The Year of Our Lord 1948

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 40.1 Appointed Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

40.1 Appointed Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Titular Bishop of Ressiana Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

4 Nov 37.1 Installed Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Died Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya

Born Jan Karol Tyrawa Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

6 Nov Born Sergio Pagano, B. Assessor of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

7 Nov 24.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala

24.6 Ordained Priest Rafael Bellido Caro † Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Born Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.3 Ordained Bishop Leo Pietsch † Titular Bishop of Narona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

8 Nov 41.4 Appointed Károly Gombos † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary Priest

41.4 Appointed Károly Gombos † Titular Bishop of Medaba Priest

9 Nov 54.0 Appointed Joseph Francis Flannelly † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.0 Appointed Joseph Francis Flannelly † Titular Bishop of Metelis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Born Clyde Martin Harvey Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

46.4 Ordained Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion † Titular Bishop of Gerara Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France

10 Nov 76.0 Appointed Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Paros Bishop of Darwin, Australia

76.0 Retired Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

11 Nov 35.7 Appointed Thomas Vincent Cahill † Bishop of Cairns, Australia Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

52.7 Appointed Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.6 Installed Tomás Juan Carlos Solari † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

57.0 Appointed Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Acholla Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

12 Nov Appointed Sebastião (Sebastián) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. † Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South) Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)

59.8 Appointed Walenty Dymek † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

53.7 Appointed Franciszek Jedwabski † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

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

47.2 Appointed Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

47.2 Appointed Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

13 Nov Born Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

Born Carlos Humberto Malfa Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina

41.6 Appointed Manuel Tato † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

41.6 Appointed Manuel Tato † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

60.6 Died Richard Turner, M.H.M. † Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

51.5 Appointed Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Azura Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

14 Nov Born Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J. Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

16 Nov 52.0 Appointed Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

17 Nov Born Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Apostolic Nuncio

18 Nov Born Alain Émile Baptiste Planet Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France

19 Nov Appointed Jean François Waterschoot, O.F.M. † Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Prefect Emeritus

20 Nov 61.6 Appointed Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † Apostolic Delegate to Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

Born John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

21 Nov 36.1 Ordained Bishop José Alves de Sá Trindade † Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil

46.5 Ordained Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abari Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

37.0 Appointed Ioan Ploscaru † Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

37.0 Appointed Ioan Ploscaru † Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

32.8 Ordained Priest Leo Tigga, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Raiganj, India

27 Nov 40.5 Appointed Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador

48.6 Appointed Giovanni Urbani † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

28 Nov 36.0 Ordained Bishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.8 Ordained Priest René Fernández Apaza † Priest of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

71.9 Died Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

24.2 Ordained Priest Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

28.7 Ordained Priest Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

30 Nov 42.9 Ordained Bishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Catula Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

36.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Bucellus Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

51.8 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Gleumes † Titular Bishop of Cissita Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

43.0 Ordained Bishop Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cerasa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

45.2 Ordained Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany

37.0 Ordained Bishop Ioan Ploscaru † Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

Dec 30.8 Ordained Priest Paul Guo Wenzhi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China

1 Dec Born Heriberto Cavazos Pérez Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Born Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar

2 Dec Born Robert Francis Christian, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Born Gebhard Fürst Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

3 Dec Born Sérgio Arthur Braschi Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

31.8 Ordained Priest [Benedict Cai Xiufeng] † Priest Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China

4 Dec Born Robert Daniel Conlon Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

25.2 Converted Joseph Lawson Howze † Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

5 Dec 24.1 Ordained Priest Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

23.5 Ordained Priest José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago † Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil

24.8 Ordained Priest Paulino Reale Chirina † Priest of Mendoza, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

7 Dec 24.6 Ordained Deacon Gheorghe Guţiu † Deacon Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

8 Dec Born Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho † Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

24.7 Ordained Priest José de Lima † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.0 Ordained Bishop Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

24.6 Ordained Priest Gheorghe Guţiu † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

46.3 Ordained Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Celerina Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

32.5 Ordained Priest Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

28.1 Ordained Priest Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

9 Dec 50.9 Appointed Hugh Boyle † Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

50.9 Appointed Hugh Boyle † Titular Bishop of Bagai Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

46.4 Appointed John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)

46.4 Appointed John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) † Titular Bishop of Anthedon Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)

38.3 Appointed Charles Dauvin, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

38.3 Appointed Charles Dauvin, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.2 Appointed Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. † Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

