The Year of Our Lord 1944

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 54.4 Appointed Joseph Pace † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

52.7 Succeeded Josyf Slipyj † Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop

4 Nov 66.5 Died Luigi Drago † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy

79.2 Died Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

5 Nov 22.8 Ordained Priest Ignazio Cannavò † Priest of Acireale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

40.1 Ordained Bishop Bernhard Stein † Titular Bishop of Dagnum Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

6 Nov Born Ioan Robu Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

8 Nov 49.2 Installed Richard James Cushing † Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

9 Nov 77.4 Died Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent † Bishop of Blois, France

46.7 Appointed Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) † Titular Bishop of Calydon Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

46.7 Appointed Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) † Vicar Apostolic of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

11 Nov 53.8 Appointed John George Bennett † Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

51.8 Appointed Matthew Francis Brady † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Born Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc † Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

53.8 Appointed Henry Joseph Grimmelsman † Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.1 Appointed Ralph Leo Hayes † Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Eugene Joseph McGuinness † Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Bishop

55.1 Appointed Eugene Joseph McGuinness † Titular Bishop of Ilium Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

52.0 Appointed William Theodore Mulloy † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

51.5 Appointed Michael Joseph Ready † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

92.7 Died Jean-François-Ernest Ricard † Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

52.3 Appointed Joseph Elmer Ritter † Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

65.6 Appointed Edward Francis Ryan † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA

12 Nov Born Ramon Cabrera Argüelles Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

61.5 Ordained Bishop Raboula Youssef Bakhache † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Siri Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

55.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Blanco Nájera † Bishop of Orense, Spain

Born József Tamás Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

48.5 Ordained Bishop Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Andeda Vicar Apostolic of Laos

13 Nov Born Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.I. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

15 Nov 21.3 Professed Albert Vanhoye, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani

Born Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

16 Nov 19.7 Professed Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola

19 Nov Born Kevin Michael Britt † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

53.9 Ordained Bishop Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé † Bishop of Segorbe, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)

23.4 Ordained Priest András József Szennay, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary

Born Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

20 Nov Born David Christopher McGough † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

22 Nov 54.7 Succeeded Eugeniusz Baziak † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

Born Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

80.7 Died Bolesław Twardowski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

26 Nov 51.0 Ordained Bishop José García y Goldaraz † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

Born Donald Joseph Kettler Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

27 Nov 55.9 Died Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Benkoelen, Indonesia

29 Nov 23.2 Ordained Deacon Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil

30 Nov Born Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya

40.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone † Titular Archbishop of Trapezus Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

25.7 Ordained Priest Edmundo Luís Kunz † Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

26.5 Ordained Priest Augusto Petró † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Dec 70.7 Resigned Luigi Lavitrano † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

2 Dec 56.1 Appointed Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Coadjutor Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop

56.1 Appointed Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Titular Bishop of Mela Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

3 Dec 24.6 Ordained Priest José de Aquino Pereira † Priest of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria

27.3 Ordained Priest Michael He Jinmin † Priest Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China

24.5 Ordained Priest Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

4 Dec 61.1 Died Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

68.6 Died Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop

5 Dec Born José Vilaplana Blasco Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

8 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Silvio Maria Dário † Priest Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26.6 Ordained Priest [Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen], O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jinan [Tsinan], China

28.2 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22.8 Ordained Priest Jožef Smej † Priest of Maribor, Slovenia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

9 Dec 62.5 Appointed Francisco Cavero y Tormo † Bishop of Coria, Spain

61.6 Appointed Daniel Llorente y Federico † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Luciano Pérez Platero † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

55.0 Appointed Saturnino Rubio y Montiél † Bishop of Osma, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain

Born Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio

10 Dec Born Mathew Arackal Bishop Emeritus of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India

34.4 Ordained Bishop Henrique Gelain † Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

69.3 Died Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China

13 Dec 67.2 Appointed Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † Titular Archbishop of Aenus Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

67.2 Resigned Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Archbishop Emeritus

14 Dec 44.1 Appointed Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.1 Appointed Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

51.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Joseph Ready † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

15 Dec 69.4 Died Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

40.2 Appointed Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

40.2 Appointed Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Arad Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

17 Dec 54.7 Succeeded Giuseppe Battaglia † Bishop of Faenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Pace † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

47.7 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Byblus Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China

33.9 Ordained Priest Anthony Saliu Sanusi † Priest of Lagos, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

71.8 Died Antonio Scarante † Bishop of Faenza, Italy

40.9 Ordained Bishop Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Assus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

18 Dec 24.5 Ordained Priest William Dunne, S.P.S. † Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Bishop Emeritus of Kitui, Kenya

19 Dec 76.9 Died Gyözö Horváth † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

27.4 Ordained Bishop Péter Orosz † Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

20 Dec 69.1 Died Gilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

37.6 Succeeded François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

21 Dec 53.9 Ordained Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman † Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Ordained Bishop Auguste Jauffrés † Bishop of Tarentaise, France Bishop Emeritus

