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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	79.4	Died	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
4 Nov	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Ven. Alphonse Paul Gallegos, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	83.4	Died	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
	53.9	Installed	John Nicholas Wurm †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
5 Nov	28.3	Incardinated	Jean Damascène Bimenyimana †	Priest of Cyangugu, Rwanda	Bishop
	69.7	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
	69.7	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
	70.2	Resigned	Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
	52.8	Appointed	Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.8	Appointed	Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
	42.3	Appointed	Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa †	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe
	43.6	Appointed	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Polokwane, South Africa
	43.6	Appointed	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Polokwane, South Africa
	32.6	Incardinated	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Priest of Byumba, Rwanda	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	39.1	Appointed	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda	Archbishop Emeritus of Kigali, Rwanda
	38.4	Appointed	Joseph Ruzindana †	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
	77.5	Retired	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
	40.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
6 Nov	64.8	Appointed	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Superior of Abuja, Nigeria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
7 Nov	78.8	Retired	William Brasseur, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	51.8	Installed	Peter Kurongku †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	54.6	Succeeded	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	61.8	Died	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Nov	32.6	Solemn Vows	Mychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Antioco Piseddu	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lanusei, Italy
9 Nov	47.8	Resigned	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	47.8	Appointed	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	55.6	Appointed	Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Thomas Joseph O’Brien †	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.7	Appointed	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.7	Appointed	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Árd Carna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
	53.5	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
	44.9	Appointed	John Anthony Rawsthorne	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
	44.9	Appointed	John Anthony Rawsthorne	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
10 Nov	75.2	Died	Gabriel Ganni †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	51.9	Succeeded	Stéphane Katchou †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	49.1	Appointed	Anthony Michael Milone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
	49.1	Appointed	Anthony Michael Milone †	Titular Bishop of Plestia	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
12 Nov	43.7	Appointed	Roman Andrzejewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	43.7	Appointed	Roman Andrzejewski †	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	28.4	Ordained Priest	James Liu Tan-kuei	Priest of Taichung, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
13 Nov	62.5	Retired	Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Darién, Panama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov	63.1	Resigned	Miguel González Ibarra †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	74.9	Retired	Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.9	Installed	Vincenzo Cozzi †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
16 Nov	60.0	Resigned	Henri Lemaître †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Nov	51.3	Appointed	Theodore Edgar McCarrick	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
20 Nov	73.3	Died	Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
	45.0	Appointed	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores	Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama
	57.9	Appointed	Franco Brambilla †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.4	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Titular Archbishop of Narona	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.4	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.4	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Delegate to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.4	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
	57.8	Appointed	René Fernández Apaza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	32.6	Ordained Deacon	Mychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	60.5	Appointed	Cesare Pagani †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Cesare Pagani †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
	58.1	Appointed	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Paul Ssemogerere	Deacon of Kampala, Uganda	Archbishop
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	César Bosco Vivas Robelo †	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
22 Nov	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Trần Thành Chung †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Wamala	Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
25 Nov	54.6	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	President of the International Theological Commission	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	76.1	Retired	Franjo Šeper †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Franjo Šeper †	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
26 Nov	65.7	Appointed	José Fernandes Veloso †	Coadjutor Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	46.6	Appointed	Salim Sayegh	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Salim Sayegh	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27 Nov	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Nov	24.4	Solemn Vows	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
29 Nov	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati, India
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.R. †	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	51.9	Appointed	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Salapia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
	60.1	Resigned	Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Christian Vicente Fernandez Noel †	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Bishop Emeritus of Talibon, Philippines
	64.0	Resigned	Amilcare Pasini †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Charles Kweku Sam †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
	54.2	Appointed	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Horacio José Álvarez	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
	58.3	Appointed	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	27.9	Ordained Deacon	John Hsane Hgyi †	Deacon of Pathein, Myanmar	Bishop
4 Dec	75.8	Retired	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	75.7	Died	Wilhelmus Joannes Leo Antonius van Hees, O.S.C. †	Master General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
5 Dec	25.5	Ordained Priest	Jean Mbarga	Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino	Priest of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Mikail Nersès Sétian †	Titular Bishop of Ancyra degli Armeni	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
6 Dec	28.6	Ordained Priest	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	24.5	Perpetual Vows	Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert John Rose †	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza	Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop of Kayanga, Tanzania
7 Dec	63.5	Appointed	Traian Crisan †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	Traian Crisan †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	45.9	Appointed	Egon Kapellari	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
8 Dec	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Isidore de Souza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Carlos Enrique García Camader	Priest of Lima, Peru	Bishop of Lurín, Peru
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Árd Carna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
9 Dec	56.6	Appointed	Pedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Philippines, Military	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
10 Dec	75.1	Retired	Alfredo Bruniera †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Vice President Emeritus
	60.8	Appointed	Libero Tresoldi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Ye Ronghua †	Priest	Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
	53.9	Ordained Priest	Matthias Yu Chengxin †	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
11 Dec	59.7	Died	Giovanni Gravelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi) †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Mardin degli Armeni	Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
	63.8	Died	Manuel Ferreira Cabral †	Bishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard Longley	Priest of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Liro Vendelino Meurer	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Biernaski	Priest of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	31.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Chuanguira Machado †	Priest of Beira, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Gurué, Mozambique
	32.7	Ordained Priest	Mychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Aizawl, India
14 Dec	67.2	Died	Paolo Mosconi †	Apostolic Nuncio
	74.9	Died	Antonio Ravagli †	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
15 Dec	48.9	Appointed	Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	81.9	Died	Joseph Nguyễn Thiện Khuyến †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	56.9	Appointed	Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
	56.9	Appointed	Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
16 Dec	45.0	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Rawsthorne	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
17 Dec	25.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea	Priest of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
18 Dec	72.9	Ordained Bishop	[John Ji Huairang], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kollamparambil	Priest of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
	70.1	Ordained Bishop	[Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	67.1	Appointed	Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	34.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
	48.0	Appointed	Boniface Nyema Dalieh †	Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Michael Kpakala Francis †	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Selvister Ponnumuthan	Priest of Trivandrum, India	Bishop of Punalur, India
	66.2	Appointed	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Titular Bishop of Turres in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
	66.2	Resigned	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	Basile Tapsoba	Auxiliary Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	Basile Tapsoba	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	45.3	Appointed	Patras Yusaf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Multan, Pakistan	Bishop
	45.3	Appointed	Patras Yusaf †	Titular Bishop of Sinnuara	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
20 Dec	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Roman Andrzejewski †	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
	57.4	Installed	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
21 Dec	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Liu Jing-he †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Simon Liu Zhong-yu (Liu Zongyu) †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
22 Dec	58.2	Died	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	60.4	Died	Leopoldo Teofili †	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
25 Dec	25.1	Perpetual Vows	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
26 Dec	29.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Chung An-zu	Priest of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
27 Dec	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
	63.1	Installed	Mikail Nersès Sétian †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
28 Dec	27.5	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Pius Dorairaj	Priest	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
	50.4	Appointed	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.7	Died	Tommaso Leonetti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	26.1	Temporary Vows	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
30 Dec	76.2	Died	Franjo Šeper †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
31 Dec	25.2	Ordained Priest	John "Joy" Alappat	Priest of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA

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