• Bishops
  • All
  • Living
  • Deceased

  • ---

  • Seniority
    • Youngest
    • Oldest

    • ---

    • Most Junior as Priest
    • Most Senior as Priest

    • ---

    • Most Junior as Bishop
    • Most Senior as Bishop

    • ---

    • Active Near Age Limit

  • ---

  • Cardinals
    • Electors
    • Non-Voting

    • ---

    • Cardinal-Bishops
    • Cardinal-Priests
    • Cardinal-Deacons

    • ---

    • by Consistory
    • by Conclave

  • ---

  • Popes
• Dioceses
  • All
  • Current Only
  • Vacant

  • ---

  • Titular Sees
    • All
    • Vacant

  • ---

  • Cardinal Titles
    • All
    • Vacant

  • ---

  • Eastern Catholic Churches

  • ---

  • Structured View
• Events
  • Current Year Overview
  • Recent Bishop Events
  • Recent Diocese Events

  • ---

  • by Date
  • by Year

  • ---

  • Necrology
• Holy See
  • Diocese of Rome
  • Roman Curia
  • Diplomatic Posts
• Various
  • Return to Home Page

  • ---

  • Ad Limina
  • Conclaves
  • Consistories
  • Councils

  • ---

  • Countries

  • ---

  • Religious Men
  • Religious Women
• See Also
• Help
  • About This Website

  • ---

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terminology
  • Feedback

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Nov	Born	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
	Born	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	Born	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
4 Nov	Born	Bernard Francis Law †	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
5 Nov	66.5	Died	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
8 Nov	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
	50.6	Ceased	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
11 Nov	63.2	Died	Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
	93.2	Born	Ant?nio Gaspar	Bishop Emeritus of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Nov	Born	Jos? Mar?a Lib?rio Camino Saracho †	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	35.2	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Superior of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
	93.2	Born	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	51.0	Appointed	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
14 Nov	61.4	Installed	Karel Boromejsk? Kašpar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
15 Nov	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	63.7	Died	Jean Og?, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
18 Nov	Born	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
19 Nov	48.0	Appointed	Antonino Arata †	Official to Lithuania	Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
20 Nov	52.6	Appointed	Félix Hedde, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang S?n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Lang S?n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
	39.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Superior of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
21 Nov	Born	Patrick Dougherty †	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
22 Nov	Born	Generoso Cambronero Cami?a, P.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines
	Born	Antons Justs †	Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia
	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Sa?da (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	37.8	Selected	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Sa?da (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Mořic P?cha †	Bishop of Hradec Králov?, Czechia
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov	Born	Umberto Tramma †	Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
26 Nov	Born	Luis Gutiérrez Mart?n, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	45.2	Died	Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
	Born	Adrianus Johannes Simonis †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
27 Nov	76.6	Died	Jean-Marie Bourchany †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	36.4	Appointed	Luis Gu?zar y Barragán †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
28 Nov	Born	Jos? Antonio Gentico †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	77.1	Died	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	93.2	Born	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
29 Nov	75.6	Died	Jean Victor ƒmmile Chesnelong †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Bl. Ioan Suciu †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
30 Nov	Born	Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
	74.4	Died	Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	59.1	Installed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Edmondo Quaglia Mart?nez †	Priest	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Albert Reuben Edward Thomas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
	Born	Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itagua?, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Dec	93.2	Born	Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
2 Dec	Born	Homero Leite Meira †	Bishop Emeritus of Irec?, Bahia, Brazil
	93.2	Born	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Dec	36.7	Appointed	George Marin, S.J. †	Prefect of S?chow, China	Prefect Emeritus
5 Dec	Appointed	Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F. †	Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
6 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Argnani †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicol? Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark McShea †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Assis Pires †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Testa †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
7 Dec	Born	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	67.2	Died	Karl Fritz †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	Born	Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
8 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Cody †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	47.2	Died	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
10 Dec	Born	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
11 Dec	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
13 Dec	93.1	Born	James Henry Garland	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
	38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	38.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Ant?nio Reis †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Dec	50.0	Appointed	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
	50.0	Appointed	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
	32.6	Appointed	Ren? Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaound?, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaound?, Cameroon
	32.6	Appointed	Ren? Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaound?, Cameroon
	Born	Ren? Lucien Picandet †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	50.1	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
	50.1	Appointed	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Petinessus	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
15 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Joaqu?n Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	52.0	Appointed	Joaqu?n Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	Born	Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. †	Bishop
	76.2	Died	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
	55.5	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop
	47.1	Appointed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	738.9	Canonized	St. Albert (the Great) von Bollstädt, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
	62.1	Appointed	Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy	Bishop
17 Dec	47.5	Installed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	Born	Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	50.7	Installed	Filippo Mantini †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
18 Dec	85.9	Died	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
	43.2	Appointed	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	48.3	Succeeded	Henricus Lamiroy †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	56.2	Appointed	William Lee †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
	61.3	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	61.3	Appointed	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	62.1	Appointed	Alejandro Pasquel Monge †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
	84.3	Died	Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
19 Dec	27.7	Ordained Priest	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Medell?n, Colombia
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Czaplinski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
	59.5	Appointed	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Deacon of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
	28.3	Ordained Deacon	Louis Marie Henri Mazerat †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Andr? (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
20 Dec	93.1	Born	Eugene Jerome Cooney	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
	25.4	Ordained Priest	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	42.9	Selected	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Delf?n Quesada Castro †	Priest	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
21 Dec	Born	Sixto Jos? Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
23 Dec	93.1	Born	Cipriano Garc?a Fernández, O.S.A.	Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
24 Dec	88.0	Died	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Dec	Born	Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
	64.1	Died	Luigi Scarano †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
26 Dec	93.1	Born	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	82.8	Died	Domenico Mannaioli †	Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
27 Dec	47.3	Installed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
28 Dec	Born	Apparecido Jos? Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. †	Priest of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
31 Dec	Born	Silvestre Lu?s Scandián, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vit?ria, Espirito Santo, Brazil

✠