The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 57.0 Appointed St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

3 Nov 78.4 Appointed Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

4 Nov 83.9 Died Augustin Pacha † Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

Born Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina

Born Stanisław Salaterski Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

6 Nov 41.5 Appointed Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

41.5 Appointed Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † Titular Bishop of Gergis Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

7 Nov 56.7 Died João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral † Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil

Born Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

Born Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

25.0 Ordained Priest José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa † Priest of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov Born Mauro Aparecido dos Santos † Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

73.9 Died Federico Lunardi † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

10 Nov 79.3 Died Giuseppe Bruno † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

86.1 Appointed Edmund Francis Gibbons † Titular Bishop of Verbe Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA

86.1 Retired Edmund Francis Gibbons † Bishop of Albany, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Succeeded William Aloysius Scully † Bishop of Albany, New York, USA

12 Nov 46.4 Appointed Launcelot John Goody † Bishop of Bunbury, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia

13 Nov 41.0 Installed Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. † Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

70.7 Appointed Achille Liénart † Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

50.3 Appointed Umberto Mozzoni † Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other

50.3 Appointed Umberto Mozzoni † Titular Archbishop of Side Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other

Born Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

Born Francesco Savino Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

55.8 Ordained Bishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

Born Angelo Spina Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

14 Nov 46.4 Ordained Bishop Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

15 Nov 71.8 Died Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe † Bishop of Belley, France

17 Nov 49.5 Appointed Raimundo de Castro e Silva † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

18 Nov 72.9 Appointed Gaetano Cicognani † Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

76.6 Died Dionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz † Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine

55.5 Ordained Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider † Bishop of Aachen, Germany Bishop Emeritus

19 Nov Born Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand

47.9 Appointed Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † Titular Bishop of Sinope Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

21 Nov 70.8 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Apcar † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

33.2 Ordained Priest Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

42.8 Ordained Bishop Elias Zoghbi † Titular Archbishop of Nubia Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

22 Nov Born Dermot Pius Farrell Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

50.5 Appointed Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. † Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

27 Nov 83.0 Appointed Oronzo Caldarola † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

83.0 Retired Oronzo Caldarola † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Died Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

55.6 Appointed Martin Michael Johnson † Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Martin Michael Johnson † Titular Archbishop of Cius Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

53.1 Appointed Malcolm Angus MacEachern † Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Bishop Emeritus

28 Nov 62.6 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25.3 Ordained Priest Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. † Priest of Order of the Minims Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

25.9 Ordained Priest Vito Schlickmann † Priest of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29 Nov 71.6 Appointed Louis (Luigi) Centoz † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

71.6 Appointed Louis (Luigi) Centoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

Born Justo Rodríguez Gallego Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

30 Nov 68.8 Died Vincenzo Gili † Bishop of Cesena, Italy

Dec 59.6 Resigned Joseph Guffens, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

68.8 Resigned Jules Halbert, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Dec 43.6 Appointed Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña † Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

43.6 Appointed Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña † Titular Bishop of Bagis Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

2 Dec 54.0 Succeeded Leo Binz † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

44.9 Appointed Nicholas Thomas Elko † Apostolic Administrator of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

46.6 Removed Daniel Eugene Ivancho † Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania

78.7 Appointed Henry Patrick Rohlman † Titular Archbishop of Cotrada Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

78.7 Retired Henry Patrick Rohlman † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

4 Dec 41.6 Appointed Gilberto Baroni † Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

41.6 Appointed Gilberto Baroni † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

Born Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru

5 Dec 31.4 Ordained Priest Dominic Joseph Abreo † Priest Bishop of Aurangabad, India

Born Kizito Bahujimihigo Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

22.6 Ordained Priest Rubén Héctor di Monte † Priest of Mercedes, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

22.3 Ordained Priest Armando Dini Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

29.0 Ordained Priest Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca † Priest of Bombay, India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

50.4 Ordained Bishop Umberto Mozzoni † Titular Archbishop of Side Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other

23.5 Ordained Priest Jesús Arturo Roldán † Priest of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina

Born Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Dec 40.6 Appointed Emilio Benavent Escuín † Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

40.6 Appointed Emilio Benavent Escuín † Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

49.5 Appointed Luigi Punzolo † Titular Archbishop of Sebastea Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy

7 Dec 27.6 Ordained Priest Leo Rajendram Antony † Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

27.2 Ordained Priest Marianus Arokiasamy † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

24.8 Ordained Priest Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

23.0 Ordained Priest Patrick Dougherty † Priest of Sydney, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia

26.8 Ordained Priest Mathias Kappil † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Punalur, India

24.4 Ordained Priest Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil † Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop

28.1 Ordained Priest Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp † Priest of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Luigi Punzolo † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy

