The Year of Our Lord 1948

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 40.1 Appointed Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

40.1 Appointed Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Titular Bishop of Ressiana Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

4 Nov 37.1 Installed Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Died Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya

Born Jan Karol Tyrawa Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

6 Nov Born Sergio Pagano, B. Assessor of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

7 Nov 24.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala

24.6 Ordained Priest Rafael Bellido Caro † Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Born Ant�nio Augusto Dias Duarte Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.3 Ordained Bishop Leo Pietsch † Titular Bishop of Narona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

8 Nov 41.4 Appointed K�roly Gombos † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary Priest

41.4 Appointed K�roly Gombos † Titular Bishop of Medaba Priest

9 Nov 54.0 Appointed Joseph Francis Flannelly † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.0 Appointed Joseph Francis Flannelly † Titular Bishop of Metelis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Born Clyde Martin Harvey Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

46.4 Ordained Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion † Titular Bishop of Gerara Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France

10 Nov 76.0 Appointed Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Paros Bishop of Darwin, Australia

76.0 Retired Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

11 Nov 35.7 Appointed Thomas Vincent Cahill † Bishop of Cairns, Australia Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

52.7 Appointed Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.6 Installed Tom�s Juan Carlos Solari † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

57.0 Appointed Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Acholla Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

12 Nov Appointed Sebasti�o (Sebasti�n) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. † Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South) Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)

52.1 Appointed Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Chunchon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)

47.2 Appointed Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

47.2 Appointed Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

13 Nov Born Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

Born Carlos Humberto Malfa Bishop Emeritus of Chascom�s, Argentina

41.6 Appointed Manuel Tato † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

41.6 Appointed Manuel Tato † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

60.6 Died Richard Turner, M.H.M. † Superior Emeritus of San Andr�s y Providencia, Colombia

51.5 Appointed Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranh�o, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Azura Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranh�o, Brazil

14 Nov Born Juan de Dios Hern�ndez Ruiz, S.J. Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

16 Nov 52.0 Appointed Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

17 Nov Born Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Apostolic Nuncio

18 Nov Born Alain �mile Baptiste Planet Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France

19 Nov Appointed Jean Fran�ois Waterschoot, O.F.M. † Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Prefect Emeritus

20 Nov 61.6 Appointed Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † Apostolic Delegate to Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

Born John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

21 Nov 36.1 Ordained Bishop Jos� Alves de S� Trindade † Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil

46.5 Ordained Bishop Jos� L�zaro Neves, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abari Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

37.0 Appointed Ioan Ploscaru † Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

37.0 Appointed Ioan Ploscaru † Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

32.8 Ordained Priest Leo Tigga, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Raiganj, India

27 Nov 40.5 Appointed Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador

48.6 Appointed Giovanni Urbani † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

28 Nov 36.0 Ordained Bishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeir�o Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.8 Ordained Priest Ren� Fern�ndez Apaza † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

71.9 Died Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Vicar Apostolic of B�i Chu, Viet Nam

24.2 Ordained Priest Carlos Milc�ades Villalba Aquino † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

28.7 Ordained Priest Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

30 Nov 42.9 Ordained Bishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Catula Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

36.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Bucellus Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

51.8 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Gleumes † Titular Bishop of Cissita Auxiliary Bishop of M�nster, Germany

43.0 Ordained Bishop R�ginald-Andr�-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cerasa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang S�n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

45.2 Ordained Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany

37.0 Ordained Bishop Ioan Ploscaru † Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

Dec 30.8 Ordained Priest Paul Guo Wenzhi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China

1 Dec Born Heriberto Cavazos P�rez Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico

Born Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar

2 Dec Born Robert Francis Christian, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Born Gebhard F�rst Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

