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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	43.5	Converted	Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
1 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Léonce Tchantayan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Priest of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
2 Nov		Born	Aloys Jousten †		Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
6 Nov		Born	Carlo Liberati		Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
7 Nov		Born	Alberto Maria Careggio		Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Edward Rapallo †	Priest of Gibraltar	Bishop
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
8 Nov	69.7	Appointed	Eugène Curien †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
	69.7	Resigned	Eugène Curien †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	62.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov		Born	Hermín Negrón Santana †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
11 Nov	53.0	Installed	James Edward Kearney †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †		Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile
12 Nov	44.1	Appointed	Hieronymus Haberstroh, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Xining [Sining], China
	37.1	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
13 Nov		Born	Anthony Ekezia Ilonu †		Bishop Emeritus of Okigwe, Nigeria
14 Nov	28.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Ekka †	Priest	Bishop of Raigarh, India
15 Nov	93.1	Died	Gisleno Veneri †	Bishop Emeritus of Acquapendente, Italy
16 Nov		Born	Sergio Giovanni Pintor †		Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Christian Vicente Fernandez Noel †		Bishop Emeritus of Talibon, Philippines
19 Nov		Born	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu		Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana
		Born	Guillermo Loría Garita		Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
	43.2	Installed	Charles Leo Nelligan †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov		Born	Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura		Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
22 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Verucchi		Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
25 Nov	79.2	Died	Jean Raynaud †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
26 Nov	54.2	Resigned	Fernando Cento †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	48.8	Appointed	Efrem Forni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
27 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Efrem Forni †	Titular Archbishop of Darnis	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
28 Nov	29.5	Ordained Priest	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Priest of Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Campagna, Italy
30 Nov	42.1	Elected	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	42.1	Elected	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	69.0	Died	Alfred Louis Keiling, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Cubango in Angola
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Adolph John Paschang, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
1 Dec		Born	Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett		Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
		Born	Stephen M. Tiru †		Bishop of Khunti, India
2 Dec	43.4	Resigned	Ludwig Baumeister, M.S.C. †	Superior of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China	Superior Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thois	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	50.9	Appointed	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	50.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pharan	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	43.0	Appointed	Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	43.0	Appointed	Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	44.9	Appointed	Peter Tatsuo Doi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	52.8	Appointed	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	52.8	Appointed	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	73.0	Resigned	Henri Lécroart, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.5	Appointed	Leone Proserpio, S.J. †	Bishop of Calicut, India
	35.2	Appointed	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	35.2	Appointed	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Menelaites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	51.4	Appointed	Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ichow [Linyi], China	Bishop of Linyi [Ichow], China
	51.4	Appointed	Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Daldis	Bishop of Linyi [Ichow], China
3 Dec	53.4	Appointed	Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †	Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	Edoardo Tonna †	Titular Archbishop of Garella	Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	46.0	Resigned	Edoardo Tonna †	Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	75.8	Died	Louis Van Dyck (Dijck), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China
5 Dec		Born	Sotìr Ferrara †		Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	François-Joseph Person †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia
		Born	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau		Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
6 Dec	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	81.8	Died	Antun Bauer †	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	39.5	Succeeded	Bl. Alojzije Stepinac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
8 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Walter William Curtis †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond Philip Etteldorf †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	26.1	Ordained Priest	James John Hogan †	Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Zacarias Rolim de Moura †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
10 Dec	34.7	Appointed	Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China	Prefect Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	John Alexander Floersh †	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
12 Dec	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Jerome M. Fernandez †	Bishop of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	John Mulagada †		Bishop of Eluru, India
		Born	Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal
13 Dec	42.2	Confirmed	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	42.2	Confirmed	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	54.4	Appointed	Adelchi Albanesi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	55.6	Appointed	Philippe Sérvule Desranleau †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	55.6	Appointed	Philippe Sérvule Desranleau †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	72.3	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	72.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Arthur Hinsley †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	80.3	Died	Pierre Kojunian (Koyounian) †	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	40.2	Appointed	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	61.7	Appointed	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	61.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	61.7	Resigned	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	53.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	60.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	39.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Ruotolo †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
	53.7	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Vivaldo †	Priest	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
	43.3	Appointed	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Titular Bishop of Peltae	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
15 Dec	61.8	Died	Francisco Sales Reyes y Alicante †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
16 Dec	36.2	Appointed	Miguel Acebedo y Flores †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	50.9	Appointed	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Apostolic Administrator of Loja, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
	55.9	Appointed	Etienne Bornet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	55.9	Appointed	Etienne Bornet †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	42.2	Appointed	Francis Ridgley Cotton †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
	50.1	Appointed	Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	57.9	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	52.8	Appointed	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
	52.8	Appointed	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
	56.8	Appointed	José Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	40.9	Appointed	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Henry McLaughlin †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
	53.2	Appointed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	60.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	49.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	48.9	Appointed	Joseph Walsh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Joseph Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
17 Dec	27.1	Ordained Priest	Victor-Julien-André Gouet †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Born	Joseph Lafontant		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	40.2	Appointed	Fernand Martin, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Prefect Emeritus
18 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	73.5	Appointed	Peter Emmanuel Amigo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	45.9	Appointed	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	William Eric Grasar †	Priest of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Gerhard J. Legeland, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prefect Emeritus of Weetebula, Indonesia
	19.0	Entered	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
19 Dec	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Aldo Gobbi †	Deacon of Verona, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy
21 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Henry Charles Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop Emeritus of Iba, Philippines
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	74.9	Died	Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
22 Dec		Born	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
23 Dec		Born	Timothy Anthony McDonnell		Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
24 Dec		Born	Kazimierz Górny		Bishop Emeritus of Rzeszów, Poland
25 Dec	18.8	Professed	Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Shillong, India
27 Dec	51.1	Appointed	José Selva e Amaral, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	José Selva e Amaral, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
28 Dec		Born	Carl Kevin Moeddel †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
29 Dec		Born	Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame †		Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Dec	24.2	Ordained Priest	Siro Silvestri †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

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