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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov		Appointed	Christopher Ulyatt, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Volksrust, South Africa
1 Nov		Born	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Gabriel Romero Franco	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
3 Nov	61.6	Died	Edmund Joseph Reilly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
4 Nov	76.9	Installed	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Nov		Born	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.		Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique
8 Nov	42.6	Appointed	Wojciech Stanisław Olszowski †	Apostolic Administrator	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
	42.6	Appointed	Wojciech Stanisław Olszowski †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
9 Nov	45.7	Appointed	Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †	Priest of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	53.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	20.2	Entered	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
		Born	Antoine Kambanda		Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
11 Nov	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Urbani †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
13 Nov	60.7	Appointed	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	60.7	Appointed	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	46.6	Appointed	Richard Finn, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	Charles Msakila †	Bishop of Karema, Tanzania	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
	55.4	Appointed	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Phoba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Joseph Schmitt †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
	45.2	Appointed	Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Nov	42.0	Appointed	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Nauplia
	55.6	Installed	Albert Gregory Meyer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 Nov	49.7	Appointed	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop
	49.7	Appointed	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
	58.3	Appointed	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
	58.3	Appointed	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
	47.9	Appointed	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	47.9	Appointed	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
16 Nov	49.1	Appointed	Lech Kaczmarek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Bishop
	49.1	Appointed	Lech Kaczmarek †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pirotto †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Stroba †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
	46.7	Appointed	Wacław Wycisk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
	46.7	Appointed	Wacław Wycisk †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
17 Nov	70.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	70.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Prefect of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Secretary of State
18 Nov	51.9	Appointed	Jan Czerniak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Jan Czerniak †	Titular Bishop of Eudocia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	53.5	Appointed	Jerzy Modzelewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	53.5	Appointed	Jerzy Modzelewski †	Titular Bishop of Daonium	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
		Born	Roman Pindel		Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Élie Eugène François Vandewalle †	Titular Bishop of Olbia	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
19 Nov		Born	Stanislav Zvolenský		Archbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
22 Nov	49.5	Succeeded	Alexander Carter †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Died	Ralph Hubert Dignan †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
23 Nov	26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Arinze	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Priest of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Joachim Phayao Manisap †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Priest of Pyong-Yang, Korea (North)	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
	31.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Pallikaparampil	Priest of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †	Priest of Istituto del Prado	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
25 Nov	47.6	Installed	Paul John Hallinan †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis Marie Henri Mazerat †	Titular Bishop of Etenna	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
	53.1	Installed	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
	45.8	Appointed	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
26 Nov		Born	Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro		Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Nov	48.1	Appointed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
	48.1	Appointed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
	49.6	Appointed	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	49.6	Appointed	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	70.0	Died	Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
28 Nov		Born	Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto		Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
29 Nov	25.6	Ordained Priest	Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
		Born	Chibly Langlois		Cardinal, Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
30 Nov	72.8	Died	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Metz, France
	47.6	Succeeded	Paul Joseph Schmitt †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	92.4	Died	José María Caro Rodríguez †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
5 Dec	77.8	Died	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	44.7	Appointed	Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Misurata, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya
6 Dec	26.3	Ordained Priest	Jayme Henrique Chemello	Priest of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	29.1	Ordained Priest	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. †	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki †	Priest of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda
	20.5	Entered	Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana †	Priest of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
	27.4	Ordained Priest	José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R.	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
8 Dec	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ivan Cornelius Dias †	Priest of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Zarna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	20.3	Professed	Ricardo Manuel Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. †	Member of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
11 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.0	Appointed	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
	50.0	Appointed	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Termessus	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
		Born	João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S.		Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil
	74.4	Appointed	Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Dec	44.7	Appointed	Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Appointed	Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Taua	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
13 Dec	52.0	Selected	Paul II Cheikho †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	52.0	Selected	Paul II Cheikho †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	71.1	Appointed	Carlo Grano †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	71.1	Appointed	Carlo Grano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
14 Dec	45.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Coudray, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kankan, Guinea	Prefect Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	59.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Titular Archbishop of Serdica	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
	70.7	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Cardinal, Secretary of State
15 Dec	66.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	79.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Bracci †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	79.1	Resigned	Francesco Bracci †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	54.2	Elevated to Cardinal	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Carraro †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	68.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Castaldo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	75.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Cento †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	77.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Chiarlo †	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	77.1	Retired	Carlo Chiarlo †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
	75.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	65.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Confalonieri †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Richard James Cushing †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	74.4	Appointed	Alberto di Jorio †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	74.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Alberto di Jorio †	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	45.3	Appointed	Julius August Döpfner †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	45.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Julius August Döpfner †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	75.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Fietta †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	75.1	Retired	Giuseppe Fietta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	69.8	Elevated to Cardinal	José Garibi y Rivera †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	78.9	Appointed	Paolo Giobbe †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
	78.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Paolo Giobbe †	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
	78.9	Resigned	Paolo Giobbe †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
	69.2	Elevated to Cardinal	William Godfrey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	74.8	Appointed	William Theodore Heard †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	76.1	Appointed	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	76.1	Elevated to Cardinal	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	76.1	Resigned	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Franz König †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	46.1	Appointed	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	61.2	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	70.6	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	70.6	Elevated to Cardinal	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	71.6	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	71.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	69.4	Appointed	Francesco Roberti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	69.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Roberti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	70.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Tardini †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	78.5	Appointed	Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brescia, Italy	Bishop
	58.7	Appointed	Giovanni Urbani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Urbani †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
16 Dec	52.8	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
18 Dec	66.1	Appointed	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	79.1	Appointed	Francesco Bracci †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	39.4	Appointed	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	39.4	Appointed	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	68.1	Appointed	Alfonso Castaldo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	77.1	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	75.8	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	65.3	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.6	Appointed	Fidel Cortés Pérez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
	56.3	Appointed	William Edward Cousins †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.3	Appointed	Richard James Cushing †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	51.1	Appointed	John Francis Dearden †	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	49.7	Appointed	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
	69.8	Appointed	José Garibi y Rivera †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	69.2	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	78.9	Appointed	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Franz König †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	61.2	Appointed	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	46.5	Appointed	Pietro Palazzini †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	58.1	Appointed	José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz †	Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Dino Staffa †	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	70.8	Appointed	Domenico Tardini †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	66.6	Appointed	Cesare Zerba †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
20 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
		Born	Karel Marinus Choennie		Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
	63.3	Installed	Richard James Cushing †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Dennis Harold De Jong †	Priest	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Barry James Hickey	Priest of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	84.6	Died	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Kataliko †	Priest of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.4	Ordained Priest	John Richard Keating †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
	38.7	Ordained Priest	José María Montes †	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Philip Francis Murphy †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris †	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Rafael Eleuterio Rey †	Priest of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Priest	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
21 Dec	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
	53.6	Appointed	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France	Bishop Emeritus
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Alan Basil de Lastic †	Priest of Calcutta, India	Archbishop of Delhi, India
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Nauplia
22 Dec		Born	Emmanuel Odaga		Priest of Nebbi, Uganda
25 Dec		Born	Messias dos Reis Silveira		Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	35.0	Ordained Priest	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
26 Dec		Born	Jean-Marc Noël Aveline		Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France
27 Dec	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Titular Archbishop of Serdica	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	71.2	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Grano †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Msakila †	Bishop of Karema, Tanzania	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Tardini †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	70.8	Resigned	Domenico Tardini †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Cardinal, Secretary of State
28 Dec		Born	Augustine Ndubueze Echema		Bishop of Aba, Nigeria
30 Dec	75.1	Died	Charles Hubert Le Blond †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

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