The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 69.3 Resigned Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Nov Born Rudolf Deng Majak † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

Born Michael Nnachi Okoro Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

73.0 Appointed Joseph Gabriel Pinten † Titular Bishop of Sela Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

73.0 Resigned Joseph Gabriel Pinten † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov Born Laurent Akran Mandjo † Bishop Emeritus of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire

6 Nov Born Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya

45.2 Appointed John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

43.9 Ordained Bishop Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Danaba Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia

7 Nov 79.0 Died Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

9 Nov 64.0 Died Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA

Born Andrea Mugione † Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

61.9 Appointed Jean-Marie Vittoz † Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France

61.9 Appointed Jean-Marie Vittoz † Titular Bishop of Bitylius Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France

11 Nov Born Francis Ronald Reiss Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

12 Nov 65.6 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Amorium Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan

65.6 Resigned Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Bishop Emeritus

Born Fares Maakaroun Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

Born Donald William Wuerl Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

15 Nov Appointed Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Endeber, Ethiopia Prefect Emeritus

16 Nov 54.3 Appointed James Francis Aloysius McIntyre † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

54.3 Appointed James Francis Aloysius McIntyre † Titular Bishop of Cyrene Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

17 Nov Born Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

Born Michele De Rosa Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

Born Anthony Giroux Meagher † Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

20 Nov 57.4 Appointed Juan Francisco Aragone † Titular Archbishop of Melitene Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay

57.4 Resigned Juan Francisco Aragone † Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Archbishop Emeritus

Born Rudolf Baláž † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

48.1 Succeeded Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.9 Resigned Johannes Peter Franziskus Ross, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

21 Nov 61.3 Resigned Vincenzo Cimatti, S.D.B. † Prefect of Miyazaki, Japan Prefect Emeritus

Born Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

22 Nov Born Roberto Busti Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

Appointed Joseph Li (Ly) † Prefect of Linqing [Lintsing], China Prefect Emeritus

Born Rafael Romo Muñoz Archbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

Born Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

23 Nov 42.1 Appointed Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

42.1 Appointed Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

24 Nov 25.0 Ordained Priest Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

25 Nov Born Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay

26 Nov 46.8 Installed Joseph Patrick Hurley † Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

28 Nov Appointed Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi † Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan

Born Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

29 Nov 63.8 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan

63.8 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. † Bishop of Osaka, Japan Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov 54.1 Ordained Bishop Émile-Arsène Blanchet † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Ordained Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron † Bishop of Annecy, France

30.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang † Priest Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

38.3 Appointed Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi † Apostolic Administrator of Osaka, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

Born Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. † Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

1 Dec 48.2 Ordained Bishop Alfonso María Buteler † Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

26.6 Ordained Priest József Cserháti † Priest of Pécs, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

23.1 Ordained Priest José d’Angelo Neto † Priest Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Jan Śrutwa Bishop Emeritus of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

2 Dec Born Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

3 Dec 43.5 Appointed Augustin Arce Mostajo † Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Titular Bishop of Marciana Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

5 Dec 38.9 Appointed Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi † Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama, Japan

42.8 Appointed Carl Maria Antonius Splett † Apostolic Administrator of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

Born Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

8 Dec Born Fortunatus M. Lukanima † Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania

25.0 Ordained Priest Jorge Marcos de Oliveira † Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. † Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil

23.9 Ordained Priest João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

44.2 Appointed Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Shunsen, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)

10 Dec 79.8 Died Thomas Francis Hickey † Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

Born Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. Bishop Emeritus of Kalookan, Philippines

Born Valentin Masengo Nkinda † Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Dec 60.7 Appointed José da Costa Nunes † Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed José da Costa Nunes † Patriarch of East Indies, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

51.6 Ordained Bishop Salvador Martinez Silva † Titular Bishop of Iasus Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

12 Dec Born Jesus Aputen Cabrera Bishop Emeritus of Alaminos, Philippines

14 Dec 46.6 Appointed Albini LeBlanc † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

52.9 Appointed Thomas Leo Parker † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Joseph Casimir Plagens † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

15 Dec 53.2 Appointed Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

60.5 Appointed Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B. † Bishop of Piura, Peru

58.4 Appointed Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba † Bishop of Trujillo, Peru Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

24.1 Ordained Priest Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

42.5 Appointed Teodosio Moreno Quintana † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru

25.1 Ordained Priest John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † Priest of Society of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

45.2 Appointed Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz † Bishop of Huaraz, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru

19 Dec 60.3 Appointed Mihovil Pušić † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec Born José Haring, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

Born Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

21 Dec 23.7 Ordained Priest Vicente Alfredo Aducci † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

48.2 Installed Alfonso María Buteler † Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

42.1 Appointed Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.5 Ordained Priest Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo † Priest of Yucatán, México Auxiliary Bishop

29.1 Ordained Priest Paulus Lo Bei Zhan (Luo Beizhan, Lo Pe Zhan) † Priest Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

53.7 Appointed Francis Joseph Magner † Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA

24.4 Ordained Priest Olimpo Santiago Maresma † Priest Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

27.4 Ordained Deacon Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai † Deacon of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam

