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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov | Resigned | JoséSolé y Mercadé † | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect ofMadrid,Spain | Priest | |
| Resigned | JoséSolé y Mercadé † | Titular Bishop-Elect ofCitrus | Priest | ||
| 1 Nov | 22.9 | Ordained Deacon | Giovanni UmbertoColombo † | Deacon ofMilano {Milan},Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 25.7 | First Vows | ClementeGeiger, C.Pp.S. † | Member ofSociety of Precious Blood | Prelate Emeritus ofXingu, Para,Brazil | |
| 23.7 | Ordained Deacon | André Jacques MarieJacquemin † | Deacon ofSoissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin),France | Bishop Emeritus ofBayeux (-Lisieux),France | |
| Born | ArturoLona Reyes † | Bishop Emeritus ofTehuantepec, Oaxaca,México | |||
| 71.8 | Died | François-AlexandreMaillet † | Bishop ofSaint-Claude,France | ||
| Born | Didier-LéonMarchand † | Bishop Emeritus ofValence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux),France | |||
| 58.2 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni GiuseppeSantini, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop ofZama Major | ||
| 4 Nov | Born | AnthymeBayala † | Bishop ofKoudougou,Burkina Faso | ||
| Born | Arnaldo ClementeCanale † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | |||
| 61.7 | Died | John PatrickCarroll † | Bishop ofHelena, Montana,USA | ||
| Born | Franz XaverEder † | Bishop Emeritus ofPassau,Germany | |||
| 7 Nov | Born | Angelo (William Thomas)Acerra, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop ofUnited States of America, Military | ||
| 76.9 | Died | DenisO’Donaghue † | Bishop Emeritus ofLouisville, Kentucky,USA | ||
| 8 Nov | Born | VittorioBernardetto † | Bishop Emeritus ofSusa,Italy | ||
| 9 Nov | Born | GiovanniCoppa † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | ||
| 11 Nov | 72.2 | Died | AntonioBassani † | Bishop Emeritus ofChioggia,Italy | |
| Born | António JoséRafael † | Bishop Emeritus ofBragança-Miranda,Portugal | |||
| 12 Nov | 39.5 | Appointed | JozefČársky † | Apostolic Administrator ofKošice,Slovakia | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Born | JaimeMota de Farias † | Bishop Emeritus ofAlagoinhas, Bahia,Brazil | |||
| Born | LuisSánchez-Moreno Lira † | Archbishop Emeritus ofArequipa,Peru | |||
| 15 Nov | 49.6 | Ordained Bishop | SebastiãoThomás, O.P. † | Titular Bishop ofPlataea | Prelate ofSantíssima Conceição do Araguaia,Brazil |
| 16 Nov | 60.9 | Appointed | AlfonsoArchi † | Titular Archbishop ofDara | Bishop ofCesena,Italy |
| 17 Nov | Born | Siluvaimathu TeresanathanAmalnather † | Bishop Emeritus ofTuticorin,India | ||
| 18 Nov | 52.7 | Resigned | FilippoPerlo, I.M.C. † | Vicar Apostolic ofKenya,Kenya | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 19 Nov | Born | François-Victor-MarieFrétellière, P.S.S. † | Bishop ofCréteil,France | ||
| 20 Nov | 21.7 | Entered | Jean-Rosière-EugèneArnaud, M.E.P. † | Member ofLa Société des Missions Etrangères | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofSavannakhet,Laos |
| 21 Nov | Born | Jacques Marie Sébastiende Saint-Blanquat | Bishop Emeritus ofMontauban,France | ||
| 22 Nov | 43.6 | Ordained Bishop | FrançoisChaize, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop ofAlabanda | Vicar Apostolic ofHà Nôi,Viet Nam |
| Born | José MaríaIzuzquiza Herranz, S.J. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofJaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier | |||
