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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Mazza	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Converted	Jeffrey Neil Steenson	Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
	65.9	Installed	Giovanni Tonucci	Prelate of Loreto, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
2 Dec	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Installed	Simone Giusti	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
	64.0	Installed	Leonardo Sandri	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Justin Saw Min Thide	Titular Bishop of Lemfocta	Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
3 Dec	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
	49.1	Appointed	Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo	Bishop of Aného, Togo
	75.1	Retired	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Tezpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	80.9	Died	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	52.5	Appointed	Michael Akasius Toppo	Bishop of Tezpur, India
4 Dec	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gan Junqiu	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
6 Dec	67.9	Appointed	Gerald Nicholas Dino †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
	57.7	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	57.7	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	68.1	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.5	Appointed	Francesco Moraglia	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	83.9	Died	Roger Mpungu †	Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi
	80.2	Retired	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Pinto	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.5	Appointed	William Charles Skurla	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	76.2	Retired	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
7 Dec	75.6	Retired	Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Charles Andr? Le Vert	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
8 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Titular Archbishop of Opitergium	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Valent?n Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Mades	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona	Bishop of Ica, Peru
9 Dec	68.6	Installed	ƒ`ngel Rubio Castro	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	64.0	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.0	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	60.3	Appointed	Romano Rossi	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.8	Retired	Divo Zadi †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	54.4	Appointed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
12 Dec	58.9	Appointed	Enemésio ƒcngelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
	97.3	Died	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Hermenegildo Jos? Torres Asanza	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador
13 Dec	85.7	Died	Gaetano Michetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
14 Dec	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Jin Lugang	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop
15 Dec	61.9	Installed	Pierre B?rcher	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Installed	Zanoni Demettino Castro	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
	92.4	Died	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Bishop Emeritus of Torre?n, Coahuila, México
	50.5	Installed	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
16 Dec	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Vasile Bizău	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B.	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Albulae	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil
18 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Gaspard Béby Gnéba	Bishop of Man, C?te d’Ivoire
	74.9	Retired	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Bishop of Man, C?te d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Roberto Francisco Ferrer?a Paz	Auxiliary Bishop of Niter?i, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	54.5	Appointed	Roberto Francisco Ferrer?a Paz	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	47.3	Appointed	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	53.4	Appointed	Michael W?stenberg	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	58.5	Died	Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	47.8	Appointed	Eugène Cyrille Houndékon	Bishop of Abomey, Benin
	90.5	Died	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	81.1	Died	Rapha?l Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
	34.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Vũ C?ng Viện	Priest of H? Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop
21 Dec	57.5	Ordained Bishop	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	62.5	Resigned	James Charles Gould, S.J.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Li Jing	Coadjutor Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China	Bishop
	61.8	Appointed	Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
22 Dec	63.9	Appointed	Gianni Ambrosio	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	31.1	Ordained Priest	Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa	Priest of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	75.1	Retired	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.1	Appointed	John Patrick Foley †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	George Kocherry	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia	Apostolic Nuncio
	45.0	Appointed	Wiesław Lechowicz	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarn?w, Poland	Bishop of Poland, Military
	45.0	Appointed	Wiesław Lechowicz	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Bishop of Poland, Military
	62.4	Appointed	Antonio Jos? L?pez Castillo †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Dec	83.2	Died	Alo?sio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Dec	58.8	Appointed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.8	Appointed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
25 Dec	89.5	Died	Juan Alfredo Arzube †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
27 Dec	75.7	Retired	Rubén Héctor di Monte †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.6	Resigned	Elmer Osmar Ram?n Miani †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Agust?n Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.4	Succeeded	Luis Urbanč	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
28 Dec	39.3	Solemn Vows	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	45.4	Installed	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Dominic Nyarko Yeboah	Bishop of Techiman, Ghana
29 Dec	75.1	Retired	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop of Zielona G?ra-Gorz?w, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Stefan Regmunt	Bishop of Zielona G?ra-Gorz?w, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Marian Kazimierz Zimałek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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