The Year of Our Lord 1984

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 73.0 Retired Mario Cagna † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio

2 Nov 87.1 Retired Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. † Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

3 Nov 25.8 Ordained Priest Jean-Marc Noël Aveline Priest of Marseille, France Cardinal, Archbishop

51.6 Appointed Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

77.3 Appointed Nicolas Hajj, B.S. † Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

33.4 Incardinated Maximino Martínez Miranda Priest of Atlacomulco, México, México Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México

4 Nov 44.9 Ordained Bishop Armand Toasy Titular Bishop of Turuzi Bishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar

6 Nov 60.3 Appointed Edward Idris Cassidy † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

56.2 Appointed John Francis Donoghue † Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

60.9 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Titular Archbishop of Noba Apostolic Nuncio

60.9 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia Apostolic Nuncio

60.9 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia Apostolic Nuncio

60.9 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Delegate to Guinea Apostolic Nuncio

60.9 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone Apostolic Nuncio

8 Nov 39.3 Appointed Aloysius Balina † Bishop of Geita, Tanzania Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania

51.1 Appointed Tomas Aguon Camacho † Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. † Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. † Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

45.3 Appointed Adalbert Ndzana Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

44.6 Appointed Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

50.9 Appointed Marius Ouédraogo † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

37.8 Appointed Gregory Taik Maung Auxiliary Bishop of Prome, Myanmar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar

37.8 Appointed Gregory Taik Maung Titular Bishop of Bocconia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar

68.3 Resigned Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

45.0 Appointed Telesphore Placidus Toppo † Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

9 Nov 44.9 Appointed Patricio Hacbang Alo † Bishop of Mati, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

10 Nov 24.6 Ordained Priest Giorgio Lingua Priest of Fossano, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

31.0 Ordained Priest Elio Rama, I.M.C. Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

59.9 Appointed Giovanni Saldarini † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

59.9 Appointed Giovanni Saldarini † Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

11 Nov 53.1 Ordained Bishop Fernando Charrier † Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

52.9 Ordained Bishop Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja † Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

12 Nov 80.3 Died Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

44.9 Appointed Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

13 Nov 73.3 Died Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

15 Nov 74.9 Resigned José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29.5 Ordained Priest Damian Denis Dallu Priest of Geita, Tanzania Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

58.4 Appointed Kevin McNamara † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

16 Nov 58.2 Appointed Rosendo Álvarez Gastón † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain

74.2 Appointed Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † Titular Archbishop of Arcavica Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

19 Nov 94.7 Died Giuseppe Battaglia † Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy

64.1 Died Justin Albert Driscoll † Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

54.3 Appointed José Vittorio Tommasí † Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

54.3 Appointed José Vittorio Tommasí † Titular Bishop of Equizetum Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

20 Nov 44.5 Appointed Santiago García Aracil † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

44.5 Appointed Santiago García Aracil † Titular Bishop of Croae Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

39.9 Appointed José Vilaplana Blasco Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

39.9 Appointed José Vilaplana Blasco Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

22 Nov 82.5 Died Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

23 Nov 26.6 Ordained Priest Claudio Pablo Castricone Priest of Rosario, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina

24 Nov 26.2 Ordained Priest Philip Davou Dung Priest of Jos, Nigeria Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria

62.9 Died Charles Henri Lévesque † Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

26.1 Ordained Priest Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Priest of Tunja, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

26.2 Ordained Priest Mitchell Thomas Rozanski Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

25 Nov 53.7 Ordained Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Carcabia Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.3 Ordained Bishop Stanisław Nowak † Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland

58.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

26 Nov 48.8 Appointed Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. Coadjutor Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † Coadjutor Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 Nov 62.6 Resigned Epaminondas José de Araújo † Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

29 Nov 74.2 Died Franz Jáchym † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

30 Nov 50.1 Appointed Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

81.6 Died Vincenzo De Chiara † Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

1 Dec 33.3 Ordained Priest Peter John Byrne Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

38.8 Ordained Priest John Joseph O’Hara Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Ordained Bishop Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Sigus Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

2 Dec 28.3 Ordained Priest Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila Priest of Mwanza, Tanzania Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania

60.9 Ordained Bishop John Christopher O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Ordained Bishop Juozas Preikšas † Titular Bishop of Egnatia Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania

27.4 Ordained Priest Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz Priest of Valledupar, Colombia Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

3 Dec 50.6 Succeeded Kevin Joseph Aje † Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

72.7 Resigned Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. † Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

77.6 Retired Justin Diraviam † Archbishop of Madurai, India Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. † Archbishop of Madurai, India Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

45.9 Appointed Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Titular Bishop of Fata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

47.8 Appointed Joseph Pathalil † Bishop of Udaipur, India Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe Bishop Emeritus

41.4 Appointed Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. † Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia

44.5 Appointed Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands Archbishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. † Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands Archbishop Emeritus

4 Dec 64.7 Appointed Michele Cecchini † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

69.5 Ordained Bishop Josef Hinterhölzl † Bishop

57.6 Appointed Pierfranco Pastore † Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Secretary Emeritus

5 Dec 25.6 Ordained Priest Cristián Contreras Villarroel Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Melipilla, Chile

6 Dec 53.8 Appointed Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

63.2 Died Václav Razik † Bishop

26.4 Ordained Priest Orlando Roa Barbosa Priest of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop

23.9 Ordained Priest Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga Priest of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

7 Dec 68.4 Selected Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China Coadjutor Bishop

75.2 Retired Andrea Pangrazio † Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

59.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Saldarini † Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

8 Dec 51.1 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Seleuciana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

23.0 Professed Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop of Parramatta, Australia

65.4 Professed Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

40.0 Ordained Bishop Ioan Robu Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

25.7 Ordained Priest Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa Priest of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Bishop of Montería, Colombia

26.1 Ordained Deacon Joseph Edward Strickland Deacon of Dallas, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Tyler, Texas, USA

9 Dec 55.1 Ordained Bishop Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume Bishop of Saint-Dié, France Bishop Emeritus

73.6 Died Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

64.6 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Pomaria Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

11 Dec 53.3 Ordained Bishop James Patrick Keleher † Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

12 Dec 24.6 Ordained Deacon Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. Deacon of Order of Cistercians Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

54.3 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

13 Dec 87.1 Died Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục † Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

47.3 Incardinated Paul Henry Walsh † Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 25.1 Ordained Priest Sérgio da Rocha Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Martín Fassi Priest of San Isidro, Argentina Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

15 Dec 75.1 Retired Emiel-Jozef De Smedt † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

29.7 Ordained Priest Abel Doctor Gabuza † Priest of Pretoria, South Africa Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

43.5 Appointed Emilio Zurbano Marquez Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines

26.4 Ordained Priest Jeremiah Madimetja Masela Priest Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa

48.1 Appointed Roger Joseph Vangheluwe Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

27.9 Ordained Priest James Maria Wainaina Kungu Priest of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop of Muranga, Kenya

16 Dec 30.9 Ordained Priest Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

29.1 Ordained Priest Plínio José Luz da Silva Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil

28.5 Ordained Priest Severine Niwemugizi Priest of Rulenge, Tanzania Bishop of Rulenge-Ngara, Tanzania

61.0 Ordained Bishop Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Titular Archbishop of Noba Apostolic Nuncio

18 Dec 56.3 Ordained Bishop John Francis Donoghue † Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

73.5 Died Tadeusz Etter † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

29.0 Ordained Priest Jose Kalluvelil Priest of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)

57.9 Appointed Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez † Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

57.9 Appointed Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez † Titular Bishop of Thibilis Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

60.0 Appointed Józef Pazdur † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Józef Pazdur † Titular Bishop of Ulcinium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

27.2 Ordained Priest Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez Priest of Jalapa, Guatemala Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

94.7 Died Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pontianak, Indonesia

19 Dec 75.9 Retired Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. † Under Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Conventual

25.5 Ordained Priest Alex Joseph Vadakumthala Priest of Verapoly, India Bishop of Kannur, India

20 Dec 27.6 Ordained Priest Linus Neli Priest of Imphal, India Archbishop of Imphal, India

62.0 Appointed Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt † Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt † Titular Bishop of Tigava Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

21 Dec 24.7 Ordained Priest Hugo Ricardo Araya Priest of Río Cuarto, Argentina Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina

29.0 Ordained Priest Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Saitama, Japan

54.3 Ordained Bishop José Vittorio Tommasí † Titular Bishop of Equizetum Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

