The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 76.3 Retired Robert Joseph Hermann Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Succeeded David Michael O’Connell, C.M. Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

50.3 Appointed Edward Matthew Rice Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

50.3 Appointed Edward Matthew Rice Titular Bishop of Sufes Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

58.4 Installed James Peter Sartain Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired John Mortimer Fourette Smith † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

73.2 Resigned Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa † Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

68.3 Succeeded Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

2 Dec 81.6 Died Michael Bunluen Mansap † Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

80.1 Died Michele Giordano † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

3 Dec 75.2 Retired Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa † Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe † Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Alexander Pyone Cho Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Stefan Zekorn Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

51.1 Appointed Stefan Zekorn Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

4 Dec 58.3 Ordained Bishop Vito Angiuli Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

47.8 Installed Damián Santiago Bitar Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

55.7 Appointed Heinz-Günter Bongartz Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Heinz-Günter Bongartz Titular Bishop of Bonusta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

44.1 Ordained Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop

54.7 Appointed Józef Guzdek Bishop of Poland, Military Archbishop of Białystok, Poland

75.6 Retired Hans-Georg Koitz Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

63.1 Installed Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

5 Dec 73.5 Retired Faustino Sainz Muñoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio

73.3 Died John Thomas Steinbock † Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

6 Dec 59.0 Installed Vincenzo Di Mauro Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

88.6 Died Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita † Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

82.7 Died Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. † Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

88.8 Died Júlio Tavares Rebimbas † Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

7 Dec 53.6 Appointed Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López Bishop of Tabasco, México

8 Dec 76.8 Retired Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. † Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Wilmar Santin, O. Carm. Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

48.5 Ordained Bishop Jan Sobiło Titular Bishop of Bulna Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

11 Dec 27.8 Ordained Priest Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B. Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

75.7 Retired Lorenzo Chiarinelli † Bishop of Viterbo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

97.6 Died José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Porto Amélia, Mozambique

63.5 Appointed Lino Fumagalli Bishop of Viterbo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Installed Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

12 Dec 83.2 Died Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

47.6 Ordained Bishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

41.6 Ordained Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà Bishop of Solsona, Spain

61.1 Installed Douglas Regattieri Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 52.2 Installed Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

15 Dec 52.4 Appointed John Balthasar Brungardt Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA

59.7 Appointed Carlo Ciattini Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy

89.7 Died Bernard Patrick Devlin † Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar

77.2 Retired Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Juan Espinoza Jiménez Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

45.5 Appointed Juan Espinoza Jiménez Titular Bishop of Arpi Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

68.9 Appointed Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.9 Appointed Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. Administrator of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

68.6 Resigned Ronald Michael Gilmore Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Josafá Menezes da Silva Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

65.0 Appointed João Carlos Petrini Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 76.2 Retired Eusebius Joseph Beltran † Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Archbishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Paul Stagg Coakley Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

83.4 Died François Gayot, S.M.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

59.8 Installed John Gerard Noonan Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

17 Dec 49.0 Appointed Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier Bishop of Damongo, Ghana

56.8 Installed Pedro Brito Guimarães Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil

18 Dec 86.9 Died John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. † Apostolic Nuncio Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

50.8 Ordained Bishop Emidio Cipollone Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy

53.0 Appointed Santiago Gómez Sierra Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Bishop of Huelva, Spain

53.0 Appointed Santiago Gómez Sierra Titular Bishop of Vergi Bishop of Huelva, Spain

64.8 Appointed Joseph Karikkassery Bishop of Kottapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Antonio Mennini Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Official of the Secretariat of State

19 Dec 58.3 Installed Vito Angiuli Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

54.7 Installed Józef Guzdek Bishop of Poland, Military Archbishop of Białystok, Poland

20 Dec 81.5 Appointed Werner Arber President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences President Emeritus

56.1 Installed Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

98.8 Died Giovanni Ferrofino † Apostolic Nuncio

28.2 Ordained Deacon Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano Deacon of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop

50.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ma Yan’en Bishop Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China

21 Dec 75.1 Retired Francisco Capiral San Diego † Bishop of Pasig, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

22 Dec 53.9 Appointed José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

53.9 Appointed José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

58.8 Appointed Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

58.8 Appointed Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

58.0 Appointed Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

23 Dec 55.7 Appointed Abel Doctor Gabuza † Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

60.1 Appointed Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

60.1 Appointed Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Titular Archbishop of Sila Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

67.2 Appointed William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus

67.2 Appointed William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. Bishop of South Africa, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

25 Dec 77.4 Died John Bulaitis † Apostolic Nuncio

95.7 Died Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

95.0 Died Jorge Mayer † Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

26 Dec 90.7 Died Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil

27 Dec 66.5 Installed Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Died Joseph Angelo Grech † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

