The Year of Our Lord 1942

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 21.0 Perpetual Vows Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. † Member of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1 Nov 55.2 Ordained Bishop Ivan Dimitrov Garufalov, C. R. † Titular Bishop of Lagania Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

81.5 Died Pasquale Ragosta † Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

3 Nov Born Gerard Bernacki † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

4 Nov Born Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Nov Born William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

7 Nov Born Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia

59.2 Appointed Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Photice Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada

59.2 Resigned Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. † Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Born André Armand Vingt-Trois † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

8 Nov 23.3 Ordained Priest José Gabriel Calderón Contreras † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia

22.9 Ordained Priest Joaquín García Ordóñez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

24.2 Ordained Priest Antoine Joubeir † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

25.8 Ordained Priest Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

23.8 Ordained Deacon Jan Olszański, M.I.C. † Deacon of Lviv, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

52.3 Ordained Bishop Jozsef Pétery † Bishop of Vác, Hungary

23.8 Ordained Priest Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

10 Nov 54.6 Succeeded John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

68.2 Appointed Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Shihnan [Enshi], China Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

53.9 Appointed Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei † Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)

53.9 Appointed Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei † Titular Bishop of Sufes Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)

61.3 Resigned John Baptist Hou † Vicar Apostolic of Shihnan [Enshi], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

71.5 Resigned Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

39.8 Appointed Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

39.8 Appointed Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Titular Bishop of Colbasa Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

Born Fabio Suescún Mutis Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military

52.0 Appointed Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China

11 Nov Born António Maria Bessa Taipa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

13 Nov 52.0 Died Francis Joseph Monaghan † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

14 Nov Born Julian Gbur, S.V.D. † Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

64.3 Appointed Edward Francis Hoban † Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop

64.3 Appointed Edward Francis Hoban † Titular Bishop of Lystra Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

42.4 Appointed Martin John O’Connor † Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

42.4 Appointed Martin John O’Connor † Titular Bishop of Thespiae President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

15 Nov 39.8 Ordained Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. † Titular Bishop of Sabadia Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

22.9 Perpetual Vows Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada

45.0 Ordained Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar † Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Ordained Bishop João Batista Muniz, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

23.8 Ordained Priest Jan Olszański, M.I.C. † Priest of Lviv, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

74.4 Died Martín Tritschler y Córdoba † Archbishop of Yucatán, México

16 Nov Born Vincenzo Manzella Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

73.6 Died Francisco Cristóbal Toro Correa † Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia

20 Nov Born Paulos Faraj Rahho † Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

21 Nov 57.1 Appointed Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Callinicum Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

57.1 Resigned Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

42.0 Appointed Leo Binz † Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

42.0 Appointed Leo Binz † Titular Bishop of Pinara Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

53.1 Appointed John Joseph Boylan † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

57.1 Appointed Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Cochabamba, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia

75.7 Appointed Amedeo Casabona † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chiavari, Italy Bishop

38.2 Ordained Bishop Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti

52.2 Appointed Fortino Gómez León † Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Archbishop Emeritus

23 Nov 80.0 Died Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

Born Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

24 Nov Born Irineu Gassen, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

26 Nov 67.1 Appointed Francesco de Filippis † Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

27 Nov 72.5 Died Fabien-Zoël Decelles † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

48.3 Succeeded Arthur Douville † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Born Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

28 Nov 43.3 Appointed François Ayoub † Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite) Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

29 Nov 24.4 Ordained Priest Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

40.3 Succeeded Sidney Matthew Metzger † Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Emmanuel Okombo Wandera Bishop Emeritus of Kericho, Kenya

27.8 Ordained Priest Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil

23.8 Ordained Deacon Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. † Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

73.1 Appointed Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Aradus Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

73.1 Resigned Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. † Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. † Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia

1 Dec Born Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

2 Dec Born Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

Born Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil

3 Dec Born Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

Born Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

5 Dec 38.2 Appointed Georges Léon Pelletier † Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

38.2 Appointed Georges Léon Pelletier † Titular Bishop of Hephaestus Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

6 Dec 24.5 Ordained Priest Alberto Devoto † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Goya, Argentina

26.5 Ordained Priest Alejo Benedicto Gilligan † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

8 Dec 29.8 Ordained Priest Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

61.6 Ordained Bishop Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin † Bishop of Moulins, France

9 Dec Born Basile Tapsoba Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

11 Dec Born John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

12 Dec 70.1 Died Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam

13 Dec 34.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Amihere Essuah † Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

24.1 Ordained Priest John Joseph Fitzpatrick † Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA

52.9 Ordained Bishop João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. † Bishop of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec Born Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

