The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 49.7 Appointed Gerald Emmett Carter † Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

49.7 Appointed Gerald Emmett Carter † Titular Bishop of Altiburus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2 Dec Born Michael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

26.5 Ordained Priest Luc Julian Matthys † Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia

3 Dec Born François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

26.5 Ordained Priest Hélio Gonçalves Heleno † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Parramatta, Australia

52.0 Ordained Bishop Sante Portalupi † Titular Archbishop of Christopolis Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Born João Santos Cardoso Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

46.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sibomana † Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

27.1 Ordained Priest Geraldo Vieira Gusmão Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil

4 Dec 25.1 Ordained Priest Vincent Michael Concessao Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India

60.2 Appointed Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France Archbishop Emeritus

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Cyparissia Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

Born Jean Claude Randrianarisoa Bishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

5 Dec 41.5 Selected Jean Bassoul, B.S. † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

41.0 Selected Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

62.2 Appointed Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

6 Dec Born Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. Bishop of Gracias, Honduras

7 Dec 76.2 Died Michal Buzalka † Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia

75.5 Appointed Auguste Jauffrés † Titular Bishop of Arsennaria Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

75.5 Retired Auguste Jauffrés † Bishop of Tarentaise, France Bishop Emeritus

83.8 Appointed Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † Titular Archbishop of Serrae Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

83.8 Retired Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Bishop of Meaux, France Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

56.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi Oldani † Titular Bishop of Gergis Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

51.9 Succeeded Guillaume Marie van Zuylen † Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop Emeritus

8 Dec 47.9 Ordained Bishop Gaetano Alibrandi † Titular Archbishop of Binda Apostolic Nuncio

27.8 Ordained Priest Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil

47.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi Dadaglio † Titular Archbishop of Lerus Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

25.9 Ordained Priest Roberto Gomes Guimarães † Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

71.9 Died Francis Patrick Keough † Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

42.4 Ordained Bishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi

29.8 Ordained Priest Alexius Obabu Makozi † Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

27.8 Ordained Priest Gerhard Pieschl Priest of Limburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Ordained Bishop Angelo Prinetto † Titular Bishop of Hadriane Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

51.7 Ordained Bishop Vittore Ugo Righi † Titular Archbishop of Bilta Official of the Secretariat of State

63.7 Succeeded Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.7 Installed Manuel Tato † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

10 Dec 55.0 Succeeded Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas † Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

50.7 Ordained Bishop Bruno Bernard Heim † Titular Archbishop of Xanthus Apostolic Nuncio

29.8 Ordained Priest Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. † Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

31.5 Ordained Priest Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

85.6 Died Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

24.3 Ordained Priest Anárghyros Printesis † Priest Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

11 Dec 50.1 Appointed Artemio Gabriel Casas † Bishop of Imus, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

49.6 Appointed Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Garriana Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia

58.3 Appointed Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † Bishop of Angers, France Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

43.7 Appointed Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † Titular Bishop of Cariana Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

44.3 Appointed Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

44.3 Appointed Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † Titular Bishop of Latopolis Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Born Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist. Bishop of Girona, Spain

12 Dec 53.7 Appointed Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France

39.3 Installed Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Dec Born Olivier Michel Marie de Cagny Bishop of Évreux, France

66.3 Died Antonio Ignacio Camargo † Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

25.0 Ordained Priest Peter James Cullinane Priest of Wellington, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand

Born Michael Joseph Dooley Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

44.4 Succeeded José Léon Rojas Chaparro † Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

14 Dec Born Pauly Kannookadan Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India

46.3 Appointed Antonio López Aviña † Archbishop of Durango, México Archbishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

15 Dec 52.2 Appointed Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 61.1 Appointed Leo Binz † Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

49.6 Appointed Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. † Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia Prelate Emeritus

17 Dec 68.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Achkar † Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

Born Victor Hugo Basabe Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela

23.0 Ordained Priest Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Priest of Łódź, Poland Apostolic Nuncio

47.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Titular Archbishop of Apollonia Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

49.8 Ordained Bishop Antonino Pinci † Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia Apostolic Nuncio

22.9 Ordained Priest Andrzej Józef Sliwinski † Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland

18 Dec Born Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

19 Dec Born Soane Patita Paini Mafi Cardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

20 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Thomas George Doran † Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Adrian Leo Doyle Priest of Hobart, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest John Clement Favalora Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

Born Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

25.5 Ordained Priest Edward Urban Kmiec † Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest William Joseph Levada † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