3 Dec Born S�rgio Arthur Braschi Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

31.8 Ordained Priest [Benedict Cai Xiufeng] † Priest Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China

4 Dec Born Robert Daniel Conlon Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

25.2 Converted Joseph Lawson Howze † Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

5 Dec 24.1 Ordained Priest Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

23.5 Ordained Priest Jos� Mauro Ramalho de Alarc�n Santiago † Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil

24.8 Ordained Priest Paulino Reale Chirina † Priest of Mendoza, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

7 Dec 24.6 Ordained Deacon Gheorghe Guţiu † Deacon Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

8 Dec Born Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest Miguel Fenelon C�mara Filho † Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

24.7 Ordained Priest Jos� de Lima † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.0 Ordained Bishop Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

24.6 Ordained Priest Gheorghe Guţiu † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

46.3 Ordained Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Celerina Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

32.5 Ordained Priest Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ara�ua� (Arassua�), Minas Gerais, Brazil

28.1 Ordained Priest Benedito de Ulh�a Vieira † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

9 Dec 50.9 Appointed Hugh Boyle † Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

50.9 Appointed Hugh Boyle † Titular Bishop of Bagai Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

46.4 Appointed John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)

46.4 Appointed John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) † Titular Bishop of Anthedon Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)

38.3 Appointed Carolus Dauvin, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

38.3 Appointed Carolus Dauvin, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.2 Appointed Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. † Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, M�xico Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, M�xico

54.2 Appointed Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. † Titular Bishop of Lipara Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, M�xico

41.8 Appointed Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

41.8 Appointed Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. † Titular Bishop of Abora Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

71.3 Resigned L�on Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di B�th. † Bishop of Dali [Tali], China Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di B�th. † Prefect of Tali [Dali], China Prefect Emeritus

58.6 Appointed Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

47.0 Appointed Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Bita Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

47.0 Appointed Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

10 Dec Born Joseph Angelo Grech † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

11 Dec 58.0 Appointed Pietro Doimo Munzani † Titular Archbishop of Tyana Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

58.0 Resigned Pietro Doimo Munzani † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Enrique P�rez Serantes † Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

47.9 Appointed Carlos Riu Angl�s † Bishop of Camag�ey, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

Born Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. † Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia

12 Dec 44.4 Ordained Bishop Ant�nio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil Archbishop of Niter�i, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Herberto Celso Angelo † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luj�n, Argentina

40.2 Ordained Bishop Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Titular Bishop of Ressiana Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

25.9 Ordained Priest Miguel Esteban Hesayne † Priest of Azul, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina

34.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

14 Dec Born Michel Abrass, B.A. Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

15 Dec 50.7 Resigned Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania Abbot Emeritus

Born Antonino Eug�nio Fernandes Dias Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

Born Ambroise Ou�draogo Bishop of Maradi, Niger

16 Dec 54.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Francis Flannelly † Titular Bishop of Metelis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Born C�sar Augusto Franco Mart�nez Bishop of Segovia, Spain

79.0 Died Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

17 Dec 46.3 Appointed William Edward Cousins † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

46.3 Appointed William Edward Cousins † Titular Bishop of Forma Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

41.8 Appointed Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. † Prefect of Sukabumi, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia

50.5 Appointed Martin Dewey McNamara † Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

44.9 Appointed William Aloysius O’Connor † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest Rom�n Arrieta Villalobos † Priest of San Jos� de Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

24.9 Ordained Priest Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet † Priest of Autun (-Ch�lon-sur-Sa�ne-M�con), France Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

24.9 Ordained Priest Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

31.6 Ordained Priest Ricardo Durand Fl�rez, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

30.3 Ordained Priest Karl Heinz Jacoby † Priest of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Carlos Talavera Ram�rez † Priest of M�xico, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, M�xico

23.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Winning † Priest of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

19 Dec Born Enem�sio �ngelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranh�o, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Ram�n Malla Call † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

20 Dec 78.5 Died Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. † Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

21 Dec Born Carlos Enrique Herrera Guti�rrez, O.F.M. Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua

22 Dec 73.0 Died Karel Kmetko † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

Born Johannes Liku Ada’ Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia

23 Dec Born Victor Selvino Arenhart † Bishop of Ober�, Argentina

24 Dec Born Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I. Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea

26 Dec 44.9 Succeeded Manuel Mart�n del Campo Padilla † Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico Archbishop of Morelia, Michoac�n, M�xico

25.2 Ordained Priest Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

84.8 Died Emeterio Valverde y T�llez † Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico

27 Dec 52.7 Succeeded Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco

85.3 Died Jos� Mar�a Betanzos y Hormaechevarr�a, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco

54.0 Died Ferdinand Dirichs † Bishop of Limburg, Germany

67.2 Appointed Carlo Stoppa † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

28 Dec 78.8 Died Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia

38.3 Died Carolus Dauvin, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born George Vance Murry, S.J. † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

29 Dec 46.7 Appointed Charles-Marie Himmer † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 57.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Acholla Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

31 Dec 82.0 Died Marie-Eug�ne-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	40.1	Appointed	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
40.1	Appointed	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
4 Nov	37.1	Installed	Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Died	Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya
	Born	Jan Karol Tyrawa		Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
6 Nov		Born	Sergio Pagano, B.		Assessor of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
7 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
24.6	Ordained Priest	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
	Born	Ant�nio Augusto Dias Duarte		Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Leo Pietsch †	Titular Bishop of Narona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
8 Nov	41.4	Appointed	K�roly Gombos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Priest
41.4	Appointed	K�roly Gombos †	Titular Bishop of Medaba	Priest
9 Nov	54.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Titular Bishop of Metelis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	Born	Clyde Martin Harvey		Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Titular Bishop of Gerara	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
10 Nov	76.0	Appointed	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Paros	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
76.0	Retired	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
11 Nov	35.7	Appointed	Thomas Vincent Cahill †	Bishop of Cairns, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
52.7	Appointed	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.6	Installed	Tom�s Juan Carlos Solari †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
57.0	Appointed	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
12 Nov		Appointed	Sebasti�o (Sebasti�n) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South)	Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)
52.1	Appointed	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
47.2	Appointed	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
47.2	Appointed	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 Nov		Born	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran †		Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	Born	Carlos Humberto Malfa		Bishop Emeritus of Chascom�s, Argentina
41.6	Appointed	Manuel Tato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
41.6	Appointed	Manuel Tato †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
60.6	Died	Richard Turner, M.H.M. †	Superior Emeritus of San Andr�s y Providencia, Colombia
51.5	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranh�o, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Azura	Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranh�o, Brazil
14 Nov		Born	Juan de Dios Hern�ndez Ruiz, S.J.		Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
16 Nov	52.0	Appointed	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
17 Nov		Born	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti		Apostolic Nuncio
18 Nov		Born	Alain �mile Baptiste Planet		Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
19 Nov		Appointed	Jean Fran�ois Waterschoot, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
20 Nov	61.6	Appointed	Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Delegate to Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	Born	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.		Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
21 Nov	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Alves de S� Trindade †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Jos� L�zaro Neves, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abari	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
37.0	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
37.0	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
32.8	Ordained Priest	Leo Tigga, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Raiganj, India
27 Nov	40.5	Appointed	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
48.6	Appointed	Giovanni Urbani †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 Nov	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeir�o Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.8	Ordained Priest	Ren� Fern�ndez Apaza †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
71.9	Died	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †	Vicar Apostolic of B�i Chu, Viet Nam
24.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Milc�ades Villalba Aquino †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
28.7	Ordained Priest	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
30 Nov	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Bucellus	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Gleumes †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Auxiliary Bishop of M�nster, Germany
43.0	Ordained Bishop	R�ginald-Andr�-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cerasa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang S�n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Ploscaru †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
Dec	30.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Guo Wenzhi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
1 Dec		Born	Heriberto Cavazos P�rez		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
	Born	Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar
2 Dec		Born	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	Born	Gebhard F�rst		Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
3 Dec		Born	S�rgio Arthur Braschi		Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
31.8	Ordained Priest	[Benedict Cai Xiufeng] †	Priest	Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
4 Dec		Born	Robert Daniel Conlon		Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
