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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	70.8	Entered	Noël Delaquis	Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
1 Nov	33.3	Entered	Antuan Ilgit, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
3 Nov	75.2	Retired	André Vallée, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
4 Nov	75.6	Retired	Francesco Cuccarese	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.2	Appointed	Tommaso Valentinetti	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy
5 Nov	76.4	Ceased	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.1	Installed	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
6 Nov	85.7	Died	José Antonio Infantes Florido †	Bishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Spain
8 Nov	76.5	Retired	Vicente García Bernal †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Stepan Sus	Deacon of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	61.1	Appointed	Joseph Võ Ðức Minh	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	75.2	Retired	Kenneth Anthony Angell †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Succeeded	Salvatore Ronald Matano	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	93.8	Died	Stephen McGill, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
10 Nov	58.4	Appointed	Ralph Walker Nickless	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	53.2	Appointed	Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
11 Nov	69.0	Appointed	Santiago María García de la Rasilla Domínguez, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	69.0	Appointed	Santiago María García de la Rasilla Domínguez, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
	57.1	Appointed	Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
12 Nov	63.1	Appointed	Lino Pizzi	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Vincenzo Zarri	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	49.2	Installed	Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	91.0	Died	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
14 Nov	55.1	Appointed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
	76.5	Died	Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila †	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
	76.2	Retired	Giacomo Capuzzi †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	67.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Merisi	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	50.7	Appointed	José Leopoldo González González	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	50.7	Appointed	José Leopoldo González González	Titular Bishop of Thuburnica	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	44.3	Appointed	Anton Jamnik	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	44.3	Appointed	Anton Jamnik	Titular Bishop of Vina	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Nov	61.0	Appointed	Orlando Antonini	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.6	Appointed	Paulo Roberto Beloto	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	81.0	Died	Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
17 Nov	30.0	Ordained Priest	César Augusto Huerta Ramírez	Priest of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Sicuani, Peru
	69.1	Appointed	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	99.0	Died	Gennaro Verolino †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
18 Nov	89.8	Died	Matthias A. Chimole †	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
19 Nov	71.2	Died	Bernard Bududira †	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
	60.2	Installed	José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Sergio Goretti †	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Installed	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
	57.5	Appointed	Domenico Sorrentino	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Bishop
	63.8	Appointed	Alejo Zavala Castro	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	71.6	Ceased	Mario Joseph Conti †	Apostolic Administrator of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	66.7	Died	Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez †	Bishop of Veracruz, México
	46.5	Installed	Almeida Kanda (Canda)	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Philip Tartaglia †	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Nov	70.1	Resigned	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	55.0	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Apostolic Nuncio
	46.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	46.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
22 Nov	63.8	Appointed	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm	Bishop of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Incardinated	Emmanuel Nguyên Hong Son	Priest of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Bishop
	78.5	Died	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
23 Nov	42.8	Appointed	Dodë Gjergji	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Bishop of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
	58.6	Installed	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón †	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	66.4	Appointed	Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M.	Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	José Antônio Peruzzo	Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	46.7	Appointed	Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
24 Nov	51.5	Installed	Francisco Carlos Bach	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	70.1	Died	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
25 Nov	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Died	James McLoughlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
26 Nov	61.0	Appointed	Francisco Cases Andreu	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	76.7	Retired	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Ramón Echarren Istúriz †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Mario Grech	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Hauke	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Agcaoili Jose	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
	75.9	Retired	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	69.3	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	33.3	Ordained Priest	Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar	Priest of N’Djaména, Chad	Bishop of Koumra, Chad
27 Nov	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
29 Nov	59.8	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
	59.8	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara	Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
	63.2	Appointed	Norbert Trelle	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	52.2	Appointed	Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Ruy Rendón Leal	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
1 Dec	63.5	Died	Vincenzo D’Addario †	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
	58.0	Succeeded	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	73.6	Resigned	António dos Santos †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	28.3	Appointed	Pierantonio Piatti	Official of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Secretary
	63.5	Appointed	George James Rassas	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	George James Rassas	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Dec	50.5	Appointed	José Rafael Quirós Quirós	Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
3 Dec	82.2	Died	Lucien-Emile Bardonne †	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
