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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	81.8	Died	Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti †	Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	30.7	Ordained Priest	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima	Priest of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
	24.2	Solemn Vows	Urban Federer, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	80.7	Died	Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
	83.9	Died	Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	32.8	Ordained Priest	Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu	Priest of Libreville, Gabon	Bishop of Port-Gentil, Gabon
3 Nov	84.7	Died	Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	51.3	Appointed	John Patrick Crowley	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Augustine Harris †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	44.5	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Titular Bishop of Novica	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
4 Nov	43.5	Appointed	Josef Kajnek	Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Appointed	Josef Kajnek	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
5 Nov	74.5	Retired	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Vice President Emeritus
	64.4	Appointed	Elio Sgreccia †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
	64.4	Appointed	Elio Sgreccia †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
6 Nov	66.7	Resigned	Adriani Mkoba †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Vicente Sanombo	Priest of Huambo, Angola	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
7 Nov	27.9	Ordained Deacon	Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout	Deacon of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
8 Nov	34.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Han Yingjin	Priest of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China	Bishop
9 Nov	62.2	Installed	Kenneth Anthony Angell †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
10 Nov	63.5	Appointed	Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	60.9	Installed	James Henry Garland	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	56.2	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
	56.2	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
13 Nov	66.8	Resigned	Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	78.2	Died	Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.7	Succeeded	Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	88.8	Died	[Peter Wang Rui-huan (Wang Rui Kuan)] †	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
14 Nov	80.5	Died	Stefan Liu Difen (Liu Daifen, Liu Tifeng) †	Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
	67.8	Resigned	Mario Miglietta †	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
15 Nov	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Bernardini	Titular Archbishop of Falerii	Apostolic Nuncio
	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Deacon of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
16 Nov	30.3	Ordained Priest	Peter Ding Lingbin	Priest of Changzhi [Luan], China	Bishop
	62.4	Appointed	Paolo (Pietro) Lunardon, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	71.7	Retired	Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
17 Nov	72.0	Ordained Bishop	Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Sebaste degli Armeni	Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
18 Nov	89.2	Died	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Timothy James Harris	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Townsville, Australia
19 Nov	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	75.6	Retired	Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.1	Appointed	William Martin Morris	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel	Bishop of Raipur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
	34.9	Ordained Priest	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba	Priest of Callao, Peru	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	47.2	Appointed	Albert D’Souza	Bishop of Lucknow, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
	32.9	Incardinated	Felix Lian Khen Thang	Priest of Hakha, Myanmar	Bishop of Kalay, Myanmar
	49.5	Appointed	Nicholas Mang Thang	Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
	44.0	Appointed	Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	76.2	Retired	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Resigned	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	67.8	Appointed	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Djibouti	Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
	57.7	Appointed	Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. †	Bishop of Tarma, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
	46.8	Appointed	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
	46.8	Appointed	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
22 Nov	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A.	Deacon of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
	88.0	Died	Antoni Sagrera Gayá, C.R. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Clerics Regular
23 Nov	43.2	Appointed	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
24 Nov	58.2	Appointed	Eusebius Joseph Beltran	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Henry Joseph Mansell	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	55.1	Appointed	Henry Joseph Mansell	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	74.7	Retired	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Nov	26.1	Ordained Deacon	José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán	Deacon of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Brigido Agalpas Galasgas †	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
28 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Manuel Alí Herrera	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop
	62.7	Appointed	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar	Priest of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Bishop of Petare, Venezuela
	36.1	Ordained Priest	José Daniel Falla Robles †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Manathodath	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
	65.4	Died	Stanley Joseph Ott †	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
	48.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak †	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop of Philippines, Military
29 Nov	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Titular Bishop of Cincari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde
	76.3	Died	Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
30 Nov	60.5	Ordained Bishop	John Jerome Cunneen †	Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Olvera Ochoa †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Dec	72.4	Selected	Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
1 Dec	75.2	Retired	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	82.6	Died	Carlo Ferrari †	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	27.8	Professed	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	75.1	Retired	Enrique Pélach y Feliú †	Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Succeeded	Isidro Sala Ribera †	Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Dec	77.8	Died	Franciszek Musiel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland
3 Dec	56.4	Installed	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	65.4	Died	Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
4 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Jan Kopiec	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
	44.9	Appointed	Jan Kopiec	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
5 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Paulo Cezar Costa	Priest of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	80.9	Died	Tamás Jung †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Massaro	Priest of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Avezzano, Italy
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Adimir Antônio Mazali	Priest of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	28.4	Ordained Priest	José Mauricio Vélez García	Priest of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Dec	30.1	Ordained Priest	José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
	76.7	Died	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Sandro Salvucci	Deacon of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
