The Year of Our Lord 1931

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Nov Born [Michael Fu Tie-shan] † Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China

Born Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

Born Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia

4 Nov Born Bernard Francis Law † Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

5 Nov 66.5 Died St. Guido Maria Conforti † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

8 Nov 48.4 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

50.6 Ceased Fortunato Maria Farina † Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy

49.0 Ordained Bishop Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

11 Nov 63.2 Died Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles

Born Antônio Gaspar Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

13 Nov Born José María Libório Camino Saracho † Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

35.2 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. † Superior of Tali [Dali], China Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China

Born Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

51.0 Appointed Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

51.0 Appointed Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Eleutherna Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

14 Nov 61.4 Installed Karel Boromejský Kašpar † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

15 Nov 47.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Mantiero † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop Amedeo Polidori † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

16 Nov 63.7 Died Jean Ogé, S.M.A. † Prefect of Liberia, Liberia

18 Nov Born Miguel Gatan Purugganan † Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines

19 Nov 48.0 Appointed Antonino Arata † Official to Lithuania Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

20 Nov 52.6 Appointed Félix Hedde, O.P. † Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

39.8 Appointed Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. † Superior of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China

21 Nov Born Patrick Dougherty † Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia

22 Nov Born Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines

Born Antons Justs † Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia

37.8 Ordained Bishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

37.8 Selected Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

62.5 Ordained Bishop Mořic Pícha † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia

54.0 Ordained Bishop Antonin Alois Weber † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

24 Nov Born Umberto Tramma † Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

26 Nov Born Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

45.2 Died Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China

Born Adrianus Johannes Simonis † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

27 Nov 76.6 Died Jean-Marie Bourchany † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

36.4 Appointed Luis Guízar y Barragán † Bishop of Campeche, México Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

28 Nov Born José Antonio Gentico † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

77.1 Died Franz Borgia Sedej † Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

Born Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand

29 Nov 75.6 Died Jean Victor Émile Chesnelong † Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

23.9 Ordained Priest Bl. Ioan Suciu † Priest Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

30 Nov Born Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja † Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

74.4 Died Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

59.1 Installed Louis-Joseph Gaillard † Archbishop of Tours, France

24.8 Ordained Priest Edmondo Quaglia Martínez † Priest Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

23.0 Ordained Priest Albert Reuben Edward Thomas † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia

Born Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. † Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1 Dec Born Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen) Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

2 Dec Born Homero Leite Meira † Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

Born Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

3 Dec 36.7 Appointed George Marin, S.J. † Prefect of Süchow, China Prefect Emeritus

5 Dec Appointed Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F. † Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}

6 Dec 51.1 Ordained Bishop Domenico Argnani † Bishop of Conversano, Italy Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

51.0 Ordained Bishop Nicolò Frazioli † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

24.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark McShea † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

51.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires † Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

22.6 Ordained Priest Giacomo Testa † Priest of Bergamo, Italy President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

7 Dec Born Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

67.2 Died Karl Fritz † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Born Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

8 Dec 23.9 Ordained Priest John Patrick Cody † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

47.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Marie Durieux † Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Chambéry, France

23.6 Ordained Priest Bernard Joseph Flanagan † Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

44.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Giorgis † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop of Susa, Italy

47.2 Died Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania

27.3 Ordained Priest Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

10 Dec Born Joseph Peter O’Connell † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

11 Dec 48.1 Appointed Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

13 Dec Born James Henry Garland Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

38.2 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

38.2 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

46.1 Ordained Bishop Antônio Reis † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

14 Dec 50.0 Appointed Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

50.0 Appointed Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

32.6 Appointed René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

32.6 Appointed René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Born René Lucien Picandet † Bishop of Orléans, France

50.1 Appointed Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

50.1 Appointed Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Petinessus Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

15 Dec 52.0 Appointed Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia

52.0 Appointed Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Castoria Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia

Born Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. † Bishop

76.2 Died Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian † Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

55.5 Appointed Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada

55.5 Appointed Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 47.1 Appointed Adriano Bernareggi † Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy Bishop

47.1 Appointed Adriano Bernareggi † Titular Bishop of Nyssa Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

738.9 Canonized St. Albert (the Great) von Bollstädt, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

62.1 Appointed Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy Bishop

17 Dec 47.5 Installed Pierre-Marie Durieux † Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Chambéry, France

Born Fernando Legal, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.7 Installed Filippo Mantini † Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy

18 Dec 85.9 Died Louis Billot, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus

43.2 Appointed Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

48.3 Succeeded Henricus Lamiroy † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

56.2 Appointed William Lee † Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain

61.3 Appointed Ambrose James Moriarty † Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop

61.3 Appointed Ambrose James Moriarty † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

62.1 Appointed Alejandro Pasquel Monge † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

84.3 Died Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

19 Dec 27.7 Ordained Priest Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

22.9 Ordained Priest Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya

23.2 Ordained Priest Bernard Czaplinski † Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Bishop

59.5 Appointed Elia Dalla Costa † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

25.0 Ordained Deacon Marc-Armand Lallier † Deacon of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

28.3 Ordained Deacon Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † Deacon of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France

