The Year of Our Lord 1978

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 66.2 Resigned John Gordon † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands Apostolic Nuncio

1 Nov 37.4 Incardinated Luigi Conti † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

3 Nov Born Fabián Alberto Belay Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Rosario, Argentina

64.3 Resigned Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

4 Nov 62.3 Appointed Youannès Malak † Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.3 Appointed Youannès Malak † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

Born Adrian Put Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

5 Nov 53.0 Ordained Bishop Didier-Léon Marchand † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop Emeritus

6 Nov 72.1 Appointed Alfredo Bruniera † Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Vice President Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Paul Vincent Dudley † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Ordained Bishop Phillip Francis Straling Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA

43.7 Appointed Lawrence Harold Welsh † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Nov 43.9 Installed Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Tandag, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

42.1 Appointed Cristiano Jakob Krapf Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Homero Leite Meira † Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

9 Nov 68.3 Died Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

10 Nov 61.0 Appointed Augustine Harris † Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

11 Nov 52.3 Appointed Emanuele Catarinicchia † Bishop of Cefalù, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

57.6 Appointed Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Jammu and Kashmir, India Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India

61.6 Resigned Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa † Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

37.1 Appointed Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Sibolga, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia

65.3 Resigned Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. † Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

12 Nov 49.5 Ordained Bishop Jacques André Marie Jullien † Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

15 Nov 41.9 Appointed Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a † Coadjutor Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.3 Appointed Barthélémy Batantu † Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo Archbishop Emeritus

57.7 Resigned Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

75.3 Retired Leo D’Mello † Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Resigned Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † Bishop of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Windhoek, Namibia Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

43.8 Appointed Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. † Titular Bishop of Troyna Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

53.8 Appointed Matthew Kia Yen-wen † Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Peter Kurongku † Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

48.8 Appointed Peter Kurongku † Titular Bishop of Sinnuara Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

38.9 Appointed Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. † Bishop of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

42.8 Appointed Ignatius Menezes Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India

50.3 Appointed Thomas Nkuissi † Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

42.7 Appointed José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

42.7 Appointed José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

69.5 Appointed Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. † Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands Archbishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Paul Hisao Yasuda † Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

16 Nov 56.9 Succeeded André Charles Collini † Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop Emeritus

73.3 Resigned Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Armindo Lopes Coelho † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Armindo Lopes Coelho † Titular Bishop of Elvas Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

17 Nov 27.8 Ordained Priest Rogelio Cabrera López Priest of Querétaro, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

18 Nov 53.8 Appointed Mario Miglietta † Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

53.8 Appointed Mario Miglietta † Bishop of Nusco, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

64.2 Resigned Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Bishop of Nusco, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Resigned Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy

19 Nov 39.1 Ordained Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 63.3 Appointed Michael Joseph Murphy † Coadjutor Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 62.6 Died Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania

85.2 Retired Aurelio Marena † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

22 Nov 62.6 Resigned Joseph Lloyd Hogan † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

24 Nov 47.8 Appointed Domingo Salvador Castagna Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

47.8 Appointed Domingo Salvador Castagna Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

54.9 Appointed Edward Bede Clancy † Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

25 Nov 60.9 Appointed Luciano Angeloni † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea Apostolic Nuncio

46.0 Ordained Bishop Adam Dyczkowski † Titular Bishop of Altava Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

56.9 Appointed Carlo Furno † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

30.9 Ordained Priest Mario Aurelio Poli Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26 Nov 51.5 Ordained Bishop Donato Squicciarini † Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia Apostolic Nuncio

57.1 Ordained Bishop Fiorino Tagliaferri † Bishop of Cremona, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

27 Nov 67.5 Appointed Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

64.4 Resigned José Eugênio Corrêa † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Ramón Echarren Istúriz † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop Emeritus

43.5 Appointed Hélio Gonçalves Heleno † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

40.0 Appointed Theodor Kettmann Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

40.0 Appointed Theodor Kettmann Titular Bishop of Busiris Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

79.9 Died Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê † Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

57.6 Succeeded Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn † Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

28 Nov 75.2 Retired Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Joseph Maria Pernicone † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov 47.8 Appointed Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

50.5 Appointed Manuel Pestana Filho † Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

74.2 Retired Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Archbishop Emeritus

Dec 57.2 Ordained Bishop Václav Razik † Bishop

4 Dec 42.1 Appointed Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

67.4 Resigned Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

Born Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

5 Dec 50.4 Appointed Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk † Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

50.4 Appointed Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk † Titular Bishop of Avissa Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

7 Dec 66.4 Appointed Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. † Titular Archbishop of Ephesus Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

66.4 Resigned Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Domenico Caloyera, O.P. † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Marco Cé † Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

42.8 Ordained Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

8 Dec 79.5 Died Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. † Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

44.4 Ordained Bishop Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

26.8 Ordained Priest Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón † Priest of Pereira, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop

23.9 Ordained Priest Giovanni d’Aniello Priest of Aversa, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

26.8 Ordained Deacon José Manuel Garza Madero Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop

24.5 Ordained Priest Peter Machado Priest of Karwar, India Archbishop of Bangalore, India

24.7 Ordained Priest Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos Priest of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