22 Dec 27.7 Ordained Priest Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

24.9 Ordained Priest Paul Anthony Mullassery Priest of Quilon, India Bishop

52.0 Appointed Fernando Sáenz Lacalle † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador

52.0 Appointed Fernando Sáenz Lacalle † Titular Bishop of Tabbora Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador

29.7 Ordained Priest Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez † Priest of Santiago de Guatemala Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala

27.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

50.1 Ordained Bishop Luis Héctor Villalba Titular Bishop of Aufinium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

23 Dec 28.9 Ordained Deacon Denis Chidi Isizoh Deacon of Onitsha, Nigeria Bishop of Aguleri, Nigeria

26.1 Perpetual Vows Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

27 Dec 73.3 Resigned Raymond Philip Etteldorf † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

44.6 Ordained Bishop Santiago García Aracil † Titular Bishop of Croae Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

51.8 Installed Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

40.0 Ordained Bishop José Vilaplana Blasco Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

29 Dec 43.8 Appointed Carlos Alberto Nicolini † Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay

72.2 Died Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

76.7 Retired Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. † Bishop of Arua, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 28.4 Ordained Priest Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U. Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

31 Dec 53.2 Appointed Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

63.5 Appointed Antonio Valentini † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	73.0	Retired	Mario Cagna †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Nov	87.1	Retired	Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. †	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Nov	25.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marc Noël Aveline	Priest of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop
51.6	Appointed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
77.3	Appointed	Nicolas Hajj, B.S. †	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
33.4	Incardinated	Maximino Martínez Miranda	Priest of Atlacomulco, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México
4 Nov	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Armand Toasy	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar
6 Nov	60.3	Appointed	Edward Idris Cassidy †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
56.2	Appointed	John Francis Donoghue †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
60.9	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Noba	Apostolic Nuncio
60.9	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia	Apostolic Nuncio
60.9	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia	Apostolic Nuncio
60.9	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Delegate to Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
60.9	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Nov	39.3	Appointed	Aloysius Balina †	Bishop of Geita, Tanzania	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
51.1	Appointed	Tomas Aguon Camacho †	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.3	Appointed	Adalbert Ndzana	Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
44.6	Appointed	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
50.9	Appointed	Marius Ouédraogo †	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
37.8	Appointed	Gregory Taik Maung	Auxiliary Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
37.8	Appointed	Gregory Taik Maung	Titular Bishop of Bocconia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
68.3	Resigned	Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
45.0	Appointed	Telesphore Placidus Toppo †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Nov	44.9	Appointed	Patricio Hacbang Alo †	Bishop of Mati, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giorgio Lingua	Priest of Fossano, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
31.0	Ordained Priest	Elio Rama, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
59.9	Appointed	Giovanni Saldarini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
59.9	Appointed	Giovanni Saldarini †	Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
11 Nov	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Charrier †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
12 Nov	80.3	Died	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
44.9	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Nov	73.3	Died	Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
15 Nov	74.9	Resigned	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29.5	Ordained Priest	Damian Denis Dallu	Priest of Geita, Tanzania	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
58.4	Appointed	Kevin McNamara †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
16 Nov	58.2	Appointed	Rosendo Álvarez Gastón †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
74.2	Appointed	Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Arcavica	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
19 Nov	94.7	Died	Giuseppe Battaglia †	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
64.1	Died	Justin Albert Driscoll †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
54.3	Appointed	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
54.3	Appointed	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
20 Nov	44.5	Appointed	Santiago García Aracil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
44.5	Appointed	Santiago García Aracil †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
39.9	Appointed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
39.9	Appointed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
22 Nov	82.5	Died	Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
23 Nov	26.6	Ordained Priest	Claudio Pablo Castricone	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina
24 Nov	26.2	Ordained Priest	Philip Davou Dung	Priest of Jos, Nigeria	Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria
62.9	Died	Charles Henri Lévesque †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
26.1	Ordained Priest	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Priest of Tunja, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
26.2	Ordained Priest	Mitchell Thomas Rozanski	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
25 Nov	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Nowak †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
26 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	62.6	Resigned	Epaminondas José de Araújo †	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov	74.2	Died	Franz Jáchym †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30 Nov	50.1	Appointed	Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
81.6	Died	Vincenzo De Chiara †	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
1 Dec	33.3	Ordained Priest	Peter John Byrne	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
38.8	Ordained Priest	John Joseph O’Hara	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
2 Dec	28.3	Ordained Priest	Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila	Priest of Mwanza, Tanzania	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
