) †		Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	Born	Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †		Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
24 Dec		Born	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
67.6	Appointed	Basilio Pompilj †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
25 Dec		Born	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
27 Dec	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
29.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
71.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel León Prado †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
	Born	Crescênzio Rinaldini †		Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
31 Dec		Born	Hermann Josef Spital †		Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

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