The Year of Our Lord 2022

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 62.9 Appointed Maximino Caballero Ledo Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy

63.6 Resigned Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J. Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy Prefect Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Jan Romeo Pawłowski Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

2 Dec 57.0 Ordained Bishop Luigi Roberto Cona Titular Archbishop of Oppidum Consilinum Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

3 Dec 62.8 Installed Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

70.1 Appointed Giacomo Cirulli Apostolic Administrator of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

58.1 Ceased Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

50.4 Appointed Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P. Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia

50.3 Appointed Emilio Nappa Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

50.3 Appointed Emilio Nappa Titular Archbishop of Satrianum Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

69.1 Installed Orazio Francesco Piazza Bishop of Viterbo, Italy

75.7 Retired Juan Vargas Aruquipa Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

4 Dec 60.9 Ordained Bishop Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes Titular Bishop of Dumium Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

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

91.4 Died Pablo Puente Buces † Apostolic Nuncio

72.7 Installed Arthur Roche Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

72.0 Installed Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. Cardinal-Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

5 Dec 60.9 Installed Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

7 Dec 52.4 Appointed Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México

71.4 Installed Adalberto Martínez Flores Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay

47.9 Appointed Reginei José Modolo Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

47.9 Appointed Reginei José Modolo Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

8 Dec 56.8 Appointed Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela

72.2 Installed Oscar Cantoni Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy

80.8 Installed Fortunato Frezza Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata

80.4 Installed Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Gesù Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

74.7 Retired Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía Archbishop of Cali, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

55.7 Ordained Bishop Emile Mushosho Matabaro Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.1 Ordained Deacon Simone Previte, C.R.A. Deacon of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

63.0 Succeeded Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez Archbishop of Cali, Colombia

92.6 Died Erasmus Desiderius Wandera † Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda

9 Dec 75.2 Retired Domenico Caliandro Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez Bishop of Caldas, Colombia

56.9 Appointed Giovanni Intini Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

95.1 Died Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria

64.2 Appointed Yousaf Sohan Bishop of Multan, Pakistan

10 Dec 63.6 Installed Enrique Benavent Vidal Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

75.1 Retired Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

77.1 Ceased Antonio Cañizares Llovera Apostolic Administrator of Valencia, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

65.3 Appointed Giovanni Checchinato Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

58.4 Appointed Gabriel Msipu Phiri Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia

58.4 Appointed Gabriel Msipu Phiri Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia

46.0 Ordained Bishop Waldemar Musioł Titular Bishop of Bagis Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

66.2 Installed Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

60.6 Ordained Bishop Otair Nicoletti Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

50.9 Ordained Bishop Ángel Maximiliano Ordoñez Sigcho Titular Bishop of Phelbes Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

53.9 Appointed Stefano Rega Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

11 Dec 59.0 Ordained Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto Bishop of Vicenza, Italy

54.8 Installed Emmanuel Marie Anne Alain Gobilliard Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

12 Dec 66.2 Resigned Robert John Byrne, C.O. Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

69.3 Installed Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

60.2 Ordained Bishop Gary Anthony Franken Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada

70.9 Resigned Peter John Holiday Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Appointed Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

13 Dec 53.0 Appointed António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

53.0 Appointed António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I. Titular Bishop of Sutunurca Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

14 Dec 54.4 Appointed Robert Cissé Bishop of Sikasso, Mali Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

64.5 Ordained Bishop Peter Gwilym Collins Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain

75.8 Retired Romualdo Matias Kujawski Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

69.5 Appointed José Moreira da Silva Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil

53.4 Appointed Mark Maigida Nzukwein Bishop of Wukari, Nigeria

54.9 Appointed José Carlos de Souza Campos Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

54.6 Installed John Saw Yaw Han Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

15 Dec 78.0 Retired Donald Joseph Kettler Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

16 Dec 65.7 Installed Daniel Jodoin Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

17 Dec 56.6 Ordained Bishop Algacir Munhak, C.S. Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

58.6 Installed Francisco de Oliveira Vidal Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

75.9 Ceased Francisco Pérez González Apostolic Administrator of San Sebastián, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