60.9	Ordained Bishop	John Christopher O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Juozas Preikšas †	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
27.4	Ordained Priest	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Priest of Valledupar, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
3 Dec	50.6	Succeeded	Kevin Joseph Aje †	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
72.7	Resigned	Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. †	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Justin Diraviam †	Archbishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. †	Archbishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
45.9	Appointed	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
47.8	Appointed	Joseph Pathalil †	Bishop of Udaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
41.4	Appointed	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
44.5	Appointed	Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.	Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Michele Cecchini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
69.5	Ordained Bishop	Josef Hinterhölzl †	Bishop
57.6	Appointed	Pierfranco Pastore †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Secretary Emeritus
5 Dec	25.6	Ordained Priest	Cristián Contreras Villarroel	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
6 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
63.2	Died	Václav Razik †	Bishop
26.4	Ordained Priest	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Priest of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop
23.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
7 Dec	68.4	Selected	Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Coadjutor Bishop
75.2	Retired	Andrea Pangrazio †	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Saldarini †	Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
8 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Seleuciana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
23.0	Professed	Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
65.4	Professed	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Robu	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
25.7	Ordained Priest	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Priest of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
26.1	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Edward Strickland	Deacon of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Tyler, Texas, USA
9 Dec	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
73.6	Died	Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
11 Dec	53.3	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Keleher †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
12 Dec	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Deacon of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
54.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Leibrecht	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Dec	87.1	Died	Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
47.3	Incardinated	Paul Henry Walsh †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Sérgio da Rocha	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Martín Fassi	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
15 Dec	75.1	Retired	Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
29.7	Ordained Priest	Abel Doctor Gabuza †	Priest of Pretoria, South Africa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
43.5	Appointed	Emilio Zurbano Marquez	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
26.4	Ordained Priest	Jeremiah Madimetja Masela	Priest	Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa
48.1	Appointed	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
27.9	Ordained Priest	James Maria Wainaina Kungu	Priest of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
16 Dec	30.9	Ordained Priest	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
29.1	Ordained Priest	Plínio José Luz da Silva	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil
28.5	Ordained Priest	Severine Niwemugizi	Priest of Rulenge, Tanzania	Bishop of Rulenge-Ngara, Tanzania
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Noba	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Dec	56.3	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Donoghue †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
73.5	Died	Tadeusz Etter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
29.0	Ordained Priest	Jose Kalluvelil	Priest of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
57.9	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
57.9	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
60.0	Appointed	Józef Pazdur †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Józef Pazdur †	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
27.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez	Priest of Jalapa, Guatemala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
94.7	Died	Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pontianak, Indonesia
19 Dec	75.9	Retired	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Under Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
25.5	Ordained Priest	Alex Joseph Vadakumthala	Priest of Verapoly, India	Bishop of Kannur, India
20 Dec	27.6	Ordained Priest	Linus Neli	Priest of Imphal, India	Archbishop of Imphal, India
62.0	Appointed	Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt †	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
21 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Hugo Ricardo Araya	Priest of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
29.0	Ordained Priest	Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Saitama, Japan
54.3	Ordained Bishop	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
22 Dec	27.7	Ordained Priest	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
24.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Anthony Mullassery	Priest of Quilon, India	Bishop
52.0	Appointed	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
52.0	Appointed	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
29.7	Ordained Priest	Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez †	Priest of Santiago de Guatemala	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
27.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Héctor Villalba	Titular Bishop of Aufinium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
23 Dec	28.9	Ordained Deacon	Denis Chidi Isizoh	Deacon of Onitsha, Nigeria	Bishop of Aguleri, Nigeria
26.1	Perpetual Vows	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
27 Dec	73.3	Resigned	Raymond Philip Etteldorf †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Santiago García Aracil †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
51.8	Installed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
40.0	Ordained Bishop	José Vilaplana Blasco	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
29 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
72.2	Died	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
76.7	Retired	Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	28.4	Ordained Priest	Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
31 Dec	53.2	Appointed	Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
63.5	Appointed	Antonio Valentini †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

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