| 23 Nov | Born | Michael AtulD’Rozario, C.S.C. † | Bishop Emeritus ofKhulna,Bangladesh | ||
| Born | LuísHerbst, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop Emeritus ofCruzeiro do Sul, Acre,Brazil | |||
| 76.7 | Appointed | Anton JohannZerr † | Titular Bishop ofSalona | Bishop Emeritus ofTiraspol,Moldova | |
| 25 Nov | 29.5 | First Vows | Patrick HarmonShanley, O.C.D. † | Member ofOrder of Discalced Carmelites | Prelate Emeritus ofInfanta,Philippines |
| 26 Nov | 41.8 | Installed | Dominic FrancisLangenbacher, C.P. † | Prefect ofShenchow,China | Prefect Emeritus |
| 80.9 | Died | DismaMarchese † | Bishop ofAcqui,Italy | ||
| 28 Nov | 66.7 | Died | GiuseppeRidolfi † | Archbishop Emeritus ofOtranto,Italy | |
| 30 Nov | 34.3 | Ordained Bishop | Edwin VincentByrne † | Bishop ofPonce,Puerto Rico | Archbishop ofSanta Fe, New Mexico,USA |
| 44.4 | Ordained Bishop | Edmond JohnFitzmaurice † | Bishop ofWilmington, Delaware,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 22.6 | Ordained Priest | FranciscoGallego Pérez † | Priest ofSanta Rosa de Osos,Colombia | Bishop ofCali,Colombia | |
| Born | Thomas FrancisLittle † | Archbishop Emeritus ofMelbourne,Australia | |||
| Dec | 12.0 | Entered | JoséVázquez Díaz, O. de M. † | Member ofOrder of Our Lady of Mercy | Bishop Emeritus ofBom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui,Brazil |
| 2 Dec | 51.4 | Appointed | Gorgon GregoryBrandsma, M.H.M. † | Prefect ofKavirondo,Kenya | Vicar Apostolic ofKisumu,Kenya |
| Born | Ferdinand JosephFonseca † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofBombay,India | |||
| 73.2 | Died | AgostinoMigliore † | Bishop ofMonopoli,Italy | ||
| 3 Dec | 26.7 | Ordained Priest | IgnatiusMummadi † | Priest ofNellore,India | Bishop Emeritus ofGuntur,India |
| 4 Dec | 72.8 | Died | John StephenVaughan † | Auxiliary Bishop ofSalford, England,Great Britain | |
| 6 Dec | 22.3 | Ordained Priest | Máriode Miranda Vilas-Boas † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus ofParaíba,Brazil |
| 7 Dec | 82.7 | Died | Giovanni MariaCamilleri, O.E.S.A. † | Bishop Emeritus ofGozo,Malta | |
| 61.0 | Resigned | AntoninoZecchini, S.J. † | Apostolic Delegate toLithuania | Apostolic Nuncio toLatvia | |
| 8 Dec | 25.8 | Ordained Priest | GarabedAmadouni † | Priest | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus ofFrance (Armenian) |
| 48.5 | Ordained Bishop | MichalBubnić † | Titular Bishop ofScilium | Bishop ofRožňava,Slovakia | |
| 70.1 | Selected | Cyril IXMogabgab † | Patriarch ofAntiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek),Syria | ||
| 70.1 | Selected | Cyril IXMogabgab † | Bishop ofDamas (Melkite Greek),Syria | Patriarch ofAntiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek),Syria | |
| 9 Dec | Born | Gerardo HumbertoFlores Reyes † | Bishop Emeritus ofVerapaz, Cobán,Guatemala | ||
| Born | PaulKim Ok-kyun † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofSeoul,Korea (South) | |||
| 10 Dec | Born | Agostinho WillyKist, S.J. † | Bishop Emeritus ofDiamantino, Mato Grosso,Brazil | ||
| 11 Dec | Born | John RobertGorman † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofChicago, Illinois,USA | ||
| Born | Juan ConwayMcNabb, O.S.A. † | Bishop Emeritus ofChulucanas,Peru | |||
| 12 Dec | 56.7 | Appointed | EmilioFerrais † | Coadjutor Archbishop ofCatania,Italy | Archbishop |
| 13 Dec | Born | JoãoAlves † | Bishop Emeritus ofCoimbra,Portugal | ||