	57.0	Appointed	Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	57.0	Appointed	Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	77.3	Retired	Paul Shinichi Itonaga †	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Paul Kenjiro Koriyama	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	81.1	Died	[Matthew Pan Deshi] †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	44.6	Installed	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
5 Dec	83.1	Died	Salvatore Di Salvo †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
	63.9	Installed	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm	Bishop of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
6 Dec	52.4	Appointed	John Stanley Kenneth Arnold	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
	52.4	Appointed	John Stanley Kenneth Arnold	Titular Bishop of Lindisfarna	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
	74.1	Died	Andraos Salama †	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
7 Dec	57.8	Appointed	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Bishop of Itanagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.5	Appointed	George Palliparampil (Palliparambil), S.D.B.	Bishop of Miao, India
	80.3	Retired	Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra †	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	59.5	Appointed	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Dec	61.0	Ordained Bishop	David Christopher McGough †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	85.7	Died	Leo Scheffczyk †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Angelo Scotti	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	79.5	Died	Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
	90.9	Died	Josip Pavlišić †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
10 Dec	64.4	Appointed	Juan Frausto Pallares	Auxiliary Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
	64.4	Appointed	Juan Frausto Pallares	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
	60.8	Appointed	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	45.8	Appointed	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México	Bishop
	45.8	Appointed	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
11 Dec	55.2	Installed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
12 Dec	39.6	Appointed	James Francis Checchio	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
	81.6	Died	Joseph Eric D’Arcy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
	76.0	Retired	Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	William D’Souza, S.J.	Bishop of Buxar, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	77.2	Retired	Kuriakose Kunnacherry †	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.3	Died	Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
	52.7	Succeeded	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
13 Dec	74.0	Resigned	James Henry Garland	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Alexander King Sample	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
	56.3	Appointed	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
	56.3	Appointed	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
14 Dec	49.3	Appointed	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
	76.1	Retired	Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	Jean-Paul Mary Mathieu	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
	46.2	Appointed	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	46.2	Appointed	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	42.3	Incardinated	Ewaldus Martinus Sedu	Priest of Maumere, Indonesia	Bishop
	54.4	Appointed	Vincentius Sensi Potokota †	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
15 Dec	75.1	Retired	Thomas Joseph Flanagan †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Peter Hla	Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
	69.5	Appointed	George Hugh Niederauer †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Võ Ðức Minh	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	74.5	Appointed	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
17 Dec	75.4	Retired	Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E.	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	67.2	Installed	Giuseppe Merisi	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America	Apostolic Nuncio
	69.3	Succeeded	Guido Plante, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	67.4	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
18 Dec	59.8	Installed	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	78.7	Died	Rómulo García †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Christian Philippe Pierre Robert Nourrichard	Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	63.8	Installed	Domenico Angelo Scotti	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	75.9	Died	Leobard D’Souza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	48.4	Resigned	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	82.1	Died	Antônio Carlos Mesquita †	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	53.3	Installed	Tommaso Valentinetti	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy
20 Dec	58.9	Appointed	David Raymond Choby †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
21 Dec	38.7	Appointed	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	38.7	Appointed	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	67.8	Appointed	Jacques Ishaq †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	67.8	Appointed	Jacques Ishaq †	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Józef Piotr Kupny	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	49.8	Appointed	Józef Piotr Kupny	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	59.4	Appointed	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	59.4	Appointed	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	43.8	Appointed	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
	43.8	Appointed	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
	50.4	Appointed	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	50.6	Appointed	Marian Rojek	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
	50.6	Appointed	Marian Rojek	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
22 Dec	50.8	Appointed	Jorge Eduardo Lozano	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	76.1	Retired	Eduardo Vicente Mirás †	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.6	Appointed	José Luis Mollaghan	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Dec	55.3	Appointed	Randolph Roque Calvo	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	79.8	Died	Francis Joseph MacKiernan †	Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
	58.1	Appointed	José María Yanguas Sanz	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
27 Dec	50.8	Selected	Antonios Aziz Mina	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Renato Pine Mayugba	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
28 Dec	68.9	Confirmed	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Confirmed	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.4	Confirmed	François Eid, O.M.M.	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Paul Joseph Hendricks	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	49.7	Appointed	Paul Joseph Hendricks	Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	75.6	Retired	Tanios El Khoury †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	45.1	Confirmed	Elias Nassar	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M.	Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	86.3	Died	Jožef Kvas †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	65.9	Appointed	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	65.9	Appointed	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	55.1	Installed	Jacinto Agcaoili Jose	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

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