25.2	Converted	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
5 Dec	24.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Priest of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
23.5	Ordained Priest	Jos� Mauro Ramalho de Alarc�n Santiago †	Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
24.8	Ordained Priest	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Priest of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
7 Dec	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
8 Dec		Born	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.		Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Fenelon C�mara Filho †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
24.7	Ordained Priest	Jos� de Lima †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
24.6	Ordained Priest	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
32.5	Ordained Priest	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ara�ua� (Arassua�), Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.1	Ordained Priest	Benedito de Ulh�a Vieira †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 Dec	50.9	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
50.9	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
46.4	Appointed	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
46.4	Appointed	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
38.3	Appointed	Carolus Dauvin, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
38.3	Appointed	Carolus Dauvin, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.2	Appointed	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, M�xico	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, M�xico
54.2	Appointed	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, M�xico
41.8	Appointed	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
41.8	Appointed	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
71.3	Resigned	L�on Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di B�th. †	Bishop of Dali [Tali], China	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di B�th. †	Prefect of Tali [Dali], China	Prefect Emeritus
58.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
47.0	Appointed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
47.0	Appointed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
10 Dec		Born	Joseph Angelo Grech †		Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
11 Dec	58.0	Appointed	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
58.0	Resigned	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Enrique P�rez Serantes †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
47.9	Appointed	Carlos Riu Angl�s †	Bishop of Camag�ey, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †		Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
12 Dec	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Ant�nio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Archbishop of Niter�i, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luj�n, Argentina
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
25.9	Ordained Priest	Miguel Esteban Hesayne †	Priest of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Expedito Lopes †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
14 Dec		Born	Michel Abrass, B.A.		Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Dec	50.7	Resigned	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Antonino Eug�nio Fernandes Dias		Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
	Born	Ambroise Ou�draogo		Bishop of Maradi, Niger
16 Dec	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Titular Bishop of Metelis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	Born	C�sar Augusto Franco Mart�nez		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
79.0	Died	Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
17 Dec	46.3	Appointed	William Edward Cousins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
46.3	Appointed	William Edward Cousins †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
41.8	Appointed	Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Sukabumi, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
50.5	Appointed	Martin Dewey McNamara †	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
44.9	Appointed	William Aloysius O’Connor †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	Rom�n Arrieta Villalobos †	Priest of San Jos� de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
24.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Priest of Autun (-Ch�lon-sur-Sa�ne-M�con), France	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
24.9	Ordained Priest	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
31.6	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Durand Fl�rez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
30.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Heinz Jacoby †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Talavera Ram�rez †	Priest of M�xico, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, M�xico
23.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Priest of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Dec		Born	Enem�sio �ngelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †		Bishop of Balsas, Maranh�o, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Ram�n Malla Call †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
20 Dec	78.5	Died	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
21 Dec		Born	Carlos Enrique Herrera Guti�rrez, O.F.M.		Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
22 Dec	73.0	Died	Karel Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	Born	Johannes Liku Ada’		Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia
23 Dec		Born	Victor Selvino Arenhart †		Bishop of Ober�, Argentina
24 Dec		Born	Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.		Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea
26 Dec	44.9	Succeeded	Manuel Mart�n del Campo Padilla †	Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoac�n, M�xico
25.2	Ordained Priest	Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
84.8	Died	Emeterio Valverde y T�llez †	Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico
27 Dec	52.7	Succeeded	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
85.3	Died	Jos� Mar�a Betanzos y Hormaechevarr�a, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
54.0	Died	Ferdinand Dirichs †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
67.2	Appointed	Carlo Stoppa †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
28 Dec	78.8	Died	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
38.3	Died	Carolus Dauvin, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	George Vance Murry, S.J. †		Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Dec	46.7	Appointed	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
31 Dec	82.0	Died	Marie-Eug�ne-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

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