| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| Dec | 87.5 | Resigned | Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. | Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria | Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus |
| 62.5 | Appointed | Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. | Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria |
| 2 Dec | 78.8 | Retired | Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand | Bishop Emeritus |
| 63.1 | Installed | Limacêdo Antônio da Silva | Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| 54.1 | Appointed | Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán | Apostolic Administrator of La Vega, Dominican Republic | Bishop |
| 63.7 | Appointed | Stephen Boonlert Phromsena | Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand |
| 62.8 | Installed | Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. | Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| 3 Dec | 49.9 | Installed | Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana | Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal |
| 56.5 | Installed | João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. | Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 95.1 | Died | Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey |
| 57.1 | Ceased | Mário Antônio da Silva | Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 61.3 | Installed | Victor Manuel Fernández | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| 4 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | Gebhard Fürst | Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany | Bishop Emeritus |
| 5 Dec | 80.2 | Appointed | Francesco Biasin | Apostolic Administrator of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 79.1 | Retired | Vincent Rakotozafy | Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.1 | Appointed | Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona | Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar |
| 6 Dec | 75.1 | Retired | Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. | Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 66.5 | Appointed | Biagio Colaianni | Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya | Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka |
| 7 Dec | 78.6 | Retired | George Alencherry | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus |
| 78.6 | Retired | George Alencherry | Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 60.5 | Resigned | José Carlos Brandão Cabral | Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 68.1 | Installed | Claudio Gugerotti | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ambrogio della Massima | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches |
| 77.5 | Appointed | Bosco Puthur | Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia |
| 75.3 | Retired | Giovanni Ricchiuti | Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 57.4 | Appointed | Giuseppe Russo | Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy |
| 69.3 | Appointed | Moacir Silva | Apostolic Administrator of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 71.9 | Resigned | Andrews Thazhath | Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Sebastian Vaniyapurackal | Archiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Curial Bishop |
| 8 Dec | 59.5 | Appointed | Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio) | Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela |
| 61.9 | Ceased | Victor Hugo Basabe | Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela |
| 60.0 | Appointed | Nolly Camingue Buco | Apostolic Administrator of Catarman, Philippines | Bishop |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Keith James Chylinski | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Keith James Chylinski | Titular Bishop of Gunela | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Christopher Randall Cooke | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Christopher Randall Cooke | Titular Bishop of Malliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 61.4 | Appointed | Efren Veridiano Esmilla | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 61.4 | Appointed | Efren Veridiano Esmilla | Titular Bishop of Ottana | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 64.3 | Appointed | Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. | Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop |
| 58.2 | Ordained Bishop | Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. | Titular Bishop of Cenae | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 77.8 | Retired | Franjo Komarica | Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.4 | Ordained Bishop | Richard Philip James Laurenson | Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand |
| 61.3 | Ceased | Stephen Marmion Lowe | Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 60.6 | Appointed | Željko Majić | Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 66.6 | Ordained Bishop | Linus Neli | Archbishop of Imphal, India |
| 53.2 | Appointed | Anselm Pendo Lawani | Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria |
| 70.3 | Resigned | Emmanuel Celeste Trance | Bishop of Catarman, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
| 65.1 | Appointed | Alfred Xuereb | Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco |
| 9 Dec | 47.1 | Appointed | Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 47.1 | Appointed | Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa | Titular Bishop of Membressa | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 56.7 | Appointed | Udo Markus Bentz | Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Giorgio Ferretti | Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy |
| 96.1 | Died | Raymond Emil Goedert † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 56.7 | Appointed | Herwig Gössl | Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 53.6 | Installed | Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe |
| 67.9 | Ceased | Robert Christopher Ndlovu | Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe |
| 91.2 | Died | Carles Soler Perdigó † | Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain |
| 10 Dec | 58.4 | Installed | Giuseppe Alberti | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy |
| 59.9 | Installed | Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Gemma Galgani | Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan |
| 93.1 | Died | Jude Saint-Antoine † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 58.5 | Installed | François Marie Pierre Touvet | Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France |
| 11 Dec | 62.2 | Appointed | Pietro Lagnese | Archbishop of Capua, Italy |
| 75.3 | Retired | Salvatore Visco | Archbishop of Capua, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 12 Dec | 59.9 | Confirmed | Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C. | Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 74.6 | Resigned | Josef Kajnek | Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 64.3 | Appointed | Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez | Prelate of Illapel, Chile |
| 49.6 | Appointed | Juan Carlos Londoño | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada |
| 49.6 | Appointed | Juan Carlos Londoño | Titular Bishop of Beatia | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada |
| 52.9 | Ordained Bishop | Gerald Mamman Musa | Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria |
| 13 Dec | 64.9 | Resigned | José María Baliña | Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 53.4 | Appointed | Juarez Delorto Secco | Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 62.8 | Appointed | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina |
| 75.6 | Retired | Emanuel Messias de Oliveira | Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 14 Dec | 62.6 | Installed | Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. | Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria |
| 53.5 | Ordained Bishop | Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh | Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria |
| 15 Dec | 61.9 | Installed | Victor Hugo Basabe | Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela |
| 59.1 | Installed | Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. | Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil |
| 54.3 | Appointed | Christopher John Whitehead | Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain | Former Bishop-Elect |
| 16 Dec | 52.8 | Appointed | Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt |
| 61.2 | Appointed | Óscar Álvarez Orellana | Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 61.2 | Appointed | Óscar Álvarez Orellana | Titular Bishop of Pudentiana | Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 66.7 | Installed | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 50.9 | Ordained Bishop | Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos | Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 63.4 | Installed | Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. | Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. | Titular Bishop of Mulia | Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan |
| 103.0 | Beatified | Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity |
| 59.5 | Ordained Bishop | Libère Pwongo Bope | Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 59.5 | Installed | Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas | Bishop of Santander, Spain |
| 57.8 | Appointed | Taddeo Wang Yuesheng | Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China |
| 51.5 | Appointed | Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae | Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | Bishop |
| 59.0 | Appointed | Peter Wu Yishun | Bishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China |
| 17 Dec | 61.0 | Installed | Enrique Eguía Seguí | Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina |
| 63.3 | Installed | Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana | Cardinal, Rector Major Emeritus of Salesians of Saint John Bosco |
| 19 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | Heriberto Cavazos Pérez | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 60.2 | Appointed | Pedro Collar Noguera | Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay |
| 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. | Titular Bishop of Rusguniae | Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria |
| 76.6 | Retired | Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. | Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus |
| 20 Dec | 61.2 | Appointed | Michel Moura | Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius |
| 63.1 | Died | Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets † | Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands |
| 21 Dec | 86.1 | Died | Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. † | Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy |
| 22 Dec | 51.0 | Appointed | Francis McAnally Dougan | Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Vincent Cosmas Mwagala | Bishop of Mafinga, Tanzania |
| 93.7 | Died | Thomas Stafford Williams † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand |
| 23 Dec | 75.2 | Retired | Jan Baxant | Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 52.1 | Appointed | Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia |
| 66.9 | Installed | Julián Ruiz Martorell | Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain |
| 60.8 | Appointed | Marek Zalewski | Official to Viêt Nam | Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore |
| 24 Dec | 83.0 | Died | José Haring, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil |
| 27 Dec | 77.1 | Retired | Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.9 | Appointed | Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. | Bishop of Chosica, Peru |
| 77.3 | Retired | Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. | Bishop of Chosica, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
| 28 Dec | 92.7 | Died | Patrick Joseph Walsh † | Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland |
| 29 Dec | 75.1 | Retired | Eliseo Antonio Ariotti | Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Vincenzo Turturro | Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Vincenzo Turturro | Titular Archbishop of Rebellum | Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay |
| 30 Dec | 68.9 | Appointed | Vincent Aind | Archbishop of Ranchi, India |
| 62.2 | Appointed | Barthol Barretto | Bishop of Nashik, India |
| 76.8 | Retired | Lourdunada Daniel | Bishop of Nashik, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 64.7 | Appointed | Peter Rumal Kharadi | Bishop of Jhabua, India |
| 60.3 | Appointed | Bernard Lancy Pinto | Coadjutor Bishop of Aurangabad, India | Bishop |
| 76.1 | Retired | Felix Toppo, S.J. | Archbishop of Ranchi, India | Archbishop Emeritus |
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