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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	67.5	Installed	Francis Victor Bestion	Bishop of Blois, France
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Klaus Matthias Krämer	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
	45.4	Installed	Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Prokop Brož	Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	52.6	Appointed	Prokop Brož	Titular Bishop of Litomyšl	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	87.5	Died	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón †	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
3 Dec	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., C.M.F.	Bishop of Cubao, Philippines
	96.7	Died	John Stephen Cummins †	Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
	75.9	Retired	César Augusto Franco Martínez	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	81.6	Died	Frederick Bernard Henry †	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	75.3	Retired	Alexander Pyone Cho	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	59.4	Appointed	Peter Tin Wai	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop-Elect
	50.5	Appointed	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
4 Dec	72.2	Ceased	Michael Henry Morrissey	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
	66.3	Installed	Timothy John Norton, S.V.D.	Bishop of Broome, Australia
5 Dec	59.2	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
6 Dec	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Ernesto Fournau	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
7 Dec	99.2	Appointed	Angelo Acerbi	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	99.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Acerbi	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	59.8	Appointed	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	59.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	61.8	Appointed	Domenico Battaglia	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Battaglia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	63.3	Appointed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Mario e Compagni Martiri	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	72.4	Appointed	Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	72.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	44.8	Appointed	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
	44.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
	69.1	Appointed	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	74.7	Appointed	Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	74.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	67.7	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Cardinal-Priest of San Mauro Abate	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	67.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	75.2	Retired	Gianfranco De Luca	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	César Augusto Huerta Ramírez	Bishop of Sicuani, Peru
	66.0	Appointed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	66.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	51.3	Appointed	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
	51.3	Elevated to Cardinal	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
	53.4	Appointed	Frank Leo	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	53.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Frank Leo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	52.8	Appointed	Rolandas Makrickas	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	52.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Rolandas Makrickas	Cardinal, Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	64.3	Appointed	Alexander Matiz Atencio	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop-Elect
	61.4	Appointed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
	61.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
	68.2	Appointed	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Stella Maris	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	77.7	Retired	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Appointed	Claudio Palumbo	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
	79.2	Appointed	Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
	79.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
	54.0	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Assunta e San Giuseppe a Primavalle	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	54.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Baldassare Reina	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.8	Appointed	Roberto Repole	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto Repole	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	65.7	Appointed	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo	Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
	65.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
	64.2	Appointed	Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	62.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald	Titular Bishop of Cediae	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
	62.7	Appointed	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
	62.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
8 Dec	76.0	Retired	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	82.1	Died	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
	50.8	Installed	Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U.	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	65.9	Appointed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
	51.6	Succeeded	Darius Trijonis	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
9 Dec	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Pitchaimuthu	Bishop of Vellore, India
10 Dec	59.9	Ceased	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Apostolic Administrator of Sicuani, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	76.7	Retired	Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Installed	César Augusto Huerta Ramírez	Bishop of Sicuani, Peru
	49.6	Appointed	Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	49.6	Appointed	Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	75.5	Retired	Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
	66.6	Appointed	Victor Hugo Palma Paúl	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
11 Dec	53.1	Appointed	Alberto Torriani	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop-Elect
12 Dec	59.7	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru
	64.9	Appointed	Ernesto Giobando, S.J.	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	61.1	Appointed	Jean Tailleur	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	61.1	Appointed	Jean Tailleur	Titular Bishop of Abora	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Québec, Canada
14 Dec	59.4	Appointed	Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop-Elect
	76.5	Retired	Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Installed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Marko Medo	Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia
	55.4	Installed	Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C.	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Titular Archbishop of Ursona	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
15 Dec	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis D’Souza	Bishop of Vasai, India	Bishop-Elect
16 Dec	65.3	Resigned	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	89.0	Died	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
	54.3	Appointed	Daniele Salera	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	72.8	Appointed	Marek Szkudło	Administrator of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Dec	86.6	Died	Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
	51.4	Appointed	Iyad Twal	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	51.4	Appointed	Iyad Twal	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
18 Dec	87.9	Died	Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
	58.3	Appointed	Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	59.2	Appointed	Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	75.1	Retired	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec	54.7	Appointed	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	54.7	Appointed	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop-Elect of Grosseto, Italy
	75.3	Retired	Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
20 Dec	53.1	Appointed	José Miguel Barata Pereira	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop-Elect
	77.1	Retired	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Appointed	Robert Fedek	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	45.4	Appointed	Robert Fedek	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	45.7	Appointed	Jose Maria Garcia Maldonado	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	45.7	Appointed	Jose Maria Garcia Maldonado	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	68.8	Appointed	John Gregory Kelly	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
	65.0	Appointed	Timothy J. O’Malley	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	65.0	Appointed	Timothy J. O’Malley	Titular Bishop of Numida	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	64.5	Appointed	John S. Siemianowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	64.5	Appointed	John S. Siemianowski	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	58.9	Appointed	Lawrence J. Sullivan	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	58.9	Appointed	Lawrence J. Sullivan	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
21 Dec	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Daniel Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
27 Dec	58.7	Installed	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
28 Dec	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	51.5	Installed	Gustavo Oscar Carrara	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

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