23.9 Ordained Priest André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

20 Dec Born Eugene Jerome Cooney Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

25.4 Ordained Priest John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. † Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

42.9 Selected Dionisio Habib Naassani † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

23.7 Ordained Priest Delfín Quesada Castro † Priest Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

21 Dec Born Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile

23 Dec Born Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina

24 Dec 88.0 Died Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

25 Dec Born Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki † Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

64.1 Died Luigi Scarano † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

26 Dec Born Kamal Hanna Bathish Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

82.8 Died Domenico Mannaioli † Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy

27 Dec 47.3 Installed Antonio Mantiero † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

28 Dec Born Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. † Bishop of Roraima, Brazil

25.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. † Priest of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

31 Dec Born Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. † Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov		Born	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †		Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
	Born	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †		Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	Born	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
4 Nov		Born	Bernard Francis Law †		Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
5 Nov	66.5	Died	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
8 Nov	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
50.6	Ceased	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
11 Nov	63.2	Died	Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
	Born	Antônio Gaspar		Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Nov		Born	José María Libório Camino Saracho †		Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
35.2	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Superior of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
	Born	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
51.0	Appointed	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
51.0	Appointed	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
14 Nov	61.4	Installed	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
15 Nov	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	63.7	Died	Jean Ogé, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
18 Nov		Born	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †		Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
19 Nov	48.0	Appointed	Antonino Arata †	Official to Lithuania	Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
20 Nov	52.6	Appointed	Félix Hedde, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
39.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Superior of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
21 Nov		Born	Patrick Dougherty †		Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
22 Nov		Born	Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines
	Born	Antons Justs †		Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia
37.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
37.8	Selected	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Mořic Pícha †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov		Born	Umberto Tramma †		Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
26 Nov		Born	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
45.2	Died	Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
	Born	Adrianus Johannes Simonis †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
27 Nov	76.6	Died	Jean-Marie Bourchany †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
36.4	Appointed	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
28 Nov		Born	José Antonio Gentico †		Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
77.1	Died	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	Born	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit		Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
29 Nov	75.6	Died	Jean Victor Émile Chesnelong †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
23.9	Ordained Priest	Bl. Ioan Suciu †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
30 Nov		Born	Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja †		Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
74.4	Died	Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
59.1	Installed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
24.8	Ordained Priest	Edmondo Quaglia Martínez †	Priest	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
23.0	Ordained Priest	Albert Reuben Edward Thomas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
	Born	Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. †		Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Dec		Born	Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)		Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
2 Dec		Born	Homero Leite Meira †		Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Dec	36.7	Appointed	George Marin, S.J. †	Prefect of Süchow, China	Prefect Emeritus
5 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F. †	Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
6 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Argnani †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
24.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark McShea †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Assis Pires †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Testa †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
7 Dec		Born	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
67.2	Died	Karl Fritz †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	Born	Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
8 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Cody †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
23.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
47.2	Died	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
27.3	Ordained Priest	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
10 Dec		Born	Joseph Peter O’Connell †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
11 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
13 Dec		Born	James Henry Garland		Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Reis †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Dec	50.0	Appointed	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
50.0	Appointed	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
32.6	Appointed	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
32.6	Appointed	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	Born	René Lucien Picandet †		Bishop of Orléans, France
50.1	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
50.1	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Petinessus	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
15 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
52.0	Appointed	Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	Born	Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. †		Bishop
76.2	Died	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop
47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
738.9	Canonized	St. Albert (the Great) von Bollstädt, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
62.1	Appointed	Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy	Bishop
17 Dec	47.5	Installed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	Born	Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.7	Installed	Filippo Mantini †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
18 Dec	85.9	Died	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
43.2	Appointed	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
48.3	Succeeded	Henricus Lamiroy †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
56.2	Appointed	William Lee †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
61.3	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
61.3	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
62.1	Appointed	Alejandro Pasquel Monge †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
84.3	Died	Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
19 Dec	27.7	Ordained Priest	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
22.9	Ordained Priest	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
23.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Czaplinski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
59.5	Appointed	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Deacon of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
28.3	Ordained Deacon	Louis Marie Henri Mazerat †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
23.9	Ordained Priest	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
20 Dec		Born	Eugene Jerome Cooney		Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
25.4	Ordained Priest	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
42.9	Selected	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
23.7	Ordained Priest	Delfín Quesada Castro †	Priest	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
21 Dec		Born	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
23 Dec		Born	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.		Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
24 Dec	88.0	Died	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Dec		Born	Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki †		Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
64.1	Died	Luigi Scarano †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
26 Dec		Born	Kamal Hanna Bathish		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
82.8	Died	Domenico Mannaioli †	Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
27 Dec	47.3	Installed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
28 Dec		Born	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
25.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. †	Priest of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
31 Dec		Born	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

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