27.0 Ordained Priest Benedict Ganesh Singh † Priest of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Priest Pierre Wadih Tayah † Priest Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

8 Dec 25.0 Ordained Priest Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA

24.9 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Ferraioli † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

27.5 Ordained Priest Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military

28.8 Ordained Priest Estanislao Esteban Karlic † Priest of Córdoba, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

25.4 Ordained Priest Jairo Rui Matos da Silva † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil

30.2 Ordained Priest Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † Priest of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

22.5 Ordained Priest Justo Mullor García † Priest of Almería, Spain President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

23.8 Ordained Priest Reginald Joseph Orsmond † Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa Bishop

34.2 Ordained Bishop José Humberto Paparoni † Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

26.5 Ordained Priest Luiz Eugênio Pérez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.8 Ordained Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. † Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal

25.0 Ordained Priest Oriano Quilici † Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

25.1 Ordained Priest Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes † Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.8 Ordained Priest Camillo Ruini † Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Paul Schruers † Priest of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium

31.0 Ordained Priest Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Priest of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

10 Dec Born José Chittooparambil, C.M.I. Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

Born Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I. Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho

48.2 Appointed Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. † Superior of Baghdad, Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

11 Dec 23.4 Ordained Priest Guido Breña López, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Ica, Peru

50.3 Appointed Giuseppe Fenocchio † Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

12 Dec 48.2 Appointed Alfredo Bruniera † Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

48.2 Appointed Alfredo Bruniera † Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

56.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Gennangi † Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Bishop Emeritus

Born Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

57.2 Ordained Bishop St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Born Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia

13 Dec Born Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay

14 Dec 52.4 Died John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)

46.9 Appointed Carlos Gouvêa Coelho † Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

16 Dec Born Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil

17 Dec Born Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

18 Dec Born Fernando María Bargalló Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

23.2 Ordained Priest Jesús Domínguez Gómez † Priest Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

29.0 Ordained Priest Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Priest of Seoul, Korea (South) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

49.0 Appointed Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Titular Archbishop of Garella Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

24.3 Ordained Priest Paul Joseph Jean Poupard Priest of Angers, France Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

22.5 Ordained Priest Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † Priest of Conversano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

19 Dec 24.2 Professed Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy

Born Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

20 Dec Born François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt Archbishop of Avignon, France

21 Dec 48.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † Titular Bishop of Sinope Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

26.5 Ordained Priest Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi † Priest of Tōkyō, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 Dec Born Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana

23 Dec 74.8 Died Emeterio Echeverria Barrena † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain

25 Dec Born Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru

Born Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

76.9 Died Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit

26 Dec 79.8 Died Girolamo Cardinale † Bishop of Verona, Italy

27 Dec 41.6 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Baroni † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

28 Dec Born Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas Bishop of Angers, France

29 Dec 44.7 Appointed Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. † Prelate of Davao, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines

44.7 Appointed Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Canatha Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines

30 Dec 40.2 Appointed Joseph Aloysius Durick † Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

40.2 Appointed Joseph Aloysius Durick † Titular Bishop of Cerbali Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

56.0 Appointed Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. † Prefect of Morondava, Madagascar Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

42.3 Appointed Charles Garrett Maloney † Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Charles Garrett Maloney † Titular Bishop of Capsa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

31 Dec 39.7 Appointed Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

39.7 Appointed Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Born Martin David Holley Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