28.1 Ordained Priest Kevin Michael Manning † Priest of Bathurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

25.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

27.7 Ordained Priest Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia

30.9 Ordained Priest Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

24.8 Ordained Priest John George Vlazny † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

21 Dec 31.6 Ordained Priest Pius Suh Awa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

62.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer † Titular Bishop of Aggar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

27.2 Ordained Priest Paul Josef Cordes † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

26.3 Ordained Priest Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

26.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) † Priest of Kiayi, Taiwan Bishop

49.1 Ordained Bishop Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

50.7 Ordained Bishop Eldon Bernard Schuster † Titular Bishop of Amblada Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA

61.5 Appointed Anton Vovk † Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

37.9 Ordained Bishop Jean Zoa † Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

22 Dec 89.6 Died Elia Dalla Costa † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

44.0 Appointed Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Archbishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

43.3 Appointed Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

43.3 Appointed Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Augurus Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

67.5 Ceased Dominic Senyemon Fukahori † Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

48.4 Appointed Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † Bishop of Oita, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

39.6 Appointed James Joseph Komba † Auxiliary Bishop of Peramiho, Tanzania Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

39.6 Appointed James Joseph Komba † Titular Bishop of Thignica Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

27.5 Ordained Priest Rubén López Ardón Priest of León en Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus of Esteli, Nicaragua

77.0 Retired Alexandre Poncet, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.2 Appointed Henri Véniat, S.J. † Bishop of Fort-Archambault, Chad Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad

23 Dec 25.5 Ordained Priest Hugo Barrantes Ureña † Priest of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

27.2 Ordained Priest Aloísio Sinésio Bohn † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

29.0 Ordained Priest Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba † Priest of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Succeeded Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.7 Ordained Deacon Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges Deacon of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil

25.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. Priest of Nantes, France Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

49.7 Appointed Paolo Ghizzoni † Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

49.7 Appointed Paolo Ghizzoni † Titular Bishop of Thenae Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

50.4 Appointed Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. † Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Dadeus Grings † Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

97.7 Died Emanuele Mignone † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest Oscar Páez Garcete † Priest of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

25.4 Ordained Priest Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel † Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Vicente Salgado y Garrucho † Priest of Bacolod, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines

25.0 Ordained Priest Ernesto Antolin Salgado Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Priest José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

25.7 Ordained Priest Edgardo Gabriel Storni † Priest of Santa Fe, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

24.1 Ordained Priest Enrique Troncoso Troncoso † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of (San José de) Melipilla, Chile

24 Dec 33.6 Ordained Priest Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

41.1 Appointed Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

41.1 Confirmed Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

25.7 Ordained Priest Claude Feidt † Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France

25.3 Ordained Priest Guido Plante, P.M.E. † Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras

25 Dec 89.5 Died Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

26 Dec Born Stephen Chirappanath Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

27 Dec 35.7 Ordained Bishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) † Titular Bishop of Aëtus Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

27.0 Ordained Priest Paul Dacoury-Tabley Priest Bishop Emeritus of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

50.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Grégoire † Titular Bishop of Curubis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

28 Dec 54.5 Appointed Jean Émile André Marie Maury † Apostolic Internuncio to Sénégal Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

29 Dec Born Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

30 Dec Born Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia

31 Dec 23.3 Ordained Priest Nestor Celestial Cariño † Priest of Legazpi, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Guido Del Mestri † Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

