The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Dec 49.8 Installed Dieudonné Bogmis † Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon

57.9 Appointed Francis Daw Tang Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

4 Dec 96.5 Died Kevin William Barden, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran

49.7 Ordained Bishop Ricardo García García Prelate of Yauyos, Peru

75.9 Retired Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang) Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed James Liu Tan-kuei Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Installed Jean-Bosco Ntep Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon

5 Dec 26.4 Ordained Deacon Roko Glasnović Deacon of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

61.1 Ceased Andrej Glavan Apostolic Administrator of Ljubljana, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

65.6 Ordained Bishop Manfred Grothe Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany

45.0 Ordained Bishop Matthias König Titular Bishop of Elicroca Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

48.5 Ordained Bishop Jean Mbarga Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

59.8 Installed Alojz Uran † Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

6 Dec 71.7 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus

71.7 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

50.7 Appointed Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

55.3 Appointed Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. † Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

7 Dec 61.4 Appointed Cornelius Fontem Esua Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Appointed Castor Paul Msemwa † Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania Bishop

8 Dec 30.5 Ordained Priest Giovani Edgar Arana Priest of La Paz, Bolivia Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

52.4 Ordained Deacon Rafael Ramón Ibarguren Schindler, E.P. Deacon of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli Priest

54.4 Installed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Dec 91.6 Died Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

61.2 Appointed Michael Joseph Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired John Francis Donoghue † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Archbishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Demetrio Fernández González Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

57.0 Appointed Wilton Daniel Gregory Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

47.0 Ordained Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

76.3 Retired Bernard William Schmitt † Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Dec 51.9 Resigned Anastase Mutabazi Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Thaddée Ntihinyurwa Apostolic Administrator of Kabgayi, Rwanda Archbishop Emeritus of Kigali, Rwanda

11 Dec 44.5 Appointed Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista Bishop of Boac, Philippines Bishop of Imus, Philippines

89.4 Died Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez † Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela

67.5 Appointed Faustino Sainz Muñoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio

50.4 Ordained Bishop Moacir Silva Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 Dec 65.6 Ordained Bishop Ángel Rubio Castro Titular Bishop of Vergi Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

78.3 Died Pavlo Vasylyk † Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

45.0 Succeeded Volodymyr Viytyshyn Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

13 Dec 65.5 Ordained Bishop William Joseph Dendinger Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 44.9 Appointed Antoni Dziemianko Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

53.9 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo Galván Castillo † Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Appointed Guido Plante, P.M.E. † Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

75.1 Retired Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes † Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 59.1 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

59.1 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Titular Bishop of Afufenia Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

64.0 Ordained Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Huánuco, Peru Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 76.3 Died Lawrence James McNamara † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

18 Dec 76.0 Retired Giuseppe Agostino † Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

70.3 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

51.3 Appointed Kazimierz Gurda Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

51.3 Appointed Kazimierz Gurda Titular Bishop of Chusira Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

65.7 Appointed Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Salvatore Nunnari Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Luigi Ernesto Palletti Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

48.1 Appointed Luigi Ernesto Palletti Titular Bishop of Fundi Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

58.2 Ordained Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

34.8 Incardinated Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa Priest of Alindao, Central African Republic Bishop

19 Dec 62.2 Installed Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo Bishop of Getafe, Spain Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Installed José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Installed Alfonso Milián Sorribas † Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain Bishop Emeritus

93.7 Died Longinus Gabriel Pereira † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

64.0 Installed Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 54.3 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

21 Dec 57.1 Appointed Manuel da Rocha Felício Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal Bishop

56.3 Appointed António Francisco dos Santos † Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

56.3 Appointed António Francisco dos Santos † Titular Bishop of Magnetum Bishop of Porto, Portugal

76.4 Retired Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Maurice Marcel Gardès Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

80.8 Died Gabriel Lee Gab-sou † Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

22 Dec 45.8 Appointed Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil

45.8 Appointed Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho Titular Bishop of Thubursicum Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil

58.2 Installed Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

23 Dec 76.8 Retired Pietro Bottaccioli † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Mario Ceccobelli Bishop of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Died Pietro Fiordelli † Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy

27 Dec 81.8 Died Thomas Kevin O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

28 Dec 49.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Stagg Coakley Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

29 Dec 60.4 Appointed Robert James Carlson Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

55.2 Appointed Pedro José Conti Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

55.5 Appointed Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Coadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Cardinal, Archbishop