37.1 Professed José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

35.9 Ordained Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

9 Dec 24.5 Ordained Priest Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

26.8 Ordained Priest Martin Kivuva Musonde Priest of Mombasa, Kenya Archbishop

25.4 Ordained Priest Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy

10 Dec 23.1 Ordained Deacon Roberto Campiotti Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Volterra, Italy

11 Dec 49.8 Appointed Edmundo Madarang Abaya † Bishop of Laoag, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

55.1 Appointed Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. † Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

55.0 Appointed Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet † Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

55.0 Appointed Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

12 Dec 88.1 Died Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. † Superior Emeritus of Cuttack, India

13 Dec 66.8 Died Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

52.0 Installed Paul Vincent Dudley † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 58.6 Appointed Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria Bishop Emeritus

64.0 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

75.4 Retired Sebastiano Fraghí † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Died Charles Borromeo McLaughlin † Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

43.8 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Harold Welsh † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 51.5 Appointed Mario Tagliaferri † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Apostolic Nuncio to France

16 Dec 29.0 Ordained Priest Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23.8 Ordained Deacon Claudio Cipolla Deacon of Mantova, Italy Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

67.9 Died Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

17 Dec 27.1 Ordained Priest Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

34.0 Ordained Priest Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria

52.4 Ordained Bishop Emanuele Catarinicchia † Bishop of Cefalù, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

91.8 Died Josef Frings † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

19 Dec 76.8 Died Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

39.6 Appointed Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

40.2 Appointed Robert Fealey Morneau Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

40.2 Appointed Robert Fealey Morneau Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

56.3 Appointed Petar Perkolić † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

41.7 Appointed Anthony Thannikot † Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India

41.7 Appointed Anthony Thannikot † Titular Bishop of Tigillava Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India

21 Dec 24.1 Professed Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina

22 Dec 27.5 Ordained Deacon José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. † Deacon of Sons of Divine Providence Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

65.6 Appointed Antonio del Giudice † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

65.6 Appointed Antonio del Giudice † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

26.6 Ordained Priest Samuel Irenios Kattukallil Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India

26.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Thomas Konnath Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India

23 Dec 29.7 Ordained Priest Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

27.0 Ordained Priest Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge Priest of San Isidro, Argentina President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

29.1 Ordained Priest Javier Navarro Rodríguez Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

30.3 Ordained Priest Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria Bishop

24 Dec 31.3 Ordained Priest Kevin Joseph Farrell Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

25 Dec 25.1 Ordained Deacon Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino Deacon of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México

66.3 Died Joseph Michael Schmondiuk † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

27 Dec 31.2 Ordained Priest Óscar Armando Campos Contreras Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

47.0 Ordained Bishop Homero Leite Meira † Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

25.8 Ordained Priest Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B. Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

27.3 Ordained Priest Lawrence Mukkuzhy Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India

28 Dec 25.1 Ordained Priest Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Romblon, Philippines

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

43.3 Ordained Bishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

30.1 Ordained Priest Carlos Humberto Malfa Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina

48.7 Appointed Salvador Trane Modesto † Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

48.7 Appointed Salvador Trane Modesto † Titular Bishop of Margum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

Born Milan Stipić Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

29 Dec 47.9 Ordained Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

51.6 Appointed Franciszek Antoni Macharski † Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

30 Dec 26.1 Ordained Priest Goetbé Edmond Djitangar Priest of Sarh, Chad Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad

36.9 Ordained Priest Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi † Priest of Sarh, Chad Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad

31 Dec 50.5 Ordained Bishop Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk † Titular Bishop of Avissa Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