53.1 Ordained Bishop Felice Pirozzi † Titular Archbishop of Gratiana President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	49.7	Appointed	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
49.7	Appointed	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Dec		Born	Michael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
26.5	Ordained Priest	Luc Julian Matthys †	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
3 Dec		Born	François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A.		Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
26.5	Ordained Priest	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Sante Portalupi †	Titular Archbishop of Christopolis	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	Born	João Santos Cardoso		Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sibomana †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
27.1	Ordained Priest	Geraldo Vieira Gusmão	Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
4 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Vincent Michael Concessao	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
60.2	Appointed	Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Archbishop Emeritus
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
	Born	Jean Claude Randrianarisoa		Bishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
5 Dec	41.5	Selected	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
41.0	Selected	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
62.2	Appointed	Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Dec		Born	Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B.		Bishop of Gracias, Honduras
7 Dec	76.2	Died	Michal Buzalka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia
75.5	Appointed	Auguste Jauffrés †	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
75.5	Retired	Auguste Jauffrés †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France	Bishop Emeritus
83.8	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
83.8	Retired	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Oldani †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
51.9	Succeeded	Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Alibrandi †	Titular Archbishop of Binda	Apostolic Nuncio
27.8	Ordained Priest	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Dadaglio †	Titular Archbishop of Lerus	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
25.9	Ordained Priest	Roberto Gomes Guimarães †	Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
71.9	Died	Francis Patrick Keough †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
42.4	Ordained Bishop	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
29.8	Ordained Priest	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
27.8	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Pieschl	Priest of Limburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Prinetto †	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Vittore Ugo Righi †	Titular Archbishop of Bilta	Official of the Secretariat of State
63.7	Succeeded	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.7	Installed	Manuel Tato †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
10 Dec	55.0	Succeeded	Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus	Apostolic Nuncio
29.8	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31.5	Ordained Priest	Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
85.6	Died	Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
24.3	Ordained Priest	Anárghyros Printesis †	Priest	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
11 Dec	50.1	Appointed	Artemio Gabriel Casas †	Bishop of Imus, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
49.6	Appointed	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
58.3	Appointed	Louis Marie Henri Mazerat †	Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
43.7	Appointed	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
44.3	Appointed	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
44.3	Appointed	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	Born	Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist.		Bishop of Girona, Spain
12 Dec	53.7	Appointed	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †	Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
39.3	Installed	Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Dec		Born	Olivier Michel Marie de Cagny		Bishop of Évreux, France
66.3	Died	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
25.0	Ordained Priest	Peter James Cullinane	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
	Born	Michael Joseph Dooley		Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
44.4	Succeeded	José Léon Rojas Chaparro †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
14 Dec		Born	Pauly Kannookadan		Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
46.3	Appointed	Antonio López Aviña †	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
15 Dec	52.2	Appointed	Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	61.1	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
49.6	Appointed	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
17 Dec	68.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Victor Hugo Basabe		Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
23.0	Ordained Priest	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Priest of Łódź, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Titular Archbishop of Apollonia	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Pinci †	Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio
22.9	Ordained Priest	Andrzej Józef Sliwinski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
18 Dec		Born	Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski		Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
19 Dec		Born	Soane Patita Paini Mafi		Cardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
20 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas George Doran †	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Adrian Leo Doyle	Priest of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	John Clement Favalora	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
	Born	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez		Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
25.5	Ordained Priest	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Levada †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
28.1	Ordained Priest	Kevin Michael Manning †	Priest of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
25.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
27.7	Ordained Priest	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
30.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
24.8	Ordained Priest	John George Vlazny †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
21 Dec	31.6	Ordained Priest	Pius Suh Awa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer †	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
27.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Josef Cordes †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
26.3	Ordained Priest	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
26.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) †	Priest of Kiayi, Taiwan	Bishop
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Titular Bishop of Amblada	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA
61.5	Appointed	Anton Vovk †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
37.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Zoa †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
22 Dec	89.6	Died	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
44.0	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
43.3	Appointed	Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
43.3	Appointed	Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
67.5	Ceased	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
48.4	Appointed	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
39.6	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Peramiho, Tanzania	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
39.6	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
27.5	Ordained Priest	Rubén López Ardón	Priest of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Esteli, Nicaragua
77.0	Retired	Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Henri Véniat, S.J. †	Bishop of Fort-Archambault, Chad	Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad
23 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	Hugo Barrantes Ureña †	Priest of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
27.2	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Sinésio Bohn †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29.0	Ordained Priest	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †	Priest of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Succeeded	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.7	Ordained Deacon	Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges	Deacon of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.	Priest of Nantes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
49.7	Appointed	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
49.7	Appointed	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
50.4	Appointed	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Dadeus Grings †	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
97.7	Died	Emanuele Mignone †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	Oscar Páez Garcete †	Priest of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
25.4	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Vicente Salgado y Garrucho †	Priest of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines
25.0	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Priest	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Priest of Santa Fe, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
24.1	Ordained Priest	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of (San José de) Melipilla, Chile
24 Dec	33.6	Ordained Priest	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
41.1	Appointed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
41.1	Confirmed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
25.7	Ordained Priest	Claude Feidt †	Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
25.3	Ordained Priest	Guido Plante, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
25 Dec	89.5	Died	Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
26 Dec		Born	Stephen Chirappanath		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
27 Dec	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †	Titular Bishop of Aëtus	Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
27.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Dacoury-Tabley	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Grégoire †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
28 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Apostolic Internuncio to Sénégal	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
29 Dec		Born	Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima		Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
30 Dec		Born	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia
31 Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Nestor Celestial Cariño †	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Guido Del Mestri †	Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Felice Pirozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

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