54.2 Appointed Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. † Titular Bishop of Lipara Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

41.8 Appointed Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

41.8 Appointed Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. † Titular Bishop of Abora Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

71.3 Resigned Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. † Bishop of Dali [Tali], China Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. † Prefect of Tali [Dali], China Prefect Emeritus

58.6 Appointed Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

47.0 Appointed Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Bita Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

47.0 Appointed Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

10 Dec Born Joseph Angelo Grech † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

11 Dec 58.0 Appointed Pietro Doimo Munzani † Titular Archbishop of Tyana Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

58.0 Resigned Pietro Doimo Munzani † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Enrique Pérez Serantes † Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

47.9 Appointed Carlos Riu Anglés † Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

Born Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. † Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia

12 Dec 44.4 Ordained Bishop Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Herberto Celso Angelo † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

40.2 Ordained Bishop Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Titular Bishop of Ressiana Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

59.4 Ceased Gennaro Fenizia † Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

25.9 Ordained Priest Miguel Esteban Hesayne † Priest of Azul, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina

34.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

44.8 Installed Francesco Minerva † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

14 Dec Born Michel Abrass, B.A. Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

15 Dec 50.7 Resigned Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania Abbot Emeritus

Born Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

Born Ambroise Ouédraogo Bishop Emeritus of Maradi, Niger

16 Dec Born Claro Caluya III Administrator of Masbate, Philippines

54.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Francis Flannelly † Titular Bishop of Metelis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Born César Augusto Franco Martínez Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

79.0 Died Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

17 Dec 46.3 Appointed William Edward Cousins † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

46.3 Appointed William Edward Cousins † Titular Bishop of Forma Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

41.8 Appointed Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. † Prefect of Sukabumi, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia

50.5 Appointed Martin Dewey McNamara † Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

44.9 Appointed William Aloysius O’Connor † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest Román Arrieta Villalobos † Priest of San José de Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

24.9 Ordained Priest Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet † Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

24.9 Ordained Priest Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

31.6 Ordained Priest Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

30.3 Ordained Priest Karl Heinz Jacoby † Priest of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Carlos Talavera Ramírez † Priest of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México

23.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Winning † Priest of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

19 Dec Born Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Ramón Malla Call † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

20 Dec 78.5 Died Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. † Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

21 Dec Born Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua

22 Dec 73.0 Died Karel Kmetko † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

Born Johannes Liku Ada’ Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia

23 Dec Born Victor Selvino Arenhart † Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

24 Dec Born Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I. Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea

26 Dec 44.9 Succeeded Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla † Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

25.2 Ordained Priest Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

84.8 Died Emeterio Valverde y Téllez † Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

27 Dec 52.7 Succeeded Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco

85.3 Died José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco

54.0 Died Ferdinand Dirichs † Bishop of Limburg, Germany

67.2 Appointed Carlo Stoppa † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

28 Dec 78.8 Died Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia

38.3 Died Charles Dauvin, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born George Vance Murry, S.J. † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

29 Dec 46.7 Appointed Charles-Marie Himmer † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 57.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Acholla Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