	44.5	Died	Petar Šolić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
7 Dec	27.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Priest of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Jorge Esteban González	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
	69.0	Died	Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
8 Dec	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Antonio Camilo González	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Yohanes Harun Yuwono	Priest of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
	37.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Jin Lugang	Priest	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
	31.0	Solemn Vows	Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Dec	56.1	Succeeded	Osvaldo Giuntini	Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	70.6	Resigned	John Lawrence May †	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	80.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste Musty †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	69.3	Resigned	Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	40.9	Ordained Priest	Peter John Holiday	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa
11 Dec	76.0	Died	William Michael Cosgrove †	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Titular Bishop of Equilium	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
12 Dec	28.4	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán	Priest of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez	Priest of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
	34.4	Ordained Priest	João José da Costa, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Aparecido Donizete de Souza	Priest of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	22.1	Professed	Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Josef Kajnek	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	33.3	Ordained Priest	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
	75.2	Retired	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.0	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto †	Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
13 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	25.9	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo	Priest of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
	26.1	Solemn Vows	Valentine Tsamma Seane	Member of Society of Precious Blood	Bishop Emeritus of Gaborone, Botswana
15 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Diego Causero	Titular Archbishop of Meta	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.9	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.3	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
16 Dec	62.4	Appointed	Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.0	Appointed	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Appointed	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	63.4	Appointed	Darío Castrillón Hoyos †	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	61.9	Appointed	Roman Danylak †	Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	Roman Danylak †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	81.1	Retired	Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	71.8	Appointed	Antony Padiyara †	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	78.6	Retired	Ivan Prasko †	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Alojz Uran †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Alojz Uran †	Titular Bishop of Abula	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	50.1	Appointed	Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
	50.1	Appointed	Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago †	Titular Bishop of Autenti	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
17 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Bushu	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	66.5	Appointed	Dominik Hrušovský †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.7	Appointed	Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Appointed	Elmo Noel Joseph Perera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Appointed	Elmo Noel Joseph Perera †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
	43.4	Appointed	Cornelius Piong	Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia
	65.6	Appointed	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Dec	71.7	Appointed	Luigi Sposito †	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	71.7	Appointed	Luigi Sposito †	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Secretary Emeritus
19 Dec	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Roberto José Ferrari	Deacon of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
	46.3	Appointed	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru
	46.3	Appointed	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Caere	Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru
	28.0	Ordained Deacon	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Deacon of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop
20 Dec	59.9	Installed	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Leomar Antônio Brustolin	Priest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	81.5	Retired	Emanuele Clarizio †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
	43.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh	Priest of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Aldemiro Sena dos Santos	Priest of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil
21 Dec	60.7	Succeeded	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	52.1	Appointed	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
	75.5	Retired	Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Battambang, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
22 Dec	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
23 Dec	75.1	Retired	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.1	Succeeded	José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	60.4	Appointed	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
	77.8	Retired	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Dec	63.5	Appointed	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	39.0	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
25 Dec	74.3	Appointed	Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	74.8	Appointed	Franco Illia †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
	53.2	Appointed	Rrok Kola Mirdita †	Archbishop of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
	64.0	Appointed	Zef Simoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
	64.0	Appointed	Zef Simoni †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
26 Dec	87.9	Died	Jan Cieński †	Bishop
27 Dec	25.9	Ordained Deacon	Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Aristide Gonsallo	Priest of Parakou, Benin	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
	53.8	Died	James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	77.7	Died	José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	31.1	Ordained Priest	Alain René Ransay	Priest of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Titular Bishop of Novica	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
28 Dec	42.1	Appointed	Bernard Bober	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
	42.1	Appointed	Bernard Bober	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
	57.9	Appointed	Paul Iby	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	79.8	Retired	Stefan László †	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	74.9	Retired	Warren Louis Boudreaux †	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
30 Dec	60.1	Appointed	Hilton Forrest Deakin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Hilton Forrest Deakin †	Titular Bishop of Murthlacum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	70.3	Resigned	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Dominique Banlène Guigbile	Priest of Dapaong, Togo	Bishop
	60.3	Appointed	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
	56.2	Appointed	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Vaniyapurackal	Priest of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Curial Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
31 Dec	46.3	Appointed	Julián Barrio Barrio	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.3	Appointed	Julián Barrio Barrio	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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