73.9 Appointed Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Patrick Fernández Flores † Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed José Horacio Gómez Velasco Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

30.6 Ordained Priest Hani Nassif Wasef Bakhoum Kiroulos Priest of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt Curial Bishop

55.7 Appointed Jerome Edward Listecki Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

54.3 Appointed Carlos Verzeletti Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil

30 Dec 89.9 Died Salvatore Asta † Apostolic Nuncio

55.1 Appointed Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

72.5 Resigned Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec 75.5 Retired Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

64.9 Succeeded Yves François Patenôtre Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

64.9 Succeeded Yves François Patenôtre Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

88.8 Died Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Dec	49.8	Installed	Dieudonné Bogmis †	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
57.9	Appointed	Francis Daw Tang	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	96.5	Died	Kevin William Barden, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo García García	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru
75.9	Retired	Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	James Liu Tan-kuei	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Installed	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
5 Dec	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Roko Glasnović	Deacon of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
61.1	Ceased	Andrej Glavan	Apostolic Administrator of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Manfred Grothe	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthias König	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
59.8	Installed	Alojz Uran †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Dec	71.7	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus
71.7	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.7	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
55.3	Appointed	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 Dec	61.4	Appointed	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Castor Paul Msemwa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania	Bishop
8 Dec	30.5	Ordained Priest	Giovani Edgar Arana	Priest of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
52.4	Ordained Deacon	Rafael Ramón Ibarguren Schindler, E.P.	Deacon of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli	Priest
54.4	Installed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Dec	91.6	Died	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
61.2	Appointed	Michael Joseph Bransfield	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	John Francis Donoghue †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Demetrio Fernández González	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
57.0	Appointed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Carl Rhoades	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
76.3	Retired	Bernard William Schmitt †	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	51.9	Resigned	Anastase Mutabazi	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa	Apostolic Administrator of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Archbishop Emeritus of Kigali, Rwanda
11 Dec	44.5	Appointed	Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista	Bishop of Boac, Philippines	Bishop of Imus, Philippines
89.4	Died	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
67.5	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Silva	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 Dec	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Rubio Castro	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
78.3	Died	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
45.0	Succeeded	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Dec	65.5	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Dendinger	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Galván Castillo †	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Appointed	Guido Plante, P.M.E. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
75.1	Retired	Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	59.1	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
59.1	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	76.3	Died	Lawrence James McNamara †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
18 Dec	76.0	Retired	Giuseppe Agostino †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
70.3	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
51.3	Appointed	Kazimierz Gurda	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
51.3	Appointed	Kazimierz Gurda	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
65.7	Appointed	Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Salvatore Nunnari	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Luigi Ernesto Palletti	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Luigi Ernesto Palletti	Titular Bishop of Fundi	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
34.8	Incardinated	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Priest of Alindao, Central African Republic	Bishop
19 Dec	62.2	Installed	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Bishop of Getafe, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Installed	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Installed	Alfonso Milián Sorribas †	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
93.7	Died	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
64.0	Installed	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	54.3	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Dec	57.1	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop
56.3	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
56.3	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos †	Titular Bishop of Magnetum	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
76.4	Retired	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Maurice Marcel Gardès	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
80.8	Died	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
22 Dec	45.8	Appointed	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
45.8	Appointed	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
58.2	Installed	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
23 Dec	76.8	Retired	Pietro Bottaccioli †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Mario Ceccobelli	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Died	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
27 Dec	81.8	Died	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
28 Dec	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Stagg Coakley	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
29 Dec	60.4	Appointed	Robert James Carlson	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
55.2	Appointed	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.5	Appointed	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
73.9	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Patrick Fernández Flores †	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
30.6	Ordained Priest	Hani Nassif Wasef Bakhoum Kiroulos	Priest of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Curial Bishop
55.7	Appointed	Jerome Edward Listecki	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
54.3	Appointed	Carlos Verzeletti	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
30 Dec	89.9	Died	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Nuncio
55.1	Appointed	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
72.5	Resigned	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	75.5	Retired	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
64.9	Succeeded	Yves François Patenôtre	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
64.9	Succeeded	Yves François Patenôtre	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
88.8	Died	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

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