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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	82.5	Died	Hermanus Johannes (Herman Jan) van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
4 Nov	67.6	Died	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
6 Nov	50.5	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	43.7	Appointed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
7 Nov	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Re	Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.2	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	46.2	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Apostolic Delegate to Chad	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
8 Nov	57.9	Died	Stéphane Katchou †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	79.5	Died	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
9 Nov	43.6	Appointed	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
10 Nov	64.5	Appointed	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Appointed	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
12 Nov	46.9	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop
	46.9	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
13 Nov	73.9	Died	Julius Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
14 Nov	28.0	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Pablo Benna	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
	73.1	Appointed	Domenico Vacchiano †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
15 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Horácio Coelho Cristino †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
16 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Girônimo Zanandréa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov	80.8	Died	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Nov	69.6	Resigned	Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Victor Adibe Chikwe †	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
	62.6	Appointed	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	62.6	Appointed	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	42.3	Appointed	Jean-Gabriel Diarra †	Bishop of San, Mali
	74.2	Retired	Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	71.6	Appointed	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
	65.5	Appointed	James Joseph Komba †	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	58.8	Appointed	Fritz Lobinger	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Anthony Peter Mayalla †	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
	38.6	Appointed	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop
	66.8	Resigned	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †	Bishop of San, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
	100.0	Died	Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T. †	Grand Master Emeritus of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem
	45.5	Appointed	Athanasius Atule Usuh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	94.3	Died	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	84.5	Died	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
20 Nov	75.0	Retired	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	James Thomas McHugh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	55.8	Appointed	James Thomas McHugh †	Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	52.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	52.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	42.4	Appointed	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
21 Nov	63.1	Appointed	Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar †	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Vicente Macanan Navarra	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines
	26.3	Professed	Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
22 Nov	29.2	Ordained Priest	Estanislau Marques Chindekasse, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Dundo, Angola
23 Nov	59.9	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.5	Appointed	Theodor Hubrich †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany
	49.8	Appointed	Vilhelms Ņukšs †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	49.8	Appointed	Vilhelms Ņukšs †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
24 Nov	30.7	Ordained Deacon	José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	30.7	Perpetual Vows	José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.3	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	51.3	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Titular Bishop of Petina	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Hugo Alberto Torres Marín	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
25 Nov	25.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal	Priest of Indore, India	Bishop
	60.9	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
26 Nov	47.6	Appointed	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Died	Angel Pérez Cisneros †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
28 Nov	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Bertello	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	40.8	Appointed	Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rzeszów, Poland
	40.8	Appointed	Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rzeszów, Poland
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues	Deacon of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	52.9	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.9	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.9	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Nov	28.1	Ordained Priest	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Priest of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Željko Majić	Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
30 Nov	54.4	Appointed	Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
	54.0	Appointed	Ercole Lupinacci †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Appointed	Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
	64.2	Appointed	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
	82.1	Died	Josef Vrana †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia
1 Dec	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
	82.1	Died	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	79.1	Died	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
3 Dec	90.0	Died	Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
4 Dec	57.5	Appointed	Srećko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
	48.7	Appointed	Adam Lepa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
	48.7	Appointed	Adam Lepa †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
	52.1	Appointed	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Anton Tamarut †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
5 Dec	27.9	Ordained Deacon	Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	69.9	Resigned	Heinrich Theissing †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
6 Dec	33.0	Ordained Priest	Otacílio Luziano Da Silva	Priest of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	70.5	Died	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Dec	64.3	Appointed	Luigi Belloli †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Alessandro Maria Gottardi †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mani	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	62.4	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	75.7	Retired	Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Piergiorgio Bertoldi	Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
	64.4	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Priest of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Masseroni †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	23.9	Professed	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Vilhelms Ņukšs †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	67.9	Ordained Bishop	[Simon Qu Tian-xi] †	Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Javier Gerardo Román Arias	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica
	59.0	Appointed	Nicola Rotunno †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Saw Po Ray	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona	Priest of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop of Ica, Peru
	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Marcony Vinícius Ferreira	Deacon of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
	64.6	Ordained Bishop	[Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)] †	Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China
9 Dec	75.0	Died	Thomas McDonnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
10 Dec	71.2	Died	Pasquale Bacile †	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	Resigned	François Kabangu wa Mutela †	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	73.4	Resigned	Patrick Lennon †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	56.5	Succeeded	Laurence Ryan †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	76.9	Retired	Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Moacir Aparecido de Freitas	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.7	Appointed	Michel Sabbah	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
12 Dec	26.8	Ordained Priest	Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P.	Priest of Society of St. Paul	Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Galo Fernández Villaseca	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Talca, Chile
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Remigius Maria Paul Inchananiyil	Priest of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
	59.4	Appointed	Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	63.7	Appointed	John Gavin Nolan †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	63.7	Appointed	John Gavin Nolan †	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
13 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Damián Santiago Bitar	Priest of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
	73.2	Died	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	84.3	Died	Leo D’Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Deacon of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Coadjutor Bishop of Pontoise, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	48.8	Installed	Enrico Masseroni †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Deacon	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.	Deacon of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Dec	55.2	Appointed	Anthony Michael Milone †	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	46.3	Appointed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Ariari, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
	46.3	Appointed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
16 Dec	87.4	Died	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
17 Dec	40.4	Appointed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Isabela, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
		Died	[ Fan Dao-jiang] †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo	Priest of Abancay, Peru
18 Dec	87.2	Died	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Karel Chytil †	Bishop
	75.2	Retired	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	75.2	Died	Franz Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
	60.7	Resigned	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	51.0	Succeeded	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	52.1	Succeeded	Francisco Capiral San Diego †	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
19 Dec	29.7	Ordained Deacon	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	28.0	Ordained Deacon	Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet	Deacon of Cambrai, France	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	54.7	Appointed	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	46.1	Appointed	Manuel Pelino Domingues	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Portugal
	46.1	Appointed	Manuel Pelino Domingues	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Portugal
	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Clemens Pickel	Deacon of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Deacon of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Joseph Weisenburger	Priest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
20 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Priest of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
21 Dec	75.8	Died	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
	65.4	Resigned	Jean Rémond †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	32.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Humberto Rodríguez-Novelo	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
26 Dec	26.0	Ordained Priest	Stephen Chirappanath	Priest of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Jose Puthenveettil	Priest of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
27 Dec	25.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Alappatt	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabar), India
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Gheevarghese Aphrem Kurisummoottil	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	97.8	Died	Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuttack, India
28 Dec	26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery)	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
29 Dec	27.4	Ordained Priest	Jose Chirackal	Priest of Tura, India	Auxiliary Bishop
	44.3	Appointed	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Beaumont, Texas, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Stagnum	Bishop Emeritus of Beaumont, Texas, USA
30 Dec	57.4	Appointed	Eduardo Alas Alfaro †	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Georges Fonghoro †	Priest of Mopti, Mali	Bishop
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Corrado Lorefice	Priest of Noto, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	74.2	Died	Helmut Hermann Wittler †	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
31 Dec	75.9	Retired	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Succeeded	Benedict To Varpin †	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus

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