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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	67.2	Resigned	Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum	Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
	54.6	Appointed	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.1	Resigned	Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
	62.1	Resigned	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina
	63.3	Appointed	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	55.7	Appointed	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
4 Nov	45.2	Installed	Jayme Henrique Chemello †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.4	Retired	Jules Victor Daem †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	44.4	Appointed	Godfried Danneels †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
5 Nov	28.0	Ordained Priest	José Aníbal Casasola Sosa †	Priest of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala	Bishop
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Titular Archbishop of Octava	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
	47.8	Resigned	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †	Priest of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
6 Nov	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	65.5	Resigned	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
	55.4	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
8 Nov	51.6	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †	Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †	Titular Bishop of Cusae	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Nov	90.9	Died	Ferdinando Longinotti †	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
10 Nov	54.3	Appointed	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop of Ambikapur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
	58.8	Appointed	Michael Ugwu Eneja †	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	47.6	Appointed	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Titular Bishop of Umbriatico	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	47.7	Appointed	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
11 Nov	46.9	Succeeded	Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	58.8	Appointed	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
	63.7	Resigned	Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Nov	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Scandar †	Bishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
13 Nov	89.5	Died	Hugh Edward Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
16 Nov	59.6	Appointed	Mario Pio Gaspari †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
17 Nov	45.2	Appointed	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor †	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	84.4	Died	Basilius (Franz Daniel) Niederberger, O.S.B. †	President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
	60.6	Resigned	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
	68.6	Resigned	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Municipa	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
18 Nov	46.2	Resigned	José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Prelate Emeritus of Bocas del Toro, Panama
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Frederick Kihneman	Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
	38.5	Appointed	José Joaquín Troconis Montiel	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
	38.5	Appointed	José Joaquín Troconis Montiel	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
19 Nov	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †	Bishop of Baruipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Dominic Jala, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Shillong, India
	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Michael Fabian McCarthy	Deacon of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Rockhampton, Australia
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Steven John Raica	Deacon of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc	Deacon of Kalibo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Helmut Krätzl †	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Florian Kuntner †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	54.0	Appointed	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	61.6	Installed	Albert Henry Ottenweller †	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	82.6	Died	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
24 Nov	47.2	Appointed	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
	58.5	Appointed	Sotero Sanz Villalba †	Apostolic Delegate to México
		Born	Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
25 Nov	86.1	Died	André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	70.0	Resigned	Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru
26 Nov	45.7	Installed	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Michele Seccia	Priest of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Nov	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Bellomi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael Nnachi Okoro	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
28 Nov	41.0	Appointed	Kenneth Donald Steiner	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	41.0	Appointed	Kenneth Donald Steiner	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
	57.8	Appointed	Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
29 Nov	63.5	Resigned	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Weetebula, Indonesia	Bishop
30 Nov	52.8	Resigned	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru
	70.3	Died	Giuseppe Pullano †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Angelo Sodano †	Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	50.0	Appointed	Angelo Sodano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
Dec	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Udumala Bala Showreddy	Deacon of Warangal, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
1 Dec	68.9	Resigned	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
	66.0	Resigned	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.6	Resigned	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
	53.3	Appointed	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	54.4	Appointed	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
2 Dec	57.1	Died	Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola
	56.8	Appointed	Maximilian Goffart †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	56.8	Appointed	Maximilian Goffart †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	55.2	Appointed	Serafín Vásquez Elizalde †	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	74.8	Died	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
	70.8	Died	Leonardo Viera Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
3 Dec	23.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Carlos Bach	Priest of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	47.1	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Archbishop of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Claude Hamelin	Priest of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm †	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
	60.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
5 Dec	50.6	Died	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
	50.1	Appointed	Frank Joseph Rodimer †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	28.2	Ordained Priest	Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †	Priest of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
	50.0	Succeeded	José Gonçalves Heleno †	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Installed	Basil Harry Losten †	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
	62.7	Resigned	Hermínio Malzone Hugo †	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	28.7	Ordained Deacon	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández	Deacon of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	28.2	Perpetual Vows	Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	72.4	Appointed	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
	44.5	Installed	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †	Titular Bishop of Lilybaeum	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
9 Dec	44.7	Appointed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
	89.5	Died	Norberto Perini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	42.1	Appointed	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
	42.1	Appointed	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
10 Dec	55.9	Appointed	Ignazio Cannavò †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci	Priest of Adelaide, Australia	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela
	40.1	Appointed	Vittorio Luigi Mondello	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Vittorio Luigi Mondello	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Salesius Mugambi	Priest of Meru, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	77.9	Died	João Batista Muniz, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Amando Samo †	Priest of Carolines-Marshalls, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	50.5	Installed	José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui †	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	George Otto Wirz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	George Otto Wirz †	Titular Bishop of Municipa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
11 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Paulo Francisco Machado	Priest of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	25.1	Ordained Deacon	José Edson Santana de Oliveira	Deacon of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Moïse Tinguiano		Bishop of Boké, Guinea
12 Dec	41.5	Appointed	François Jacques Bussini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
	41.5	Appointed	François Jacques Bussini †	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
	84.3	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	84.3	Confirmed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	47.8	Appointed	Pedro Rosales Dean	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
	47.8	Appointed	Pedro Rosales Dean	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Regiae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
13 Dec	66.3	Died	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	49.4	Installed	Bernard James Ganter †	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
14 Dec	69.0	Appointed	Gabriel Koda †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	69.0	Resigned	Gabriel Koda †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	André Sana †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Dec	46.9	Succeeded	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Installed	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Resigned	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Installed	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Dec	29.2	Ordained Priest	Philip Naameh	Priest of Tamale, Ghana	Archbishop
17 Dec	54.4	Appointed	Dominic Joseph Abreo †	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin	Priest of Créteil, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
	41.6	Appointed	Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	41.6	Appointed	Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	52.0	Installed	Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Resigned	Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Idah, Nigeria	Prefect Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Priest of Delhi, India	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
	41.1	Appointed	Ephraim Silas Obot †	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
	45.9	Appointed	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
	45.9	Appointed	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
	51.9	Appointed	Michael Rozario †	Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Donald George Sproxton	Priest of Perth, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Benedek Szabolcs Fekete		Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
18 Dec	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Godfried Danneels †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez	Priest of Caacupé, Paraguay	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Patrick Daniel Koroma †	Priest of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
20 Dec	79.4	Died	André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †	Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	83.1	Died	Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
21 Dec	50.8	Succeeded	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	67.2	Resigned	André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor †	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Dec	51.6	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Priest of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
26 Dec	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Valentini †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
27 Dec	26.6	Ordained Priest	Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Antony Kariyil, C.M.I.	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Archiepiscopal Vicar Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
	52.0	Resigned	Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
	66.7	Resigned	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	62.2	Resigned	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
29 Dec	82.0	Died	Georges-Léon Landry †	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
30 Dec	64.0	Appointed	Július Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
	55.3	Resigned	Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
	78.5	Appointed	František Tomášek †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Dec	75.1	Retired	Aurelio Signora †	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus

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