31 Dec 82.0 Died Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	40.1	Appointed	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
40.1	Appointed	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
4 Nov	37.1	Installed	Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Died	Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya
	Born	Jan Karol Tyrawa		Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
6 Nov		Born	Sergio Pagano, B.		Assessor of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
7 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
24.6	Ordained Priest	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
	Born	Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Leo Pietsch †	Titular Bishop of Narona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
8 Nov	41.4	Appointed	Károly Gombos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Priest
41.4	Appointed	Károly Gombos †	Titular Bishop of Medaba	Priest
9 Nov	54.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Titular Bishop of Metelis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	Born	Clyde Martin Harvey		Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Titular Bishop of Gerara	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
10 Nov	76.0	Appointed	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Paros	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
76.0	Retired	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
11 Nov	35.7	Appointed	Thomas Vincent Cahill †	Bishop of Cairns, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
52.7	Appointed	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.6	Installed	Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
57.0	Appointed	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
12 Nov		Appointed	Sebastião (Sebastián) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South)	Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)
59.8	Appointed	Walenty Dymek †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
53.7	Appointed	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
52.1	Appointed	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
47.2	Appointed	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
47.2	Appointed	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 Nov		Born	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran †		Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	Born	Carlos Humberto Malfa		Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
41.6	Appointed	Manuel Tato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
41.6	Appointed	Manuel Tato †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
60.6	Died	Richard Turner, M.H.M. †	Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
51.5	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Azura	Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
14 Nov		Born	Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J.		Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
16 Nov	52.0	Appointed	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
17 Nov		Born	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti		Apostolic Nuncio
18 Nov		Born	Alain Émile Baptiste Planet		Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
19 Nov		Appointed	Jean François Waterschoot, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
20 Nov	61.6	Appointed	Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Delegate to Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	Born	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.		Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
21 Nov	36.1	Ordained Bishop	José Alves de Sá Trindade †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
46.5	Ordained Bishop	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abari	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
37.0	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
37.0	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
32.8	Ordained Priest	Leo Tigga, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Raiganj, India
27 Nov	40.5	Appointed	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
48.6	Appointed	Giovanni Urbani †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 Nov	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.8	Ordained Priest	René Fernández Apaza †	Priest of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
71.9	Died	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
24.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
28.7	Ordained Priest	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
30 Nov	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Bucellus	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Gleumes †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cerasa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Ploscaru †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
Dec	30.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Guo Wenzhi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
1 Dec		Born	Heriberto Cavazos Pérez		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	Born	Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar
2 Dec		Born	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	Born	Gebhard Fürst		Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
3 Dec		Born	Sérgio Arthur Braschi		Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
31.8	Ordained Priest	[Benedict Cai Xiufeng] †	Priest	Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
4 Dec		Born	Robert Daniel Conlon		Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
25.2	Converted	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
5 Dec	24.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
23.5	Ordained Priest	José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago †	Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
24.8	Ordained Priest	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Priest of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
7 Dec	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
8 Dec		Born	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
24.7	Ordained Priest	José de Lima †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
24.6	Ordained Priest	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
32.5	Ordained Priest	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.1	Ordained Priest	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 Dec	50.9	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
50.9	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
46.4	Appointed	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
46.4	Appointed	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
38.3	Appointed	Charles Dauvin, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
38.3	Appointed	Charles Dauvin, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.2	Appointed	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
54.2	Appointed	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
41.8	Appointed	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
41.8	Appointed	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
71.3	Resigned	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Bishop of Dali [Tali], China	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Prefect of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus
58.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
47.0	Appointed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
47.0	Appointed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
10 Dec		Born	Joseph Angelo Grech †		Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
11 Dec	58.0	Appointed	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
58.0	Resigned	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Enrique Pérez Serantes †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
47.9	Appointed	Carlos Riu Anglés †	Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †		Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
12 Dec	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
59.4	Ceased	Gennaro Fenizia †	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Miguel Esteban Hesayne †	Priest of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Expedito Lopes †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
44.8	Installed	Francesco Minerva †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Michel Abrass, B.A.		Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Dec	50.7	Resigned	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias		Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
	Born	Ambroise Ouédraogo		Bishop Emeritus of Maradi, Niger
16 Dec		Born	Claro Caluya III		Administrator of Masbate, Philippines
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Titular Bishop of Metelis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	Born	César Augusto Franco Martínez		Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
79.0	Died	Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
17 Dec	46.3	Appointed	William Edward Cousins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
46.3	Appointed	William Edward Cousins †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
41.8	Appointed	Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Sukabumi, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
50.5	Appointed	Martin Dewey McNamara †	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
44.9	Appointed	William Aloysius O’Connor †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	Román Arrieta Villalobos †	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
24.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
24.9	Ordained Priest	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
31.6	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
30.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Heinz Jacoby †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Priest of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
23.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Priest of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Dec		Born	Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †		Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Ramón Malla Call †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
20 Dec	78.5	Died	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
21 Dec		Born	Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.		Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
22 Dec	73.0	Died	Karel Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	Born	Johannes Liku Ada’		Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia
23 Dec		Born	Victor Selvino Arenhart †		Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
24 Dec		Born	Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.		Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea
26 Dec	44.9	Succeeded	Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
25.2	Ordained Priest	Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
84.8	Died	Emeterio Valverde y Téllez †	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
27 Dec	52.7	Succeeded	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
85.3	Died	José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
54.0	Died	Ferdinand Dirichs †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
67.2	Appointed	Carlo Stoppa †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
28 Dec	78.8	Died	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
38.3	Died	Charles Dauvin, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	George Vance Murry, S.J. †		Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Dec	46.7	Appointed	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
31 Dec	82.0	Died	Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