The Year of Our Lord 1979

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Nov 46.4 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. † Bishop of Rourkela, India Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier † Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France Bishop Emeritus

4 Nov 35.5 Ordained Bishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

5 Nov 49.0 Appointed Raphael Michael Fliss † Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

79.7 Appointed Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

55.0 Appointed Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

6 Nov 44.1 Appointed Richard John Sklba † Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Richard John Sklba † Titular Bishop of Castro di Puglia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

10 Nov 53.1 Appointed Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger † Bishop of Orléans, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

23.6 Ordained Priest José Francisco Rezende Dias Priest of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11 Nov 24.2 Ordained Deacon Piero Delbosco Deacon of Torino {Turin}, Italy Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy

30.0 Ordained Priest Gílio Felício Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

53.9 Ordained Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

52.4 Installed Franciszek Antoni Macharski † Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

12 Nov 65.3 Ordained Bishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

15 Nov 68.5 Resigned Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

17 Nov 46.8 Appointed Giuseppe Costanzo Official of the Roman Curia - Other Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

71.7 Resigned Policarpo da Costa Vaz † Bishop of Guarda, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed António dos Santos † Bishop of Guarda, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

18 Nov 56.8 Ordained Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich † Titular Bishop of Mibiarca Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

20 Nov 65.3 Resigned Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

47.9 Elected Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. † Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy Abbot Emeritus

57.7 Succeeded Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

21 Nov 54.0 Appointed François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Créteil, France Bishop

27.7 Ordained Deacon Daniel Kozelinski Netto Deacon of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

58.2 Appointed Edward Thomas O’Meara † Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

23 Nov 59.1 Installed Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

24 Nov 90.0 Died Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India

25 Nov 79.1 Died Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru

48.6 Ordained Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil

29 Nov 51.4 Appointed Wolfgang Kirchgässner † Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Wolfgang Kirchgässner † Titular Bishop of Druas Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

30 Nov 63.2 Resigned Pasquale Bacile † Bishop of Acireale, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

52.1 Appointed Amaury Castanho † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

53.2 Appointed Eduardo Koaik † Coadjutor Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.3 Appointed Giuseppe Malandrino Bishop of Acireale, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy

1 Dec 65.3 Resigned Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. † Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

54.0 Appointed Giovanni Coppa † Titular Archbishop of Serta Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

54.0 Appointed Giovanni Coppa † Official of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

70.6 Resigned Domenico Enrici † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

48.9 Succeeded André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo † Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest José Manuel Romero Barrios Priest of Barcelona, Venezuela Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela

2 Dec 51.3 Ordained Bishop Henri Désiré Delrue † Titular Bishop of Polymartium Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France

28.2 Ordained Priest Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Priest of Dijon, France Archbishop of Paris, France

3 Dec 44.3 Appointed Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland

44.3 Appointed Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. Titular Bishop of Thibilis Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland

48.4 Appointed Laurence Forristal † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland

48.4 Appointed Laurence Forristal † Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland

22.9 Perpetual Vows Natale Paganelli, S.X. Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone

25.9 Ordained Deacon Tomo Vukšić Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

4 Dec 76.9 Appointed João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † Bishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

64.4 Appointed Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Henrique Froehlich, S.J. † Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

60.0 Appointed Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. † Bishop of Roraima, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Héctor Morera Vega † Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

48.7 Appointed José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Alano Maria Pena, O.P. Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

67.0 Appointed Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

5 Dec 54.1 Installed John Joseph Snyder † Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

6 Dec 83.1 Died Albert Lewis Fletcher † Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

52.5 Appointed Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi † Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † Bishop of Coimbatore, India Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Christian Wiyghan Tumi † Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

7 Dec 26.4 Ordained Priest Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

26.2 Ordained Deacon Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

23.2 Ordained Deacon Julius Sullan Tonel Deacon of Davao, Philippines Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines

8 Dec 56.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Marie Ðinh Bỉnh † Coadjutor Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam Bishop