Born José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

32.3 Ordained Priest Ireneus Wien Dud † Priest of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

22 Dec 74.1 Died Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

63.0 Appointed St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † Apostolic Nuncio to France Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Born Benedetto Tuzia Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

23 Dec 24.2 Ordained Priest Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

Born Patras Minj, S.J. Bishop Emeritus of Ambikapur, India

33.1 Ordained Priest Maximino Romero de Lema † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

23.3 Ordained Priest Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina

34.9 Ordained Priest Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi † Priest of Lima, Peru Auxiliary Bishop

61.1 Appointed Valerio Valeri † Official of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

24 Dec Born Oswald Gracias Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

23.1 Ordained Priest József Szendi † Priest of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

31 Dec Born André de Witte † Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
52.7	Succeeded	Josyf Slipyj †	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop
4 Nov	66.5	Died	Luigi Drago †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
79.2	Died	Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Nov	22.8	Ordained Priest	Ignazio Cannavò †	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Stein †	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
6 Nov		Born	Ioan Robu		Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
8 Nov	49.2	Installed	Richard James Cushing †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Nov	77.4	Died	Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent †	Bishop of Blois, France
46.7	Appointed	Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
46.7	Appointed	Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) †	Vicar Apostolic of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
11 Nov	53.8	Appointed	John George Bennett †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
51.8	Appointed	Matthew Francis Brady †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	Born	Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc †		Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
53.8	Appointed	Henry Joseph Grimmelsman †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.1	Appointed	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop
55.1	Appointed	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Titular Bishop of Ilium	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
52.0	Appointed	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
51.5	Appointed	Michael Joseph Ready †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
92.7	Died	Jean-François-Ernest Ricard †	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
52.3	Appointed	Joseph Elmer Ritter †	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
65.6	Appointed	Edward Francis Ryan †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
12 Nov		Born	Ramon Cabrera Argüelles		Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Siri	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Blanco Nájera †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	Born	József Tamás		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Andeda	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
13 Nov		Born	Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.I.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
15 Nov	21.3	Professed	Albert Vanhoye, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	Born	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Nov	19.7	Professed	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
19 Nov		Born	Kevin Michael Britt †		Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
23.4	Ordained Priest	András József Szennay, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary
	Born	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
20 Nov		Born	David Christopher McGough †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
22 Nov	54.7	Succeeded	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	Born	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
80.7	Died	Bolesław Twardowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
26 Nov	51.0	Ordained Bishop	José García y Goldaraz †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
	Born	Donald Joseph Kettler		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
27 Nov	55.9	Died	Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Benkoelen, Indonesia
29 Nov	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
30 Nov		Born	Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
25.7	Ordained Priest	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
26.5	Ordained Priest	Augusto Petró †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Dec	70.7	Resigned	Luigi Lavitrano †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
2 Dec	56.1	Appointed	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Coadjutor Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop
56.1	Appointed	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Titular Bishop of Mela	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	José de Aquino Pereira †	Priest of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria
27.3	Ordained Priest	Michael He Jinmin †	Priest	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
24.5	Ordained Priest	Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
4 Dec	61.1	Died	Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
68.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop
5 Dec		Born	José Vilaplana Blasco		Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
8 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Silvio Maria Dário †	Priest	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.6	Ordained Priest	[Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jinan [Tsinan], China
28.2	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22.8	Ordained Priest	Jožef Smej †	Priest of Maribor, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
9 Dec	62.5	Appointed	Francisco Cavero y Tormo †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
61.6	Appointed	Daniel Llorente y Federico †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Luciano Pérez Platero †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
55.0	Appointed	Saturnino Rubio y Montiél †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain
	Born	Luigi Ventura		Apostolic Nuncio
10 Dec		Born	Mathew Arackal		Bishop Emeritus of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Gelain †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
69.3	Died	Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China
13 Dec	67.2	Appointed	Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †	Titular Archbishop of Aenus	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
67.2	Resigned	Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.1	Appointed	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph Ready †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
15 Dec	69.4	Died	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
40.2	Appointed	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
40.2	Appointed	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
17 Dec	54.7	Succeeded	Giuseppe Battaglia †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
33.9	Ordained Priest	Anthony Saliu Sanusi †	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
71.8	Died	Antonio Scarante †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Assus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
18 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Kitui, Kenya
19 Dec	76.9	Died	Gyözö Horváth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
27.4	Ordained Bishop	Péter Orosz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
20 Dec	69.1	Died	Gilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
37.6	Succeeded	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph Grimmelsman †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Jauffrés †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas		Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
32.3	Ordained Priest	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Priest of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
22 Dec	74.1	Died	Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
63.0	Appointed	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Born	Benedetto Tuzia		Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
23 Dec	24.2	Ordained Priest	Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	Born	Patras Minj, S.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Ambikapur, India
33.1	Ordained Priest	Maximino Romero de Lema †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
34.9	Ordained Priest	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop
61.1	Appointed	Valerio Valeri †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
24 Dec		Born	Oswald Gracias		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
23.1	Ordained Priest	József Szendi †	Priest of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
31 Dec		Born	André de Witte †		Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

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