46.4 Appointed Bruno Wechner † Vicar General of Innsbruck, Austria Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

46.4 Appointed Bruno Wechner † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	57.0	Appointed	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Nov	78.4	Appointed	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
4 Nov	83.9	Died	Augustin Pacha †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
	Born	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	Born	Stanisław Salaterski		Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
6 Nov	41.5	Appointed	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
41.5	Appointed	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
7 Nov	56.7	Died	João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
	Born	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil		Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	Born	Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize		Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
25.0	Ordained Priest	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †	Priest of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Born	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos †		Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
73.9	Died	Federico Lunardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
10 Nov	79.3	Died	Giuseppe Bruno †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
86.1	Appointed	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Titular Bishop of Verbe	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
86.1	Retired	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Succeeded	William Aloysius Scully †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
12 Nov	46.4	Appointed	Launcelot John Goody †	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
13 Nov	41.0	Installed	Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
70.7	Appointed	Achille Liénart †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
50.3	Appointed	Umberto Mozzoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
50.3	Appointed	Umberto Mozzoni †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
	Born	Paul Rouhana, O.L.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
	Born	Francesco Savino		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
	Born	Angelo Spina		Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
14 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
15 Nov	71.8	Died	Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe †	Bishop of Belley, France
17 Nov	49.5	Appointed	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks		Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
18 Nov	72.9	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
76.6	Died	Dionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov		Born	Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam		Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
21 Nov	70.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Apcar †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
33.2	Ordained Priest	Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Elias Zoghbi †	Titular Archbishop of Nubia	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Nov		Born	Dermot Pius Farrell		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
50.5	Appointed	Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
27 Nov	83.0	Appointed	Oronzo Caldarola †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
83.0	Retired	Oronzo Caldarola †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Died	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
55.6	Appointed	Martin Michael Johnson †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Martin Michael Johnson †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
53.1	Appointed	Malcolm Angus MacEachern †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25.3	Ordained Priest	Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Vito Schlickmann †	Priest of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov	71.6	Appointed	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
71.6	Appointed	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	Born	Justo Rodríguez Gallego		Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
30 Nov	68.8	Died	Vincenzo Gili †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
Dec	59.6	Resigned	Joseph Guffens, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
68.8	Resigned	Jules Halbert, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Dec	43.6	Appointed	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
43.6	Appointed	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
2 Dec	54.0	Succeeded	Leo Binz †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
44.9	Appointed	Nicholas Thomas Elko †	Apostolic Administrator of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
46.6	Removed	Daniel Eugene Ivancho †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
78.7	Appointed	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Titular Archbishop of Cotrada	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
78.7	Retired	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	41.6	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
41.6	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	Born	Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral		Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru
5 Dec	31.4	Ordained Priest	Dominic Joseph Abreo †	Priest	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
	Born	Kizito Bahujimihigo		Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
22.6	Ordained Priest	Rubén Héctor di Monte †	Priest of Mercedes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
22.3	Ordained Priest	Armando Dini	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
29.0	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca †	Priest of Bombay, India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Mozzoni †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
23.5	Ordained Priest	Jesús Arturo Roldán †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
	Born	Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Dec	40.6	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
40.6	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
49.5	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
7 Dec	27.6	Ordained Priest	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
27.2	Ordained Priest	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
24.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
23.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Dougherty †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
26.8	Ordained Priest	Mathias Kappil †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Punalur, India
24.4	Ordained Priest	Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil †	Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop
28.1	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Priest of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
27.0	Ordained Priest	Benedict Ganesh Singh †	Priest of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Priest	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Priest	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
8 Dec	25.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
24.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Ferraioli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
27.5	Ordained Priest	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military
28.8	Ordained Priest	Estanislao Esteban Karlic †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
25.4	Ordained Priest	Jairo Rui Matos da Silva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
30.2	Ordained Priest	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Priest of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society	Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
22.5	Ordained Priest	Justo Mullor García †	Priest of Almería, Spain	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
23.8	Ordained Priest	Reginald Joseph Orsmond †	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop
34.2	Ordained Bishop	José Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
26.5	Ordained Priest	Luiz Eugênio Pérez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.8	Ordained Bishop	João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
25.0	Ordained Priest	Oriano Quilici †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
25.1	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes †	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.8	Ordained Priest	Camillo Ruini †	Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Schruers †	Priest of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
31.0	Ordained Priest	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Priest of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Dec		Born	José Chittooparambil, C.M.I.		Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I.		Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
48.2	Appointed	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Superior of Baghdad, Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
11 Dec	23.4	Ordained Priest	Guido Breña López, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Ica, Peru
50.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Fenocchio †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	48.2	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
48.2	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.		Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
57.2	Ordained Bishop	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Born	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
13 Dec		Born	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios		Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay
14 Dec	52.4	Died	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
46.9	Appointed	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Dec		Born	Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.		Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
17 Dec		Born	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.		Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
18 Dec		Born	Fernando María Bargalló		Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
23.2	Ordained Priest	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †	Priest	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
29.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
49.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Titular Archbishop of Garella	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
24.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Priest of Angers, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
22.5	Ordained Priest	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Priest of Conversano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
19 Dec	24.2	Professed	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
	Born	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. †		Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
20 Dec		Born	François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt		Archbishop of Avignon, France
21 Dec	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
26.5	Ordained Priest	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Dec		Born	Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum		Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana
23 Dec	74.8	Died	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
25 Dec		Born	Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P.		Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru
	Born	Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga		Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
76.9	Died	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 Dec	79.8	Died	Girolamo Cardinale †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
27 Dec	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Baroni †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
28 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas		Bishop of Angers, France
29 Dec	44.7	Appointed	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Prelate of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
44.7	Appointed	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
30 Dec	40.2	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
40.2	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
56.0	Appointed	Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †	Prefect of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
42.3	Appointed	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Titular Bishop of Capsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
31 Dec	39.7	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
39.7	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	Born	Martin David Holley		Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
46.4	Appointed	Bruno Wechner †	Vicar General of Innsbruck, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria
46.4	Appointed	Bruno Wechner †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

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