53.2 Ordained Bishop Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger † Bishop of Orléans, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

49.4 Ordained Bishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

28.7 Ordained Priest Paulo Mendes Peixoto Priest of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27.1 Professed Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. Member of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda

57.4 Ceased Louis Pathé Barry † Apostolic Administrator of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Priest

27.1 Ordained Priest Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

27.1 Ordained Priest Wilmar Santin, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

34.4 Ordained Bishop Robert Sarah Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

9 Dec 32.0 Ordained Priest Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

84.5 Died Fulton John Sheen † Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

26.7 Ordained Priest José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28.0 Ordained Priest Lazzaro You Heung-sik Priest of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

10 Dec 43.9 Appointed Sincero Barcenilla Lucero † Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

11 Dec 57.3 Resigned Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla † Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines

54.4 Resigned Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Dec 66.0 Resigned Patrick Joseph Casey † Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Fresno, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

13 Dec 58.2 Died Alfred Bengsch † Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany

15 Dec 25.6 Ordained Priest José Luis Henao Cadavid Priest of Jericó, Colombia Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

47.0 Ordained Bishop Philippe Kourouma † Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea Bishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Sante Portalupi † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

16 Dec 28.5 Ordained Priest José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. † Priest of Sons of Divine Providence Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

71.8 Died Ladislav Hlad † Titular Bishop of Cediae

18 Dec 58.2 Appointed Francis Anthony Quinn † Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

19 Dec 46.5 Appointed Godfried Danneels † Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

44.2 Ordained Bishop Richard John Sklba † Titular Bishop of Castro di Puglia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

20 Dec 48.0 Appointed Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. † Bishop of Digos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

85.7 Died Joseph Cheikho † Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran

73.0 Resigned Paul II Cheikho † Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

63.9 Appointed Matthias A. Chimole † Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Ordained Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss † Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Strathernia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

46.3 Resigned Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. † Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Ordained Priest Jorge Luis Lona † Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

66.3 Resigned Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop Emeritus

47.8 Appointed Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

52.4 Appointed Howard George Tripp † Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Howard George Tripp † Titular Bishop of Neoportus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

36.0 Appointed Matthias U Shwe † Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

36.0 Appointed Matthias U Shwe † Titular Bishop of Uzippari Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

49.7 Ordained Bishop Thomas Stafford Williams † Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21 Dec 48.1 Ordained Bishop [Michael Fu Tie-shan] † Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China

22 Dec 29.2 Ordained Priest Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

35.3 Ordained Priest Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

26.9 Ordained Priest Juan Rubén Martínez Priest of San Isidro, Argentina Bishop of Posadas, Argentina

23 Dec 84.0 Died Domenico Valerii † Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

27 Dec 53.8 Ordained Bishop Héctor Morera Vega † Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Ordained Priest Crispin Ojeda Márquez Priest of Colima, México Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

