The Year of Our Lord 1933

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 60.8 Resigned Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Nov 29.4 Ordained Priest Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Denis William Hanrahan † Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

26.7 Ordained Priest Thomas Bernard Pearson † Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

2 Nov Born Kevin Michael Manning † Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

3 Nov Born Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

72.7 Died Uberto Maria Fiodo † Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

51.2 Selected Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

Born Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

5 Nov 43.6 Ordained Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak † Titular Bishop of Phocaea Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

7 Nov 59.3 Ordained Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Bargala Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

10 Nov Born Thomas Ludger Dupré † Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

11 Nov 46.2 Appointed Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. † Superior of Bezwada, India Bishop of Vijayawada, India

12 Nov 40.3 Appointed Torquato Dini † Titular Archbishop of Dara Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

40.3 Appointed Torquato Dini † Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

50.4 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia

Born Libardo Ramírez Gómez † Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia

13 Nov 64.0 Resigned Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

19 Nov 60.1 Died Marcelo Calvo, O.A.R. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

25.1 Ordained Priest Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Nov Born John of the Cross Chang-yik † Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)

71.7 Died Ovide (William) Charlebois, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada

Born Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

21 Nov 76.1 Died Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quinhon, Viet Nam

42.6 Appointed Luis Calixto Leiva Charry † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

22 Nov Born Marius Ouédraogo † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

23 Nov Born Ercole Lupinacci † Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

24 Nov Born Andrew Aaron Chisha Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia

Born Gerhard Jakob † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

Born Antônio Celso Queiroz † Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Helmut Reckter, S.J. † Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

25 Nov 53.2 Appointed Franciszek Barda † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

Born George Riashi, B.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

58.7 Appointed Wojciech Tomaka † Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Wojciech Tomaka † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland

26 Nov 43.0 Succeeded Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Sylvester Monteiro † Bishop of Aurangabad, India

27 Nov 51.0 Appointed Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. † Bishop of Malacca, Singapore

Born Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

28 Nov 57.6 Resigned Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini † Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

43.6 Appointed Mario Zanin † Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

43.6 Appointed Mario Zanin † Apostolic Delegate to China Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

29 Nov 69.9 Died Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

72.2 Died Melchior (Menyhért) Takács, O. Praem. † Abbot of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia

30 Nov 26.1 Ordained Priest Enrique Bolaños Quesada † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

53.6 Ordained Bishop Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

79.5 Died Luis María Niella † Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina

23.8 Ordained Priest Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira † Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

25.3 Ordained Priest José Terceiro de Sousa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

50.2 Ordained Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Benedito Zorzi † Priest of Caxias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1 Dec Born Pietro Brollo † Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

64.3 Died Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Born Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. † Prelate of Tromsø, Norway

54.0 Appointed Fulvio Tessaroli † Bishop of Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 23.8 Ordained Priest José Bezerra Coutinho † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

51.3 Ordained Bishop Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

4 Dec 47.6 Installed Faustino Baldini † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

57.6 Appointed Carlos de Sá Fragoso † Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India Bishop Emeritus

39.4 Appointed Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves † Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

5 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Bernard Brunini † Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Born Edward Kevin Daly † Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

25.0 Ordained Priest Andrew Gregory Grutka † Priest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

86.3 Died Antonio Maria Jannotta † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

51.4 Succeeded Agostino Mancinelli † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest John Louis Morkovsky † Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

24.5 Ordained Priest John Selby Spence † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

7 Dec 48.9 Appointed Henri-Marius Bernard † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

22.5 Ordained Priest Emanuele Clarizio † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

47.8 Appointed Joseph-Jean Heintz † Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop of Metz, France

22.6 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Lambruschini † Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

50.9 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Mégnin † Bishop of Angoulême, France

53.0 Appointed Édouard Gabriel Mesguen † Bishop of Poitiers, France

23.0 Ordained Priest Guglielmo Motolese † Priest of Taranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet † Bishop of Clermont, France

8 Dec 63.5 Died Joseph Chartrand † Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

23.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Fallani † Priest President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art