| 14 Dec | 70.4 | Appointed | GuillermoRojas y Arrieta, C.M. † | Archbishop ofPanamá | |
| 52.5 | Appointed | FélixBilbao y Ugarriza † | Bishop ofTortosa,Spain | ||
| 59.0 | Appointed | Melquisedecdel Canto Terán † | Bishop ofSan Felipe,Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 59.4 | Appointed | José MaríaCaro Rodríguez † | Bishop ofLa Serena,Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop ofSantiago de Chile | |
| 53.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | BonaventuraCerretti † | Cardinal, Prefect of theApostolic Signatura | ||
| 80.7 | Died | Henri-LouisChapon † | Bishop ofNice,France | ||
| 68.3 | Appointed | Jan FeliksCieplak † | Archbishop ofVilnius,Lithuania | ||
| 65.1 | Appointed | PrudencioContardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop ofTemuco,Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 42.5 | Appointed | FranciscoFrutos y Valiente † | Bishop ofSalamanca,Spain | ||
| 54.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | EnricoGasparri † | Cardinal, Prefect of theApostolic Signatura | ||
| 54.3 | Resigned | EnricoGasparri † | Apostolic Nuncio toBrazil | Cardinal, Prefect of theApostolic Signatura | |
| 58.7 | Appointed | EduardoGimpert Paut † | Bishop ofValparaíso,Chile | ||
| 52.8 | Appointed | ThomasHenshaw † | Bishop ofSalford, England,Great Britain | ||
| 44.4 | Appointed | August JózefHlond, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofKatowice,Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop ofGniezno,Poland | |
| 49.8 | Appointed | RomualdJałbrzykowski † | Bishop ofŁomża,Poland | Archbishop ofVilnius,Lithuania | |
| 45.6 | Appointed | TeodorKubina † | Bishop ofCzęstochowa,Poland | ||
| 46.7 | Appointed | RafaelLira Infante † | Bishop ofRancagua,Chile | Bishop ofValparaíso,Chile | |
| 56.3 | Appointed | Bl. ManuelMedina y Olmos † | Auxiliary Bishop ofGranada,Spain | Bishop ofGuadix,Spain | |
| 56.3 | Appointed | Bl. ManuelMedina y Olmos † | Titular Bishop ofAmorium | Bishop ofGuadix,Spain | |
| 48.7 | Appointed | GiacomoMontanelli † | Bishop ofCrema,Italy | Archbishop ofVercelli,Italy | |
| 48.4 | Appointed | GuilhermeMüller † | Bishop ofBarra do Piraí,Brazil | ||
| 57.6 | Appointed | FranciscoMuñoz e Izquierdo † | Patriarch ofWest Indies,Spain | ||
| 69.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Patrick JosephO’Donnell † | Cardinal, Archbishop ofArmagh,Ireland | ||
| 59.7 | Appointed | Alexandre-PhilibertPoirier † | Coadjutor Bishop ofTarbes et Lourdes,France | Bishop | |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Alexandre-PhilibertPoirier † | Titular Bishop ofIrenopolis in Cilicia | Bishop ofTarbes et Lourdes,France | |
| 70.9 | Appointed | MiguelLeón Prado † | Bishop ofLinares,Chile | ||
| 58.8 | Appointed | MartínRucker Sotomayor † | Bishop ofChillán,Chile | ||
| 58.5 | Appointed | Adam StefanSapieha † | Cardinal, Archbishop ofKraków {Cracow},Poland | ||
| 57.5 | Appointed | CarlosSilva Cotapos † | Bishop ofTalca,Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 60.3 | Appointed | Adolf PiotrSzelążek † | Bishop ofLutsk,Ukraine | ||
| 60.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | AlessandroVerde † | Cardinal, Archpriest of theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | ||
| 47.4 | Appointed | RobertoVicentini † | Titular Patriarch ofAntiochia {Antioch} | ||
| 59.1 | Appointed | JoséVila y Martínez † | Bishop ofGerona,Spain | ||