78.4 Died Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	66.2	Resigned	John Gordon †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio
1 Nov	37.4	Incardinated	Luigi Conti †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
3 Nov		Born	Fabián Alberto Belay		Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Rosario, Argentina
64.3	Resigned	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
4 Nov	62.3	Appointed	Youannès Malak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.3	Appointed	Youannès Malak †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
	Born	Adrian Put		Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
5 Nov	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Didier-Léon Marchand †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov	72.1	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Vice President Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Phillip Francis Straling	Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
43.7	Appointed	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	43.9	Installed	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Tandag, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
42.1	Appointed	Cristiano Jakob Krapf	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Homero Leite Meira †	Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
9 Nov	68.3	Died	Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
10 Nov	61.0	Appointed	Augustine Harris †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	52.3	Appointed	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
57.6	Appointed	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Jammu and Kashmir, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
61.6	Resigned	Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa †	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
37.1	Appointed	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Sibolga, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
65.3	Resigned	Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacques André Marie Jullien †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
15 Nov	41.9	Appointed	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a †	Coadjutor Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.3	Appointed	Barthélémy Batantu †	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
57.7	Resigned	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Leo D’Mello †	Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Resigned	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Windhoek, Namibia	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
43.8	Appointed	Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
53.8	Appointed	Matthew Kia Yen-wen †	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Peter Kurongku †	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
48.8	Appointed	Peter Kurongku †	Titular Bishop of Sinnuara	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
38.9	Appointed	Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
42.8	Appointed	Ignatius Menezes	Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
50.3	Appointed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
42.7	Appointed	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
42.7	Appointed	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
69.5	Appointed	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Paul Hisao Yasuda †	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Nov	56.9	Succeeded	André Charles Collini †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus
73.3	Resigned	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Titular Bishop of Elvas	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
17 Nov	27.8	Ordained Priest	Rogelio Cabrera López	Priest of Querétaro, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
18 Nov	53.8	Appointed	Mario Miglietta †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Mario Miglietta †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
64.2	Resigned	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Resigned	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
19 Nov	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	63.3	Appointed	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	62.6	Died	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
85.2	Retired	Aurelio Marena †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	62.6	Resigned	Joseph Lloyd Hogan †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov	47.8	Appointed	Domingo Salvador Castagna	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
47.8	Appointed	Domingo Salvador Castagna	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
54.9	Appointed	Edward Bede Clancy †	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
25 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Luciano Angeloni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Adam Dyczkowski †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
56.9	Appointed	Carlo Furno †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
30.9	Ordained Priest	Mario Aurelio Poli	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Nov	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Donato Squicciarini †	Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia	Apostolic Nuncio
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Fiorino Tagliaferri †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
27 Nov	67.5	Appointed	Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
64.4	Resigned	José Eugênio Corrêa †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Ramón Echarren Istúriz †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
43.5	Appointed	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
40.0	Appointed	Theodor Kettmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
40.0	Appointed	Theodor Kettmann	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
79.9	Died	Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
57.6	Succeeded	Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
28 Nov	75.2	Retired	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	47.8	Appointed	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
50.5	Appointed	Manuel Pestana Filho †	Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
74.2	Retired	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
Dec	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Václav Razik †	Bishop
4 Dec	42.1	Appointed	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
67.4	Resigned	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma		Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
5 Dec	50.4	Appointed	Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
50.4	Appointed	Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
7 Dec	66.4	Appointed	Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
66.4	Resigned	Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Domenico Caloyera, O.P. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Marco Cé †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
42.8	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
8 Dec	79.5	Died	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †	Priest of Pereira, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop
23.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni d’Aniello	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
26.8	Ordained Deacon	José Manuel Garza Madero	Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop
24.5	Ordained Priest	Peter Machado	Priest of Karwar, India	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
24.7	Ordained Priest	Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos	Priest of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
37.1	Professed	José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
35.9	Ordained Bishop	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
9 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
26.8	Ordained Priest	Martin Kivuva Musonde	Priest of Mombasa, Kenya	Archbishop
25.4	Ordained Priest	Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
10 Dec	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Roberto Campiotti	Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
11 Dec	49.8	Appointed	Edmundo Madarang Abaya †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
55.1	Appointed	Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
55.0	Appointed	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
55.0	Appointed	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
12 Dec	88.1	Died	Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. †	Superior Emeritus of Cuttack, India
13 Dec	66.8	Died	Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
52.0	Installed	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	58.6	Appointed	Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
64.0	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
75.4	Retired	Sebastiano Fraghí †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Died	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin †	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	51.5	Appointed	Mario Tagliaferri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio to France
16 Dec	29.0	Ordained Priest	Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.8	Ordained Deacon	Claudio Cipolla	Deacon of Mantova, Italy	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
67.9	Died	Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel †	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
17 Dec	27.1	Ordained Priest	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
34.0	Ordained Priest	Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
91.8	Died	Josef Frings †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
19 Dec	76.8	Died	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
39.6	Appointed	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
40.2	Appointed	Robert Fealey Morneau	Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
40.2	Appointed	Robert Fealey Morneau	Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
56.3	Appointed	Petar Perkolić †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
41.7	Appointed	Anthony Thannikot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
41.7	Appointed	Anthony Thannikot †	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
21 Dec	24.1	Professed	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
22 Dec	27.5	Ordained Deacon	José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. †	Deacon of Sons of Divine Providence	Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
65.6	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
65.6	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
26.6	Ordained Priest	Samuel Irenios Kattukallil	Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Thomas Konnath	Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India
23 Dec	29.7	Ordained Priest	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández	Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
27.0	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina	President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
29.1	Ordained Priest	Javier Navarro Rodríguez	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
30.3	Ordained Priest	Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu	Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop
24 Dec	31.3	Ordained Priest	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
25 Dec	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino	Deacon of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México
66.3	Died	Joseph Michael Schmondiuk †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
27 Dec	31.2	Ordained Priest	Óscar Armando Campos Contreras	Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Homero Leite Meira †	Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
25.8	Ordained Priest	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
27.3	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India
28 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
30.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Humberto Malfa	Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
48.7	Appointed	Salvador Trane Modesto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
48.7	Appointed	Salvador Trane Modesto †	Titular Bishop of Margum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
	Born	Milan Stipić		Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
29 Dec	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Salvador Castagna	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
51.6	Appointed	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Goetbé Edmond Djitangar	Priest of Sarh, Chad	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad
36.9	Ordained Priest	Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi †	Priest of Sarh, Chad	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad
31 Dec	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Miłosław-Jan Kołodziejczyk †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
78.4	Died	Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio

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