9 Dec Born Boniface Nyema Dalieh † Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia

71.3 Died Joseph Alois Kessler † Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova

11 Dec 35.7 Appointed Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Petnelissus Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

43.0 Appointed Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Berenice Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.0 Appointed Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

41.0 Appointed Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

41.0 Appointed Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

54.7 Appointed Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

13 Dec 53.3 Appointed István Breyer † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

56.1 Appointed Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai], China Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

57.2 Appointed Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China

57.2 Appointed Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Calydon Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China

14 Dec 70.5 Died Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. † Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil

15 Dec Born Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

16 Dec 54.6 Died Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

17 Dec 57.7 Ordained Bishop Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Medeli Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

18 Dec Born Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †

63.3 Appointed (Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

19 Dec 36.4 Appointed Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia} Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

36.4 Appointed Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

20 Dec 26.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark Gopu † Priest of Pondicherry, India Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

21 Dec 62.9 Confirmed Nikolaus Bares † Bishop of Berlin, Germany

73.4 Died Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. † Prefect Emeritus of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.0 Appointed Juan José Guillén y Salazar, C.M. † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

43.8 Appointed Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Ordained Bishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Camuliana Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

52.9 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

47.9 Appointed Gerald C. Murray, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

51.3 Confirmed Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

46.6 Appointed Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

Born Orlando Romero Cabrera Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay

53.5 Appointed Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

22 Dec Born Robert Patrick Maginnis † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

23 Dec 25.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

43.8 Appointed Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

27.6 Ordained Deacon Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † Deacon of Clermont, France Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

25.5 Ordained Deacon André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. † Deacon of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

26.2 Ordained Priest John Colburn Garner † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

23.7 Ordained Deacon Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Deacon of Lille, France Apostolic Nuncio

24.8 Ordained Priest Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Superior General Emeritus

28.3 Ordained Priest Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi † Priest Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam

23.8 Ordained Priest Raphaël Rabban † Priest Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

22.2 Ordained Priest Vito Roberti † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

24 Dec Born Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland

25 Dec Born Luca Brandolini, C.M. Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy

Born Joachim Meisner † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

26 Dec Born Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

27 Dec 61.3 Resigned Joseph Bach, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Fabián Marulanda López Bishop Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia

28 Dec Born Giovanni Battistelli, O.F.M. † Custodian Emeritus of the Custody of the Holy Land

29 Dec 58.2 Appointed José Cartaña y Inglés † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

31 Dec 22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio D’Erchia † Priest of Castellaneta, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

76.1 Died Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. † Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia

22.5 Ordained Priest Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo † Priest of Campinas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Raffaele Nogaro † Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

