December 3

The third day of December.

Events

 * 1998: 8th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches opens in Harare, Zimbabwe

Births

 * 1930: Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi of the Congo, Archbishop of Kinshasa

Deaths

 * 860: Abbo of Auxerre, bishop.
 * 1815: John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States (b. 1735)
 * 1882: Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)
 * 1910: Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist (b. 1821)
 * 1999: Jarl Wahlström, 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)

Feast Days

 * 2nd day of Advent (Western tradition) in 2007.

Roman Catholicism

 * Saint Francis Xavier
 * Saint Birinus
 * Saint Abbo of Auxerre