46.7 Appointed Ferenc Palánki Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary

46.7 Appointed Ferenc Palánki Titular Bishop of Fidoloma Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary

28 Dec 76.1 Retired Wenceslas Compaoré † Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

39.0 Appointed Ryan Pagente Jimenez Apostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

48.9 Appointed Gabriel Sayaogo Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso

29 Dec 66.7 Appointed Marcello Bartolucci Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Secretary Emeritus

66.7 Appointed Marcello Bartolucci Titular Archbishop of Mevania Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

62.9 Appointed Celso Morga Iruzubieta Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

62.9 Appointed Celso Morga Iruzubieta Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

46.1 Appointed Bogusław Stanisław Turek, C.S.M.A. Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

30 Dec 63.6 Ceased Terence John Gerard Brady Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

77.1 Appointed Kevin Michael Manning † Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

53.9 Appointed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Huesca, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

53.9 Appointed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

31 Dec 92.9 Died Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	76.3	Retired	Robert Joseph Hermann	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Succeeded	David Michael O’Connell, C.M.	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
50.3	Appointed	Edward Matthew Rice	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
50.3	Appointed	Edward Matthew Rice	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
58.4	Installed	James Peter Sartain	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
73.2	Resigned	Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa †	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
68.3	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec	81.6	Died	Michael Bunluen Mansap †	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
80.1	Died	Michele Giordano †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
3 Dec	75.2	Retired	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe †	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Alexander Pyone Cho	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Stefan Zekorn	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
51.1	Appointed	Stefan Zekorn	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
4 Dec	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
47.8	Installed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
55.7	Appointed	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
54.7	Appointed	Józef Guzdek	Bishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
75.6	Retired	Hans-Georg Koitz	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
63.1	Installed	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
5 Dec	73.5	Retired	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio
73.3	Died	John Thomas Steinbock †	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
6 Dec	59.0	Installed	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
88.6	Died	Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita †	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
82.7	Died	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
88.8	Died	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
7 Dec	53.6	Appointed	Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López	Bishop of Tabasco, México
8 Dec	76.8	Retired	Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Jan Sobiło	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
11 Dec	27.8	Ordained Priest	Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
75.7	Retired	Lorenzo Chiarinelli †	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
97.6	Died	José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Amélia, Mozambique
63.5	Appointed	Lino Fumagalli	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Installed	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Dec	83.2	Died	Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Novell Gomà	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
61.1	Installed	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	52.2	Installed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
15 Dec	52.4	Appointed	John Balthasar Brungardt	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
59.7	Appointed	Carlo Ciattini	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
89.7	Died	Bernard Patrick Devlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
77.2	Retired	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
45.5	Appointed	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Titular Bishop of Arpi	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
68.9	Appointed	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.9	Appointed	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Administrator of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
68.6	Resigned	Ronald Michael Gilmore	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
65.0	Appointed	João Carlos Petrini	Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	76.2	Retired	Eusebius Joseph Beltran †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Paul Stagg Coakley	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
83.4	Died	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
59.8	Installed	John Gerard Noonan	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
17 Dec	49.0	Appointed	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
56.8	Installed	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
18 Dec	86.9	Died	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Apostolic Nuncio	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Emidio Cipollone	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
53.0	Appointed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
53.0	Appointed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
64.8	Appointed	Joseph Karikkassery	Bishop of Kottapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Official of the Secretariat of State
19 Dec	58.3	Installed	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
54.7	Installed	Józef Guzdek	Bishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
20 Dec	81.5	Appointed	Werner Arber	President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences	President Emeritus
56.1	Installed	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
98.8	Died	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Apostolic Nuncio
28.2	Ordained Deacon	Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano	Deacon of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ma Yan’en	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China
21 Dec	75.1	Retired	Francisco Capiral San Diego †	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	53.9	Appointed	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
53.9	Appointed	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58.8	Appointed	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
58.8	Appointed	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
58.0	Appointed	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23 Dec	55.7	Appointed	Abel Doctor Gabuza †	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
60.1	Appointed	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
60.1	Appointed	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Sila	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
67.2	Appointed	William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
67.2	Appointed	William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
25 Dec	77.4	Died	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Nuncio
95.7	Died	Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
95.0	Died	Jorge Mayer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
26 Dec	90.7	Died	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
27 Dec	66.5	Installed	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Died	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
46.7	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
46.7	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
28 Dec	76.1	Retired	Wenceslas Compaoré †	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
39.0	Appointed	Ryan Pagente Jimenez	Apostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
48.9	Appointed	Gabriel Sayaogo	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
29 Dec	66.7	Appointed	Marcello Bartolucci	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Marcello Bartolucci	Titular Archbishop of Mevania	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
62.9	Appointed	Celso Morga Iruzubieta	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
62.9	Appointed	Celso Morga Iruzubieta	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
46.1	Appointed	Bogusław Stanisław Turek, C.S.M.A.	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
30 Dec	63.6	Ceased	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
77.1	Appointed	Kevin Michael Manning †	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
53.9	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
53.9	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
31 Dec	92.9	Died	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia

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