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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Nov	47.2	Ordained Bishop	James Cunningham †	Titular Bishop of Ios	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	74.8	Died	Hanna Hebbé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
3 Nov	20.0	Professed	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
4 Nov	60.3	Appointed	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	John Michael Fearns †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Nov	79.9	Died	Cesaire Stern, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China
7 Nov	76.7	Died	Georges Calavassy †	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
	74.9	Died	Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Nov		Born	Joseph Danlami Bagobiri †		Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria
	72.9	Appointed	Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mossyna	Bishop Emeritus of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
	72.9	Resigned	Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	52.5	Appointed	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil
	52.5	Appointed	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil
	52.5	Resigned	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Viliam Judák		Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Born	Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé		Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	49.3	Appointed	José Terceiro de Sousa †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	43.4	Ordained Bishop	José Eugênio Corrêa †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	David de Sousa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
11 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Béla Norbert Legányi, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary	Abbot Emeritus
	44.9	Died	Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
12 Nov	19.7	Professed	Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
14 Nov	53.0	Appointed	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	53.0	Appointed	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Caunus	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
		Born	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.		Archbishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.5	Appointed	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	51.5	Appointed	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Sinna	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	61.7	Resigned	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.2	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	37.2	Appointed	Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
	37.2	Appointed	Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
	48.2	Appointed	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	48.2	Appointed	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
18 Nov	47.1	Appointed	Franz Hengsbach †	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	68.8	Died	Oleksandr Malynowskyj †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland
20 Nov	66.8	Died	John George Bennett †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
	53.3	Succeeded	John Joseph Carberry †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	47.3	Appointed	José Vicente Távora †	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
21 Nov	45.6	Appointed	Mario Di Lieto †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
	54.4	Appointed	Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. †	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla		Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
22 Nov		Born	Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Born	Franco Lovignana		Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	71.5	Appointed	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Tracula	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
	71.5	Resigned	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
23 Nov	72.8	Appointed	Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	72.8	Resigned	Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francis Kalist		Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	56.2	Appointed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	80.8	Died	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
24 Nov	27.8	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
		Born	Santiago Gómez Sierra		Bishop of Huelva, Spain
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
25 Nov	42.9	Appointed	Reginald John Delargey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	42.9	Appointed	Reginald John Delargey †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	50.1	Appointed	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Nov		Born	Kevin Carl Rhoades		Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
27 Nov	78.1	Died	Ivan Latyševskyj †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	72.1	Died	Franciszek Sonik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
28 Nov	44.8	Appointed	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	44.8	Appointed	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	74.6	Appointed	Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	74.6	Retired	Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	Enrique Principe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	45.6	Appointed	Enrique Principe †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	55.3	Appointed	Alphonse James Schladweiler †	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov		Born	Pasquale Cascio		Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
30 Nov	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Aglialoro †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	39.2	Appointed	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Coadjutor Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Musty †	Titular Bishop of Botriana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	73.1	Died	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	39.8	Appointed	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
	39.8	Appointed	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
Dec	44.9	Resigned	Maurice Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kankan, Guinea	Prefect Emeritus
1 Dec	29.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Barroso Filho	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner †	Priest of Caxias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Luiz Colussi †	Priest	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Rimantas Norvila		Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
3 Dec	51.8	Installed	Paul Bernier †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
4 Dec	85.8	Died	José Alves Correia da Silva †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
5 Dec		Born	Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei		Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	55.3	Appointed	Howard Joseph Carroll †	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
		Born	Antônio Carlos Félix		Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	50.5	Appointed	Clarence George Issenmann †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	44.9	Appointed	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	51.9	Appointed	Victor Joseph Reed †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop
	51.9	Appointed	Victor Joseph Reed †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
6 Dec		Born	José Luis Azuaje Ayala		Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	57.6	Appointed	Jean Van der Heijden (Heyden), S.V.D. †	Prefect of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