28 Dec 82.0 Died Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

28.2 Ordained Priest Canísio Klaus Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

29 Dec 77.0 Retired Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Rourkela, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier †	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France	Bishop Emeritus
4 Nov	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Nov	49.0	Appointed	Raphael Michael Fliss †	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
79.7	Appointed	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
55.0	Appointed	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Nov	44.1	Appointed	Richard John Sklba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Richard John Sklba †	Titular Bishop of Castro di Puglia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 Nov	53.1	Appointed	Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
23.6	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Rezende Dias	Priest of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Nov	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Piero Delbosco	Deacon of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy
30.0	Ordained Priest	Gílio Felício	Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
52.4	Installed	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
12 Nov	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
15 Nov	68.5	Resigned	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
17 Nov	46.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Costanzo	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
71.7	Resigned	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	António dos Santos †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Ogñénovich †	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
20 Nov	65.3	Resigned	Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
47.9	Elected	Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
57.7	Succeeded	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	54.0	Appointed	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Créteil, France	Bishop
27.7	Ordained Deacon	Daniel Kozelinski Netto	Deacon of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
58.2	Appointed	Edward Thomas O’Meara †	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
23 Nov	59.1	Installed	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Nov	90.0	Died	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India
25 Nov	79.1	Died	Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
48.6	Ordained Bishop	José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
29 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Wolfgang Kirchgässner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Wolfgang Kirchgässner †	Titular Bishop of Druas	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
30 Nov	63.2	Resigned	Pasquale Bacile †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
52.1	Appointed	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
53.2	Appointed	Eduardo Koaik †	Coadjutor Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Malandrino	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
1 Dec	65.3	Resigned	Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. †	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	Giovanni Coppa †	Titular Archbishop of Serta	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
54.0	Appointed	Giovanni Coppa †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
70.6	Resigned	Domenico Enrici †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
48.9	Succeeded	André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo †	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Priest of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
2 Dec	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri Désiré Delrue †	Titular Bishop of Polymartium	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
28.2	Ordained Priest	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Priest of Dijon, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
3 Dec	44.3	Appointed	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland
44.3	Appointed	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland
48.4	Appointed	Laurence Forristal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland
48.4	Appointed	Laurence Forristal †	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland
22.9	Perpetual Vows	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
25.9	Ordained Deacon	Tomo Vukšić	Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Dec	76.9	Appointed	João Batista Costa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
64.4	Appointed	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Héctor Morera Vega †	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
67.0	Appointed	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
5 Dec	54.1	Installed	John Joseph Snyder †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Dec	83.1	Died	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
52.5	Appointed	Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi †	Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
7 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
26.2	Ordained Deacon	Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B.	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
23.2	Ordained Deacon	Julius Sullan Tonel	Deacon of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
8 Dec	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Marie Ðinh Bỉnh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam	Bishop
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka	Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
28.7	Ordained Priest	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Priest of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.1	Professed	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.	Member of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
57.4	Ceased	Louis Pathé Barry †	Apostolic Administrator of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Priest
27.1	Ordained Priest	Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
27.1	Ordained Priest	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Robert Sarah	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
9 Dec	32.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
84.5	Died	Fulton John Sheen †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
26.7	Ordained Priest	José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28.0	Ordained Priest	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Priest of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
10 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Sincero Barcenilla Lucero †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	57.3	Resigned	Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla †	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
54.4	Resigned	Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	66.0	Resigned	Patrick Joseph Casey †	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
13 Dec	58.2	Died	Alfred Bengsch †	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
15 Dec	25.6	Ordained Priest	José Luis Henao Cadavid	Priest of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Kourouma †	Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
16 Dec	28.5	Ordained Priest	José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
71.8	Died	Ladislav Hlad †	Titular Bishop of Cediae
18 Dec	58.2	Appointed	Francis Anthony Quinn †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	46.5	Appointed	Godfried Danneels †	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Richard John Sklba †	Titular Bishop of Castro di Puglia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
20 Dec	48.0	Appointed	Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Digos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
85.7	Died	Joseph Cheikho †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
73.0	Resigned	Paul II Cheikho †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
63.9	Appointed	Matthias A. Chimole †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Michael Fliss †	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
46.3	Resigned	Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Luis Lona †	Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
66.3	Resigned	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Appointed	Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
52.4	Appointed	Howard George Tripp †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Howard George Tripp †	Titular Bishop of Neoportus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
36.0	Appointed	Matthias U Shwe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
36.0	Appointed	Matthias U Shwe †	Titular Bishop of Uzippari	Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Stafford Williams †	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Dec	48.1	Ordained Bishop	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
22 Dec	29.2	Ordained Priest	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
35.3	Ordained Priest	Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
26.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Rubén Martínez	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
23 Dec	84.0	Died	Domenico Valerii †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
27 Dec	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Morera Vega †	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Ordained Priest	Crispin Ojeda Márquez	Priest of Colima, México	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
28 Dec	82.0	Died	Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
28.2	Ordained Priest	Canísio Klaus	Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
29 Dec	77.0	Retired	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

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