Born Anton Stres, C.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

16 Dec Born Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

17 Dec 41.0 Appointed Ernest Victor Tweedy † Archbishop of Hobart, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

18 Dec 77.5 Died Lorenzo Del Ponte † Bishop of Acqui, Italy

36.6 Appointed Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

36.6 Appointed Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Rhosus Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

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

19 Dec 24.1 Ordained Priest Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

29.4 Ordained Priest Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

27.8 Ordained Priest Pranciškaus Brazys, M.I.C. † Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Titular Bishop of Zella

22.7 Ordained Priest José Carranza Chévez † Priest of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

34.1 Ordained Priest Carlos María Cafferata † Priest of Rosario, Argentina Bishop of San Luis, Argentina

22.4 Ordained Priest Odo Fusi Pecci † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy

25.8 Ordained Priest Juvencio González Alvarez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México

25.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina

28.9 Ordained Deacon Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. † Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Dapango, Togo

25.4 Ordained Priest Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

24.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Manuel López † Priest of Rosario, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

24.4 Ordained Priest Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco † Priest Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

25.0 Ordained Priest Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

23.0 Ordained Priest Jerzy Stroba † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland

28.9 Ordained Priest Peter Zhang Boren (Zhang Bairen, Chang Bairen) † Priest Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China

20 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest José María Carrizo Villarreal † Priest of Panamá Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama

27.2 Ordained Priest Alfred Fernández † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

22.3 Ordained Deacon Jean Marcel Honoré † Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

23.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Khoury † Priest Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon

25.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Kundukulam † Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

26.2 Ordained Priest Winnibald Joseph Menezes † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

73.1 Died Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. † Bishop of Volterra, Italy

39.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Titular Bishop of Colbasa Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

23.9 Ordained Priest Fortunato Antonio Rossi † Priest of Paraná, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Sipendi † Priest Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

23.7 Ordained Priest Douglas Joseph Warren † Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 24.6 Ordained Priest Manuel d’Almeida Trindade † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

42.1 Ordained Bishop Leo Binz † Titular Bishop of Pinara Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

31.2 Ordained Priest Baptist Mudartha † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

21.4 Professed Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

22 Dec 77.5 Died Antonio Lippolis † Bishop Emeritus of Ugento, Italy

23 Dec 25.0 Professed Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

24 Dec Born Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta Bishop Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia

25 Dec 54.0 Ordained Bishop Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei † Titular Bishop of Sufes Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)

26 Dec Born Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

27 Dec 57.6 Ordained Bishop José Maria Diosomito Cuenco † Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria) Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

26.5 Ordained Priest Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. † Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23.3 Ordained Deacon Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. † Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

28 Dec Born Robert William Muench Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

73.2 Died Marie-Joseph-Aloÿs Munsch, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania

29 Dec 62.8 Appointed Emeterio Echeverria Barrena † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain

62.8 Appointed Emeterio Echeverria Barrena † Titular Bishop of Dora Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain

47.1 Appointed Rafael García y García de Castro † Bishop of Jaén, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

53.9 Appointed Ramón Iglesias Navarri † Bishop of Urgell, Spain Bishop Emeritus

Born Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

30 Dec 57.4 Ceased Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

52.1 Appointed Gregorio Modrego y Casaus † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

31 Dec Born Julian Rozario † Priest of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	21.0	Perpetual Vows	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Nov	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Dimitrov Garufalov, C. R. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
81.5	Died	Pasquale Ragosta †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Nov		Born	Gerard Bernacki †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
4 Nov		Born	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †		Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Nov		Born	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
7 Nov		Born	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
59.2	Appointed	Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Photice	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
59.2	Resigned	Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	André Armand Vingt-Trois †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
8 Nov	23.3	Ordained Priest	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
22.9	Ordained Priest	Joaquín García Ordóñez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
24.2	Ordained Priest	Antoine Joubeir †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
25.8	Ordained Priest	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
23.8	Ordained Deacon	Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †	Deacon of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jozsef Pétery †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
23.8	Ordained Priest	Alberto Uribe Urdaneta †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
10 Nov	54.6	Succeeded	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
68.2	Appointed	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Shihnan [Enshi], China	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
53.9	Appointed	Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei †	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
53.9	Appointed	Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
61.3	Resigned	John Baptist Hou †	Vicar Apostolic of Shihnan [Enshi], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
71.5	Resigned	Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
39.8	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
39.8	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Bishop of Colbasa	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	Born	Fabio Suescún Mutis		Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military
52.0	Appointed	Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
11 Nov		Born	António Maria Bessa Taipa		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
13 Nov	52.0	Died	Francis Joseph Monaghan †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
14 Nov		Born	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
64.3	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop
64.3	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
42.4	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
42.4	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
15 Nov	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sabadia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
22.9	Perpetual Vows	Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Muniz, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
23.8	Ordained Priest	Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
74.4	Died	Martín Tritschler y Córdoba †	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
16 Nov		Born	Vincenzo Manzella		Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
73.6	Died	Francisco Cristóbal Toro Correa †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
20 Nov		Born	Paulos Faraj Rahho †		Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Nov	57.1	Appointed	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
57.1	Resigned	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
42.0	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
42.0	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
53.1	Appointed	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
57.1	Appointed	Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
75.7	Appointed	Amedeo Casabona †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop
38.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
52.2	Appointed	Fortino Gómez León †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Nov	80.0	Died	Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	Born	Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
24 Nov		Born	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26 Nov	67.1	Appointed	Francesco de Filippis †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Nov	72.5	Died	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
48.3	Succeeded	Arthur Douville †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
28 Nov	43.3	Appointed	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
29 Nov	24.4	Ordained Priest	Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
40.3	Succeeded	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Emmanuel Okombo Wandera		Bishop Emeritus of Kericho, Kenya
27.8	Ordained Priest	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
23.8	Ordained Deacon	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
73.1	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
73.1	Resigned	Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
1 Dec		Born	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †		Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz		Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
	Born	Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
3 Dec		Born	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	Born	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes		Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
5 Dec	38.2	Appointed	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
38.2	Appointed	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
6 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alberto Devoto †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
26.5	Ordained Priest	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
8 Dec	29.8	Ordained Priest	Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
61.6	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin †	Bishop of Moulins, France
9 Dec		Born	Basile Tapsoba		Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
11 Dec		Born	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan
12 Dec	70.1	Died	Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam
13 Dec	34.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
24.1	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
52.9	Ordained Bishop	João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec		Born	Lorenzo Piretto, O.P.		Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	Born	Anton Stres, C.M.		Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Dec		Born	Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
17 Dec	41.0	Appointed	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Dec	77.5	Died	Lorenzo Del Ponte †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
36.6	Appointed	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
36.6	Appointed	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
66.5	Resigned	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	24.1	Ordained Priest	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
29.4	Ordained Priest	Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27.8	Ordained Priest	Pranciškaus Brazys, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Titular Bishop of Zella
22.7	Ordained Priest	José Carranza Chévez †	Priest of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
34.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Cafferata †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
22.4	Ordained Priest	Odo Fusi Pecci †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
25.8	Ordained Priest	Juvencio González Alvarez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
25.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
28.9	Ordained Deacon	Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Dapango, Togo
25.4	Ordained Priest	Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Manuel López †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
24.4	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Priest	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
25.0	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
23.0	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Stroba †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
28.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Zhang Boren (Zhang Bairen, Chang Bairen) †	Priest	Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
20 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Priest of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
27.2	Ordained Priest	Alfred Fernández †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
22.3	Ordained Deacon	Jean Marcel Honoré †	Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
23.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Khoury †	Priest	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kundukulam †	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
26.2	Ordained Priest	Winnibald Joseph Menezes †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
73.1	Died	Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Bishop of Colbasa	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
23.9	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Priest of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sipendi †	Priest	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
23.7	Ordained Priest	Douglas Joseph Warren †	Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel d’Almeida Trindade †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Leo Binz †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
31.2	Ordained Priest	Baptist Mudartha †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
21.4	Professed	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
22 Dec	77.5	Died	Antonio Lippolis †	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento, Italy
23 Dec	25.0	Professed	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
24 Dec		Born	Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta		Bishop Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
25 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
26 Dec		Born	Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến		Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
27 Dec	57.6	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Diosomito Cuenco †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
26.5	Ordained Priest	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23.3	Ordained Deacon	Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. †	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
28 Dec		Born	Robert William Muench		Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
73.2	Died	Marie-Joseph-Aloÿs Munsch, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
29 Dec	62.8	Appointed	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
62.8	Appointed	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
47.1	Appointed	Rafael García y García de Castro †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
53.9	Appointed	Ramón Iglesias Navarri †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
30 Dec	57.4	Ceased	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
52.1	Appointed	Gregorio Modrego y Casaus †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
31 Dec		Born	Julian Rozario †		Priest of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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