7 Dec	78.2	Died	Giovanni Sismondo †	Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Balashoury Thanugundla †	Priest	Bishop of Guntur, India
8 Dec	23.6	Ordained Priest	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Priest	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Syrian)
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Bello †	Priest of Ugento, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
	53.7	Appointed	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Andrew Zolile T. Brook †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
	59.0	Appointed	Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	21.5	Solemn Vows	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Paulo Lopes de Faria †	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	82.1	Ceased	Kazimieras Paltarokas †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
	33.3	Ordained Priest	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Titular Bishop of Rhaedestus	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.1	Appointed	Julijonas Steponavičius †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop
	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Anton Vonderach †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)	Priest	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
9 Dec		Born	Virgil Bercea		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
		Born	Jacob Venance Koda		Bishop Emeritus of Same, Tanzania
		Born	Thomas Maria Renz		Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
10 Dec		Born	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara		Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Fearns †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	54.5	Appointed	Jan Jaroszewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Bishop
	54.5	Appointed	Jan Jaroszewicz †	Titular Bishop of Letopolis	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
		Born	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.		Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	43.9	Appointed	Gilberto Tapia †	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Former Bishop-Elect
11 Dec		Born	Antonio Napolioni		Bishop of Cremona, Italy
12 Dec	55.8	Appointed	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Titular Bishop of Andeda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	52.5	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
13 Dec		Born	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.		Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
15 Dec	25.7	Ordained Priest	Edward Michael Egan †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alfred Clifton Hughes	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Serapio Bwemi Magambo †	Priest of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Anthony Michael Milone †	Priest of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
	75.4	Appointed	Marcello Mimmi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	25.4	Ordained Priest	James Michael Moynihan †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Orlando Romero Cabrera	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
	25.3	Ordained Priest	James Francis Stafford	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
16 Dec	48.9	Selected	[John Li Xi-ting (Li Hsi Ying)] †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
17 Dec	45.9	Appointed	Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza †	Bishop of Tacna, Peru
18 Dec	26.2	Ordained Priest	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	49.6	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
20 Dec		Born	Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P.		Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	50.5	Appointed	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	50.5	Appointed	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Titular Bishop of Elis	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Albert Tshomba Yungu †	Priest of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	28.8	Ordained Priest	Nestor Assogba †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Mario Cecchini †	Deacon of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	46.4	Appointed	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	46.4	Appointed	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Titular Bishop of Arycanda	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea †	Priest of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Abangite Gasi †	Priest of Mupoi, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	30.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Lokiru Kalanda †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	31.5	Ordained Priest	Lucien Monsi-Agboka †	Priest of Cotonou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus of Abomey, Benin
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Pierro †	Priest of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	40.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Vallejos Santoni †	Priest of Callao, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Wamala	Priest of Masaka, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Wolfgang Weider †	Priest of Berlin, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Damian Zimoń	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
22 Dec		Born	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba		Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa †	Priest of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
23 Dec	77.6	Died	Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
24 Dec		Born	Jérôme Daniel Beau		Archbishop of Poitiers, France
	58.4	Appointed	Camille-Antoine Chilouet, C.M. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
	40.0	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
	45.6	Appointed	Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bathurst in Gambia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
	44.3	Appointed	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Stanislaus Tigga †	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
	51.2	Appointed	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.2	Appointed	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Dec	63.8	Died	Francisco Javier Santos Santiago, I.E.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
26 Dec	44.6	Succeeded	John Patrick Kavanagh †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
	89.1	Died	James Whyte †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
27 Dec	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Evelio Domínguez Recinos †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Iriarte †	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
	68.3	Died	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
		Born	Montfort Stima (Sitima)		Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
28 Dec	28.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Mambe Mukanga †	Priest	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.8	Appointed	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
29 Dec	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Wronka †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
31 Dec	51.3	Succeeded	Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	73.4	Appointed	Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †	Titular Archbishop of Samosata	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
	73.4	Retired	Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus

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