89.7 Died Severino Poletto † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

53.3 Ordained Bishop Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F. Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

47.6 Ceased Antônio Ederaldo de Santana Administrator of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

51.6 Appointed Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia

60.9 Appointed Pablito Martinez Tagura, S.V.D. Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines

18 Dec 64.8 Appointed Ciro Miniero Apostolic Administrator of Vallo della Lucania, Italy Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

64.8 Installed Ciro Miniero Coadjutor Archbishop of Taranto, Italy Archbishop

19 Dec 78.1 Died Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

85.2 Died Erwin Josef Ender † Apostolic Nuncio

48.9 Appointed Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

48.9 Appointed Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia Titular Bishop of Tabla Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

77.7 Died Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

52.3 Appointed Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

52.3 Appointed Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Titular Bishop of Aëtus Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

20 Dec 69.8 Confirmed Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

61.1 Ordained Bishop Geraldo de Paula Souza, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Tinista Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

61.7 Appointed Josef Stübi Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

61.7 Appointed Josef Stübi Titular Bishop of Lemellefa Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

81.3 Died Luigi Stucchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

61.9 Installed Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

91.3 Died Tadeusz Werno † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

21 Dec 54.5 Appointed José Albuquerque de Araújo Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

75.4 Retired Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

67.5 Resigned Marcel Madila Basanguka Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

56.3 Appointed Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho Titular Bishop of Centenaria Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

52.2 Appointed Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop

22 Dec 56.5 Appointed Salvatore Rumeo Bishop of Noto, Italy

42.5 Ordained Bishop Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine

23 Dec 63.6 Appointed Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala

24 Dec 62.5 Appointed Giovanni Paccosi Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

28 Dec 55.3 Appointed Joseph Kakou Aka Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

80.3 Died Bernard César Augustin Barsi † Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco

62.2 Appointed Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

55.4 Appointed Eduardo Malaspina Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

71.7 Resigned Stephen Robson Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

29 Dec 94.6 Died Joseph Ti-kang † Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

30 Dec 94.6 Died John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

31 Dec 60.4 Ordained Bishop Dominic Ðặng Văn Cầu Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam

90.2 Died Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille † Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