23.0 Ordained Priest Heinrich Theissing † Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany

84.3 Died Tommaso Trussoni † Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy

22 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest José de Almeida Batista Pereira † Priest of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23 Dec Born Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D. Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Dec 45.4 Ordained Bishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

Born Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân † Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

62.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Vittoz † Titular Bishop of Bitylius Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France

29 Dec 23.5 Ordained Priest Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	69.3	Resigned	Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Nov		Born	Rudolf Deng Majak †		Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
	Born	Michael Nnachi Okoro		Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
73.0	Appointed	Joseph Gabriel Pinten †	Titular Bishop of Sela	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
73.0	Resigned	Joseph Gabriel Pinten †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Born	Laurent Akran Mandjo †		Bishop Emeritus of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Nov		Born	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
45.2	Appointed	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
7 Nov	79.0	Died	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
9 Nov	64.0	Died	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
	Born	Andrea Mugione †		Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
61.9	Appointed	Jean-Marie Vittoz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France
61.9	Appointed	Jean-Marie Vittoz †	Titular Bishop of Bitylius	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France
11 Nov		Born	Francis Ronald Reiss		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Nov	65.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
65.6	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Fares Maakaroun		Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
	Born	Donald William Wuerl		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 Nov		Appointed	Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Endeber, Ethiopia	Prefect Emeritus
16 Nov	54.3	Appointed	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
54.3	Appointed	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Nov		Born	Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	Born	Michele De Rosa		Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	Born	Anthony Giroux Meagher †		Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
20 Nov	57.4	Appointed	Juan Francisco Aragone †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
57.4	Resigned	Juan Francisco Aragone †	Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Rudolf Baláž †		Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
48.1	Succeeded	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.9	Resigned	Johannes Peter Franziskus Ross, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
21 Nov	61.3	Resigned	Vincenzo Cimatti, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Miyazaki, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
22 Nov		Born	Roberto Busti		Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	Appointed	Joseph Li (Ly) †	Prefect of Linqing [Lintsing], China	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Rafael Romo Muñoz		Archbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
	Born	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Nov	42.1	Appointed	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
42.1	Appointed	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
24 Nov	25.0	Ordained Priest	Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
25 Nov		Born	Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt		Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
26 Nov	46.8	Installed	Joseph Patrick Hurley †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
28 Nov		Appointed	Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan
	Born	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.		Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
29 Nov	63.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
63.8	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Émile-Arsène Blanchet †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron †	Bishop of Annecy, France
30.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang †	Priest	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
38.3	Appointed	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Osaka, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
	Born	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †		Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
1 Dec	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso María Buteler †	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
26.6	Ordained Priest	József Cserháti †	Priest of Pécs, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
23.1	Ordained Priest	José d’Angelo Neto †	Priest	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Jan Śrutwa		Bishop Emeritus of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
2 Dec		Born	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve		Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
3 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Augustin Arce Mostajo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †	Titular Bishop of Marciana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
5 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama, Japan
42.8	Appointed	Carl Maria Antonius Splett †	Apostolic Administrator of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	Born	Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
8 Dec		Born	Fortunatus M. Lukanima †		Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
25.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Marcos de Oliveira †	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil
23.9	Ordained Priest	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
44.2	Appointed	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Shunsen, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
10 Dec	79.8	Died	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
	Born	Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr.		Bishop Emeritus of Kalookan, Philippines
	Born	Valentin Masengo Nkinda †		Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Dec	60.7	Appointed	José da Costa Nunes †	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	José da Costa Nunes †	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Martinez Silva †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
12 Dec		Born	Jesus Aputen Cabrera		Bishop Emeritus of Alaminos, Philippines
14 Dec	46.6	Appointed	Albini LeBlanc †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
52.9	Appointed	Thomas Leo Parker †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
15 Dec	53.2	Appointed	Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
60.5	Appointed	Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
58.4	Appointed	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
24.1	Ordained Priest	Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
42.5	Appointed	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
25.1	Ordained Priest	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
45.2	Appointed	Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru
19 Dec	60.3	Appointed	Mihovil Pušić †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec		Born	José Haring, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
	Born	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
21 Dec	23.7	Ordained Priest	Vicente Alfredo Aducci †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
48.2	Installed	Alfonso María Buteler †	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
42.1	Appointed	Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.5	Ordained Priest	Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo †	Priest of Yucatán, México	Auxiliary Bishop
29.1	Ordained Priest	Paulus Lo Bei Zhan (Luo Beizhan, Lo Pe Zhan) †	Priest	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
53.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Magner †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
24.4	Ordained Priest	Olimpo Santiago Maresma †	Priest	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
27.4	Ordained Deacon	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai †	Deacon of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam
23.0	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Theissing †	Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
84.3	Died	Tommaso Trussoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy
22 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	José de Almeida Batista Pereira †	Priest of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Dec		Born	Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Dec	45.4	Ordained Bishop	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân †		Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Vittoz †	Titular Bishop of Bitylius	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France
29 Dec	23.5	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

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