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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Johannes †	Titular Bishop of Thasus	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernest-Victor Mennechet †	Bishop of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	John A. O'Shea, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Midila	Bishop of Kanchow [Ganzhou], China
		Born	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Recife	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard James Sheil †	Titular Bishop of Pegae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	54.4	Installed	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 May	43.3	Appointed	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
3 May		Born	Louis Edward Gelineau	Burlington	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
		Born	François Gourguillon †	Paris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	68.3	Installed	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
4 May	53.0	Appointed	Joachim Lima, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
5 May	64.5	Died	Joseph Ernst †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Born	Luíz Eugênio Pérez	Orlandia	Bishop Emeritus of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez	San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
6 May		Born	Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado	Toulouse	Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
7 May		Born	Joseph Ti-kang	Sinsiang	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
8 May		Born	Serapio Bwemi Magambo †	Kyaka	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
9 May		Born	Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi †	Gambettola	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Dell'Acqua †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	40.7	Appointed	José da Cruz Moreira Pinto †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
10 May		Born	Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P.	Aïlaboun	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel
		Born	Owen Francis Swindlehurst †	Newburn	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
		Born	John Quinn Weitzel, M.M.	Chicago, IL, USA	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
11 May	48.3	Appointed	Patrick Collier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
	48.3	Appointed	Patrick Collier †	Titular Bishop of Himeria	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
12 May		Born	Daniel Patrick Reilly	Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	66.8	Died	Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
13 May		Born	Urbanus Joseph Kioko †	Kilungu	Bishop Emeritus of Machakos, Kenya
14 May		Born	Pere Tena Garriga	Hospitalet de llobregat	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
15 May	48.4	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
		Born	Lawrence Ephraem Thottam †	Vellalampu	Bishop of Marthandom (Malankarese), India
16 May	36.1	Appointed	Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China
17 May	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Balconi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China
		Born	Alfred John Markiewicz †	Brooklyn, NY	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
18 May	52.4	Appointed	John Peter Francis Ross, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	John Peter Francis Ross, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tabala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
	36.1	Appointed	Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Algiza	Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China
20 May	46.8	Installed	Antonio Micozzi †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
	43.2	Installed	José Pereira Alves †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
21 May	42.9	Appointed	Riccardo Bartoloni †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	65.1	Appointed	Manuel de Castro y Alonso †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	António Ribeiro †	Gandarela de Basta	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal
22 May		Born	Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. †	Albaida, Spain	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
23 May	70.3	Died	John Baptist Pitaval †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
24 May	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
25 May	64.7	Appointed	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	64.7	Appointed	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
26 May		Born	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Manizales	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
27 May	42.9	Appointed	Riccardo Bartoloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Riccardo Bartoloni †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
	56.5	Resigned	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands
29 May	35.5	Appointed	Vito Bouma, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Bangka e Biliton, Indonesia
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Rummel †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
30 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
31 May	43.7	Appointed	Fabiano Abrantowicz, M.I.C. †	Exarch of Harbin [Harbin] (Byzantine), China
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
		Born	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.	Callao	Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru
1 Jun	89.3	Died	Jean-Augustin Germain †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
		Born	Wolfgang Kirchgässner	Mannheim	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
2 Jun	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Almici †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
	22.4	Ordained Priest	José Bascuñana y López †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Humphrey Bright †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Secondo Chiocca †	Priest of Genova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	58.5	Appointed	Antonio Galati †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Priest of Lucca, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Edward Gerard Hettinger †	Priest of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Walter Philip Kellenberg †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prelate of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Luigi Oldani †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Ernest Swanstrom †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun		Born	José Trinidad Medel Pérez	Santa Cruz Aquiáhuac	Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, Durango, México
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Muñiz Pablos †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	66.4	Ordained Bishop	István Révész †	Titular Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
4 Jun	68.9	Died	Etienne Irénée Faugier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
		Born	Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.	Colombes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
6 Jun	46.0	Appointed	Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M. †	Prefect of Surabaia, Indonesia
		Born	Elio Sgreccia	Arcevia, Italy	President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
8 Jun	52.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Marazzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Marazzi †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy
		Born	Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola	São Carlos	Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
	51.9	Appointed	Ivan Jožef Tomazic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop
	51.9	Appointed	Ivan Jožef Tomazic †	Titular Bishop of Bargala	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
9 Jun	43.4	Confirmed	Jean El-Hage †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
10 Jun	22.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Stephen Aloysius Leven †	Priest of Oklahoma, USA	Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
	24.0	Ordained Priest	William Joseph McDonald †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Samorè †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
		Born	Walter Francis Sullivan	Washington	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
12 Jun		Born	Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem.	São Geraldo	Bishop Emeritus of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Jun		Born	Giacomo Biffi	Milano	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Joseph Gionali (Gjonali) †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	António Maria Teixeira †	Coadjutor Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop
	53.1	Appointed	António Maria Teixeira †	Titular Bishop of Sinda	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
15 Jun	55.3	Appointed	Johannes Dominicus Josephus Aengenent †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	46.6	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	52.7	Appointed	Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic
	52.7	Appointed	Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
	40.8	Ordained Bishop	José da Cruz Moreira Pinto †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	41.8	Appointed	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China	Bishop Emeritus of Hengchow [Hengyang], China
	41.8	Appointed	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nara	Bishop Emeritus of Hengchow [Hengyang], China
	53.4	Appointed	Joseph Arthur Papineau †	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Antonio Torrini †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	44.5	Appointed	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Antandrus	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
	56.6	Appointed	Geoffrey Zaccherini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	22.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Bernier †	Priest	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
		Born	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi	Hachioji	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, Japan
18 Jun		Born	Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †	Bridgeport, CT, USA	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
		Born	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B.	Rosario	Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
19 Jun	52.2	Appointed	Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Central New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
20 Jun	42.9	Appointed	António Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop
	42.9	Appointed	António Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	50.6	Appointed	Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	44.5	Appointed	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
21 Jun	58.9	Appointed	Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Born	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C.	Baranowice Slaskie	Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
22 Jun	67.3	Appointed	Joseph MacRory †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Born	Alphonsus Mathias	Pangala	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
	51.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Placido M. Nicolini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
23 Jun		Born	Miloslaw-Jan Kolodziejczyk †	Suloszowa	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	47.1	Appointed	Antonio Benedetto Martins Júnior †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
24 Jun		Born	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Cam Lai	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam
25 Jun	50.7	Appointed	Auguste Haouisée, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
27 Jun	54.4	Installed	Tomás Muñiz Pablos †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. †	Ambositra	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
28 Jun	25.5	Ordained Priest	René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia
29 Jun	24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
	72.2	Appointed	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch
	26.7	Ordained Priest	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Suifu [Yibin], China
	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Francis-Albert Bougon †	Priest of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France
	26.4	Ordained Priest	André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Jacques Le Cordier †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
	53.4	Appointed	Giovanni Naslian †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus per gli Armeni	Bishop Emeritus of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey
	53.4	Resigned	Giovanni Naslian †	Bishop of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Jacques Nessimian †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Karol Pekala †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	80.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Rokossian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
	24.3	Ordained Priest	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
30 Jun	58.4	Appointed	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
	49.2	Appointed	Jorge García Cabalieros †	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	45.1	Appointed	Alfonso Marie de Sanctis †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	64.6	Died	Giovanni Tacci Porcelli †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	58.2	Installed	Ludovico Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India

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