63.4 Appointed Sebastião Mascarenhas, S.F.X. Bishop of Baroda, India

67.1 Appointed Misael Vacca Ramirez Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

95.7 Died Joseph Ratzinger † Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	62.9	Appointed	Maximino Caballero Ledo	Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy
63.6	Resigned	Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J.	Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy	Prefect Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
2 Dec	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Roberto Cona	Titular Archbishop of Oppidum Consilinum	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
3 Dec	62.8	Installed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
70.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cirulli	Apostolic Administrator of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
58.1	Ceased	Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
50.4	Appointed	Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P.	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia
50.3	Appointed	Emilio Nappa	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
50.3	Appointed	Emilio Nappa	Titular Archbishop of Satrianum	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
69.1	Installed	Orazio Francesco Piazza	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy
75.7	Retired	Juan Vargas Aruquipa	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
86.3	Died	Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
91.4	Died	Pablo Puente Buces †	Apostolic Nuncio
72.7	Installed	Arthur Roche	Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
72.0	Installed	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
5 Dec	60.9	Installed	Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
7 Dec	52.4	Appointed	Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
71.4	Installed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
47.9	Appointed	Reginei José Modolo	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
47.9	Appointed	Reginei José Modolo	Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
8 Dec	56.8	Appointed	Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
72.2	Installed	Oscar Cantoni	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
80.8	Installed	Fortunato Frezza	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
80.4	Installed	Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Gesù	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
74.7	Retired	Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Emile Mushosho Matabaro	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.1	Ordained Deacon	Simone Previte, C.R.A.	Deacon of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
63.0	Succeeded	Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
92.6	Died	Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †	Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda
9 Dec	75.2	Retired	Domenico Caliandro	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia
56.9	Appointed	Giovanni Intini	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
95.1	Died	Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
64.2	Appointed	Yousaf Sohan	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
10 Dec	63.6	Installed	Enrique Benavent Vidal	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
75.1	Retired	Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
77.1	Ceased	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Apostolic Administrator of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
65.3	Appointed	Giovanni Checchinato	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
58.4	Appointed	Gabriel Msipu Phiri	Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
58.4	Appointed	Gabriel Msipu Phiri	Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Waldemar Musioł	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
66.2	Installed	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Otair Nicoletti	Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Maximiliano Ordoñez Sigcho	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
53.9	Appointed	Stefano Rega	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
11 Dec	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuliano Brugnotto	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
54.8	Installed	Emmanuel Marie Anne Alain Gobilliard	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
12 Dec	66.2	Resigned	Robert John Byrne, C.O.	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
69.3	Installed	Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F.	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Gary Anthony Franken	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
70.9	Resigned	Peter John Holiday	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Appointed	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
13 Dec	53.0	Appointed	António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
53.0	Appointed	António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca	Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
14 Dec	54.4	Appointed	Robert Cissé	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Gwilym Collins	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
75.8	Retired	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	José Moreira da Silva	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
53.4	Appointed	Mark Maigida Nzukwein	Bishop of Wukari, Nigeria
54.9	Appointed	José Carlos de Souza Campos	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
54.6	Installed	John Saw Yaw Han	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
15 Dec	78.0	Retired	Donald Joseph Kettler	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C.	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
16 Dec	65.7	Installed	Daniel Jodoin	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
17 Dec	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Algacir Munhak, C.S.	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58.6	Installed	Francisco de Oliveira Vidal	Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
75.9	Ceased	Francisco Pérez González	Apostolic Administrator of San Sebastián, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
89.7	Died	Severino Poletto †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F.	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
47.6	Ceased	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	Administrator of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
51.6	Appointed	Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo	Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
60.9	Appointed	Pablito Martinez Tagura, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
18 Dec	64.8	Appointed	Ciro Miniero	Apostolic Administrator of Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
64.8	Installed	Ciro Miniero	Coadjutor Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop
19 Dec	78.1	Died	Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
85.2	Died	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Nuncio
48.9	Appointed	Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
48.9	Appointed	Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia	Titular Bishop of Tabla	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
77.7	Died	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
52.3	Appointed	Evelio Menjivar-Ayala	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
52.3	Appointed	Evelio Menjivar-Ayala	Titular Bishop of Aëtus	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
20 Dec	69.8	Confirmed	Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo de Paula Souza, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Tinista	Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
61.7	Appointed	Josef Stübi	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
61.7	Appointed	Josef Stübi	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
81.3	Died	Luigi Stucchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
61.9	Installed	Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
91.3	Died	Tadeusz Werno †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
21 Dec	54.5	Appointed	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
75.4	Retired	Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
67.5	Resigned	Marcel Madila Basanguka	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
56.3	Appointed	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
52.2	Appointed	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop
22 Dec	56.5	Appointed	Salvatore Rumeo	Bishop of Noto, Italy
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Dec	63.6	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez	Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala
24 Dec	62.5	Appointed	Giovanni Paccosi	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
28 Dec	55.3	Appointed	Joseph Kakou Aka	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
80.3	Died	Bernard César Augustin Barsi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco
62.2	Appointed	Anthony Ovayero Ewherido	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
55.4	Appointed	Eduardo Malaspina	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.7	Resigned	Stephen Robson	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	94.6	Died	Joseph Ti-kang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
30 Dec	94.6	Died	John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Dec	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Ðặng Văn Cầu	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
90.2	Died	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
63.4	Appointed	Sebastião Mascarenhas, S.F.X.	Bishop of Baroda, India
67.1	Appointed	Misael Vacca Ramirez	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
95.7	Died	Joseph Ratzinger †	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

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