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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	22.7	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Alibrandi †	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
	26.0	Ordained Deacon	Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †	Deacon of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
		Born	Joseph Khoury †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Squintani †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov		Born	Walter Pérez Villamonte †		Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
4 Nov		Born	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo †		Bishop Emeritus of Nsukka, Nigeria
7 Nov		Born	Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
		Born	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe
8 Nov	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Macra	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †	Titular Bishop of Limnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
	22.9	Ordained Priest	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
9 Nov	42.3	Appointed	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Prefect of Kagoshima, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
11 Nov		Born	Philippe Jean Louis Breton †		Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
12 Nov	64.1	Appointed	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	Guido Maria Mazzocco †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Born	John Anthony Rawsthorne		Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
13 Nov	82.6	Died	Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Nov		Born	Tod David Brown †		Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Kedigian †	Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia
	81.2	Died	Salvatore Meo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Fabian Yu Yuwen (Yu Teh-guen) †	Titular Bishop of Phacusa	Vicar Apostolic of Kiating [Leshan], China
16 Nov		Born	Adrian Leo Doyle		Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
	55.9	Appointed	Federico Lunardi †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	55.9	Appointed	Federico Lunardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	77.7	Died	Louis-Joseph Maurin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
		Born	Martin Veillette		Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
17 Nov		Born	Roger Francis Crispian Hollis		Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	52.7	Selected	Franz von Streng †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov		Born	Ennio Antonelli		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
19 Nov	70.7	Resigned	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Domenico Ettorre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	54.3	Appointed	Domenico Ettorre †	Titular Bishop of Sela	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	44.6	Appointed	Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yenchowfu, China	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	44.6	Appointed	Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	50.5	Appointed	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
	50.5	Appointed	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
21 Nov		Born	Maurizio Galli †		Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Gomes, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
	60.4	Appointed	János Mikes †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
	20.8	Entered	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
22 Nov	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Ficarra †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ernesto Antolin Salgado		Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
23 Nov	57.5	Appointed	Teodorico de Angelis †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Nov		Born	Kenneth Donald Steiner		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
26 Nov	86.8	Died	Costanzo Castrale †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Born	Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †		Archbishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique
27 Nov	46.2	Appointed	Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
28 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	66.4	Resigned	Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Théodore-Adrien Sarr		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	56.7	Appointed	Josip Antun Ujčić †	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	56.7	Appointed	Josip Antun Ujčić †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat, Serbia	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
29 Nov		Born	Peter James Cullinane		Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
30 Nov	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Richard Thomas Guilfoyle †	Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
		Born	Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo †		Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
	52.7	Confirmed	Franz von Streng †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec	68.0	Died	Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China
3 Dec	62.0	Installed	John Joseph Cantwell †	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	60.2	Died	Manuel Irurita y Almándoz †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	20.8	First Vows	Bl. Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †	Member of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
4 Dec	53.9	Appointed	Wilhelm Finnemann, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Mindoro, Philippines
		Born	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier		Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
	40.1	Appointed	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
5 Dec	42.6	Appointed	Nikolay Avtonomov †	Archbishop	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
		Born	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
6 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	23.1	Ordained Priest	José Pedro de Araújo Costa †	Priest	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Evreinoff †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Titular Archbishop of Parium
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Bruno Frattegiani †	Priest of Perugia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maccari †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
	52.2	Installed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
7 Dec	46.7	Appointed	Carlo Rossi †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	James Louis Flaherty †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.7	Ordained Priest	David Monas Maloney †	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
	69.8	Died	Domenico Mezzadri †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	41.1	First Vows	Salvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. †	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
9 Dec		Born	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a †		Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	36.9	Appointed	John Christopher Cody †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
	58.3	Appointed	Maurice-Louis Dubourg †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	83.0	Appointed	Antonio Macrioniti †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	83.0	Resigned	Antonio Macrioniti †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai		Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
11 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Fietta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Nikólaos Foskolos		Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
12 Dec	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Federico Lunardi †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	55.6	Appointed	John Hugh MacDonald †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	John Hugh MacDonald †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
15 Dec		Born	Pierre Nguyễn Soạn †		Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
	59.0	Died	Thomas O’Doherty †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
16 Dec		Born	Vital Massé		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	57.7	Appointed	Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson †	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
	67.1	Died	Giuseppe Palica †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
17 Dec		Born	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	83.9	Died	Giovanni Fossà †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Born	Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
	48.0	Appointed	Henri van Schingen, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.0	Appointed	Henri van Schingen, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Dec	64.8	Died	Luigi Bondini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
19 Dec	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Cece †	Priest of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Rupert (Gilbert Paul) Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Prefect of Solwezi, Zambia
	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Vincent Joseph Hines †	Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Wöste †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Saverio Zupi †	Priest of Cosenza, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
20 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
	54.2	Appointed	Nicolás de Carlo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
	66.0	Appointed	Francesco Pascucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	66.0	Appointed	Francesco Pascucci †	Titular Bishop of Sion	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	41.7	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
21 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Francis Buddy †	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
	24.9	Ordained Priest	John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Guido Maria Mazzocco †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	41.7	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
23 Dec	42.2	Appointed	Cipriano Cassini, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pengpu [Bengbu], China	Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China
	42.2	Appointed	Cipriano Cassini, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China
	37.8	Appointed	Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Urundi, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
	37.8	Appointed	Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
		Born	Stanisław Napierała		Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
	52.4	Appointed	Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	52.4	Appointed	Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
24 Dec	54.5	Resigned	Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M. †	Prefect of Surabaia, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Vincent DePaul Breen †		Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
	60.2	Appointed	Filippo Cortesi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Apostolic Administrator
25 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	Frane Franić †	Priest of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
26 Dec		Born	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
		Born	Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval		Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela
27 Dec	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Basoli †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
		Born	Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto		Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
28 Dec	83.0	Died	Antonio Macrioniti †	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
30 Dec	40.7	Appointed	Nicola Canino †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Bartolomeo Mangino †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	49.6	Appointed	Joseph McCormack †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
31 Dec		Born	Ernest Patili Assi †		Bishop of Kara, Togo

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