| 41.1 | Appointed | Thomas AnthonyWelch † | Bishop ofDuluth, Minnesota,USA | ||
| 15 Dec | 60.9 | Appointed | José MiguelGodoy Herrera † | Vicar Apostolic ofTarapacá,Chile | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 16 Dec | 57.6 | Appointed | FranciscoMuñoz e Izquierdo † | Vicar Apostolic ofSpain, Military | Patriarch ofWest Indies,Spain |
| 17 Dec | 75.1 | Appointed | Damaso Piode Bono † | Titular Bishop ofTroas | Bishop Emeritus ofCaltagirone,Italy |
| 75.1 | Resigned | Damaso Piode Bono † | Bishop ofCaltagirone,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 71.6 | Appointed | VicenteCasanova y Marzol † | Cardinal-Priest ofSanti Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio | Cardinal, Archbishop ofGranada,Spain | |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Isidore-Marie-JosephDumortier, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic ofSaigon,Viet Nam | ||
| 56.6 | Appointed | Isidore-Marie-JosephDumortier, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop ofLipara | Vicar Apostolic ofSaigon,Viet Nam | |
| 67.6 | Appointed | Fabien AntoineEestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop ofLetopolis | Bishop Emeritus ofLahore,Pakistan | |
| 67.6 | Resigned | Fabien AntoineEestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop ofLahore,Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 54.3 | Appointed | EnricoGasparri † | Cardinal-Priest ofSan Bartolomeo all’Isola | Cardinal, Prefect of theApostolic Signatura | |
| 63.2 | Appointed | EustaquioIlundáin y Esteban † | Cardinal-Priest ofSan Lorenzo in Panisperna | Cardinal, Archbishop ofSevilla {Seville},Spain | |
| 50.5 | Appointed | Maurice FrancisMcAuliffe † | Auxiliary Bishop ofHartford, Connecticut,USA | Bishop ofHartford, Connecticut,USA | |
| 50.5 | Appointed | Maurice FrancisMcAuliffe † | Titular Bishop ofDercos (Dercus) | Bishop ofHartford, Connecticut,USA | |
| 69.0 | Appointed | Patrick JosephO’Donnell † | Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria della Pace | Cardinal, Archbishop ofArmagh,Ireland | |
| 62.6 | Appointed | Augustine FrancisSchinner † | Titular Bishop ofSala | Bishop Emeritus ofSpokane, Washington,USA | |
| 62.6 | Resigned | Augustine FrancisSchinner † | Bishop ofSpokane, Washington,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 60.7 | Appointed | AlessandroVerde † | Cardinal-Deacon ofSanta Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Archpriest of theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
| 18 Dec | 75.3 | Appointed | LouisCouppé, M.S.C. † | Titular Archbishop ofHierapolis in Phrygia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofNew Pomerania,Papua New Guinea |
| 39.1 | Appointed | GiuseppePerrachon, I.M.C. † | Vicar Apostolic ofKenya,Kenya | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofNyeri,Kenya | |
| 39.1 | Appointed | GiuseppePerrachon, I.M.C. † | Titular Bishop ofCenturia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofNyeri,Kenya | |
| 25.6 | Ordained Priest | AgustínRodríguez † | Priest | Bishop ofParaguay, Military | |
| 42.9 | Appointed | Louis-Michel-FrançoisTardy, C.S.Sp. † | Vicar Apostolic ofGabon,Gabon | ||
| 42.9 | Appointed | Louis-Michel-FrançoisTardy, C.S.Sp. † | Titular Bishop ofAcalissus | Vicar Apostolic ofGabon,Gabon | |
| 19 Dec | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Enrico LorenzoCabrera Urdangarin † | Priest ofMontevideo,Uruguay | Bishop ofMercedes,Uruguay |