Born Evarist Pinto Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	60.8	Resigned	Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Nov	29.4	Ordained Priest	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Denis William Hanrahan †		Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
26.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
2 Nov		Born	Kevin Michael Manning †		Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
3 Nov		Born	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
72.7	Died	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
51.2	Selected	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
5 Nov	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Titular Bishop of Phocaea	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
7 Nov	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bargala	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
10 Nov		Born	Thomas Ludger Dupré †		Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
11 Nov	46.2	Appointed	Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. †	Superior of Bezwada, India	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
12 Nov	40.3	Appointed	Torquato Dini †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
40.3	Appointed	Torquato Dini †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
	Born	Libardo Ramírez Gómez †		Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
13 Nov	64.0	Resigned	Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Nov	60.1	Died	Marcelo Calvo, O.A.R. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
25.1	Ordained Priest	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Nov		Born	John of the Cross Chang-yik †		Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
71.7	Died	Ovide (William) Charlebois, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
21 Nov	76.1	Died	Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quinhon, Viet Nam
42.6	Appointed	Luis Calixto Leiva Charry †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
22 Nov		Born	Marius Ouédraogo †		Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
23 Nov		Born	Ercole Lupinacci †		Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
24 Nov		Born	Andrew Aaron Chisha		Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia
	Born	Gerhard Jakob †		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	Born	Antônio Celso Queiroz †		Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Helmut Reckter, S.J. †		Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
25 Nov	53.2	Appointed	Franciszek Barda †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	Born	George Riashi, B.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
58.7	Appointed	Wojciech Tomaka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Wojciech Tomaka †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
26 Nov	43.0	Succeeded	Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Sylvester Monteiro †		Bishop of Aurangabad, India
27 Nov	51.0	Appointed	Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	Born	Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
28 Nov	57.6	Resigned	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
43.6	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
43.6	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Apostolic Delegate to China	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
29 Nov	69.9	Died	Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
72.2	Died	Melchior (Menyhért) Takács, O. Praem. †	Abbot of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia
30 Nov	26.1	Ordained Priest	Enrique Bolaños Quesada †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
79.5	Died	Luis María Niella †	Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
23.8	Ordained Priest	Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
25.3	Ordained Priest	José Terceiro de Sousa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Benedito Zorzi †	Priest of Caxias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1 Dec		Born	Pietro Brollo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
64.3	Died	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	Born	Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. †		Prelate of Tromsø, Norway
54.0	Appointed	Fulvio Tessaroli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Bezerra Coutinho †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	47.6	Installed	Faustino Baldini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
57.6	Appointed	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus
39.4	Appointed	Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
5 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	Born	Edward Kevin Daly †		Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
25.0	Ordained Priest	Andrew Gregory Grutka †	Priest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
86.3	Died	Antonio Maria Jannotta †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
51.4	Succeeded	Agostino Mancinelli †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	John Louis Morkovsky †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
24.5	Ordained Priest	John Selby Spence †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 Dec	48.9	Appointed	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Clarizio †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
47.8	Appointed	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop of Metz, France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Lambruschini †	Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Mégnin †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
53.0	Appointed	Édouard Gabriel Mesguen †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
23.0	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Motolese †	Priest of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet †	Bishop of Clermont, France
8 Dec	63.5	Died	Joseph Chartrand †	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Fallani †	Priest	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art
9 Dec		Born	Boniface Nyema Dalieh †		Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia
71.3	Died	Joseph Alois Kessler †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
11 Dec	35.7	Appointed	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Petnelissus	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
43.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
41.0	Appointed	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
41.0	Appointed	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
54.7	Appointed	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
13 Dec	53.3	Appointed	István Breyer †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
56.1	Appointed	Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
57.2	Appointed	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
57.2	Appointed	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
14 Dec	70.5	Died	Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. †	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
15 Dec		Born	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.		Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
16 Dec	54.6	Died	Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
17 Dec	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
18 Dec		Born	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †
63.3	Appointed	(Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
19 Dec	36.4	Appointed	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia}	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
36.4	Appointed	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
20 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark Gopu †	Priest of Pondicherry, India	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
21 Dec	62.9	Confirmed	Nikolaus Bares †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
73.4	Died	Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.0	Appointed	Juan José Guillén y Salazar, C.M. †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
43.8	Appointed	Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Ordained Bishop	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Camuliana	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
52.9	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
47.9	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
51.3	Confirmed	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
46.6	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	Born	Orlando Romero Cabrera		Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
53.5	Appointed	Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
22 Dec		Born	Robert Patrick Maginnis †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Dec	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
43.8	Appointed	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
27.6	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Deacon of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
25.5	Ordained Deacon	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Deacon of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
26.2	Ordained Priest	John Colburn Garner †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
23.7	Ordained Deacon	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Deacon of Lille, France	Apostolic Nuncio
24.8	Ordained Priest	Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Superior General Emeritus
28.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Priest	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
23.8	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Rabban †	Priest	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
22.2	Ordained Priest	Vito Roberti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
24 Dec		Born	Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
25 Dec		Born	Luca Brandolini, C.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	Born	Joachim Meisner †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
27 Dec	61.3	Resigned	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Fabián Marulanda López		Bishop Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
28 Dec		Born	Giovanni Battistelli, O.F.M. †		Custodian Emeritus of the Custody of the Holy Land
29 Dec	58.2	Appointed	José Cartaña y Inglés †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
31 Dec	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio D’Erchia †	Priest of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
76.1	Died	Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo †	Priest of Campinas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Raffaele Nogaro †		Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	Born	Evarist Pinto		Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

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