| 24.2 | Ordained Priest | Francisco JoséCastro y Ramírez † | Priest ofSan Salvador,El Salvador | Bishop ofSantiago de María,El Salvador | |
| 30.8 | Ordained Priest | Marie Pierre JeanCassaigne, M.E.P. † | Priest ofLa Société des Missions Etrangères | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofSaigon,Viet Nam | |
| 24.0 | Ordained Priest | PierreDuhart, M.E.P. † | Priest ofLa Société des Missions Etrangères | Apostolic Administrator ofJilin [Kirin],China | |
| Born | LélisLara, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop Emeritus ofItabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais,Brazil | |||
| 23.4 | Ordained Priest | GiuseppeMancuso † | Priest ofPalermo,Italy | Bishop Emeritus ofMazara del Vallo,Italy | |
| 22.8 | Ordained Priest | FedericoPérez Silva, C.M. † | Priest ofCongregation of the Mission | Archbishop ofTrujillo,Peru | |
| 22.4 | Ordained Priest | PietroSeveri † | Priest ofCesena,Italy | Bishop Emeritus ofPalestrina,Italy | |
| 25.0 | Ordained Priest | CostantinoStella † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus ofL’Aquila,Italy | |
| 26.1 | Ordained Priest | Lawrence PatrickWhelan † | Priest ofMontréal, Québec,Canada | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 20 Dec | 23.4 | Ordained Priest | Thomas AbsolamMcCabe † | Priest ofLismore,Australia | Bishop Emeritus ofWollongong,Australia |
| 28.2 | Ordained Priest | Pierre MartinNgô Ðình Thục † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus ofHuế,Viet Nam | |
| 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Ernest VictorTweedy † | Priest ofMaitland,Australia | Archbishop Emeritus ofHobart,Australia | |
| 21 Dec | 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | ThomasHenshaw † | Bishop ofSalford, England,Great Britain | |
| 43.4 | Appointed | Egbert MariaPelzer, O.P. † | Prefect ofTingchow [Changting],China | ||
| 22 Dec | 43.6 | Appointed | George Joseph (Jorge José)Caruana † | Apostolic Delegate toMéxico | |
| 43.6 | Appointed | George Joseph (Jorge José)Caruana † | Apostolic Delegate toAntilles | Apostolic Delegate toMéxico | |
| 23 Dec | 43.6 | Appointed | George Joseph (Jorge José)Caruana † | Titular Archbishop ofSebastea | Apostolic Delegate toMéxico |
| Born | SylvesterLi Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) † | Bishop Emeritus ofTaiyuan [Taiyüan],China | |||
| Born | LucasOlu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † | Bishop Emeritus ofWarri,Nigeria | |||
| 24 Dec | Born | Prospero (Stanley)Grech, O.S.A. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon ofSanta Maria Goretti | ||
| 67.6 | Appointed | BasilioPompilj † | President of the Pontifical Commission forSacred Archeology | Cardinal, Vicar General ofRoma {Rome},Italy | |
| 25 Dec | Born | Olindo NataleSpagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofGuayaquil,Ecuador | ||
| 27 Dec | 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | Melquisedecdel Canto Terán † | Bishop ofSan Felipe,Chile | Bishop Emeritus |
| 29.2 | Ordained Priest | Edward QuentinJennings † | Priest ofEdmonton, Alberta,Canada | Bishop Emeritus ofFort William, Ontario,Canada | |
| 71.0 | Ordained Bishop | MiguelLeón Prado † | Bishop ofLinares,Chile | ||
| Born | CrescênzioRinaldini † | Bishop Emeritus ofAraçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais,Brazil | |||
| 31 Dec | Born | Hermann JosefSpital † | Bishop Emeritus ofTrier,Germany | ||
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