The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 56.3 Resigned Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 May 68.8 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Ferrandina † Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

52.4 Ordained Bishop William Aloysius Griffin † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

47.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Pronti † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

57.2 Ordained Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Thinis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

Born James Vernon Weisgerber Vibank Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2 May Born José Luis Amezcua Melgoza Purépero Bishop of Colima, Colima, México

78.0 Died Nicola Jezzoni † Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

4 May 54.7 Ordained Bishop Louis Liagre † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

40.6 Ordained Bishop Pierre Martin Ngô-dinh-Thuc † Titular Bishop of Saesina Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viêt Nam

Appointed Michele Agostino O’Connor, O.P. † Prefect of Kienow [Jian’ou], China

5 May 72.8 Died Giorgio Delrio † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

6 May Born Ildefonso Obama Obono Kogo Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

7 May 37.4 Appointed Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Coadjutor Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop

37.4 Appointed Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia Bishop of Talca, Chile

8 May 51.3 Ordained Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Titular Bishop of Hippos Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

Born Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † Alger Bishop of Oran, Algeria

10 May Born Anthony Joseph O’Connell Lisheen, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

13 May Born Iván Antonio Marín López Jardin Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

14 May 34.0 Appointed Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde † Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

15 May 57.3 Ordained Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. † Bishop of León, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

52.7 Ordained Bishop Michal Buzalka † Titular Bishop of Cone Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia

22.6 Ordained Priest Vittorio Ottaviani † Priest of L’Aquila, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

71.9 Appointed Hermann Joseph Sträter † Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

16 May 56.5 Appointed Gaetano Cicognani † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Emerson John Moore † New York Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

53.0 Ordained Bishop William Francis Murphy † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

42.4 Appointed Antonio Santin † Bishop of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 May 45.0 Appointed Albini Lafortune † Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

18 May 50.7 Died Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

20 May Appointed Alessandro Digard, O.F.M. † Prefect of Iduhsien [Yiduxian], China

21 May 36.0 Appointed Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia

36.0 Appointed Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Hermonthis Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia

Appointed Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. † Prefect of Shaowu [Shaowu], China

Appointed Giacomo Giovanni M. Kusters, M.S.F. † Prefect of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

Appointed Ferdinando Loy, S.V.D. † Prefect of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China

83.2 Resigned Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Pedro Paulo Santos Songco † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

64.2 Succeeded Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam

62.6 Resigned Heribert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. † Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China Superior Emeritus

22 May Born Theo van Ruyven, C.M. Rijswijk Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia

23 May 67.0 Died Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

28.6 Ordained Priest Dominique-Marie Dinh-Duc-Tru † Priest Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam

Born Patrick Iteka † Uponera Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

59.0 Appointed Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

59.0 Appointed Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † Titular Bishop of Lebessus Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

24 May 43.1 Appointed Czeslaw Kaczmarek † Bishop of Kielce, Poland

36.1 Ordained Bishop Mariano Madriaga † Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

25 May Born Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. Les Herbiers, France Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

26 May 29.3 Ordained Priest Ignacio Arbulú Pineda † Priest Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

39.3 Appointed Bernard William Griffin † Titular Bishop of Appia Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

39.3 Appointed Bernard William Griffin † Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

42.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Citharizum Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

26.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph McDonough † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

34.8 Appointed Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil

28 May 57.7 Appointed John Henry King † Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Bishop

57.7 Appointed John Henry King † Titular Bishop of Opus Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

29 May Born Max John Rodrigues Karachi Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

30 May 54.1 Died Igino Serci † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy

31 May 60.8 Ordained Bishop Réginald Duprat, O.P. † Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Felice Herrmann, O.F.M. † Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation

1 Jun Born Carlo Caffarra Samboseto di Busseto Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

2 Jun Born Dieter Scholz, S.J. Berlin Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

3 Jun Appointed Ladislaus Lombos, O.F.M. † Prefect of Paoking [Baojing], China

4 Jun 25.3 Ordained Priest Leonard Philip Cowley † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Hilary Baumann Hacker † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

5 Jun 57.5 Ordained Bishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece

25.3 Ordained Priest Wilfrid Emmett Doyle † Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

65.6 Ordained Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

6 Jun Born Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel Edamattam Archbishop of Raipur, India

60.1 Died St. Raphael Guizar Valencia † Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México

Born Jonas Kauneckas Troyoniškis Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

8 Jun Born Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Molfetta Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

9 Jun 49.7 Appointed Enrico Montalbetti † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

10 Jun Appointed John Angel Romaniello, M.M. † Prefect of Kweilin [Guilin], China

11 Jun 27.4 Ordained Priest Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

25.3 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Priest of Society of Priests of St. Sulpice Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)

26.4 Ordained Priest John A. Choi Jae-seon † Priest of Pusan, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Pusan, Korea (South)

24.7 Ordained Priest Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop of Kayes, Mali

59.1 Installed Rafael Lira Infante † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

25.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Louis André Ouellette † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

22.9 Ordained Priest Alessandro Piazza † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

57.3 Appointed Francis Joseph Tief † Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA

57.3 Resigned Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Louis-Albert Vachon † Priest of Québec, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard † Priest Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

12 Jun 25.0 Ordained Priest Francis Anthony Marrocco † Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop

13 Jun 70.9 Ordained Bishop Ilarino Felder, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras

62.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka

61.6 Appointed Eduard Graf O'Rourke † Titular Bishop of Sophene Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

61.6 Resigned Eduard Graf O'Rourke † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed Carlo Maria Splett † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

14 Jun 52.6 Appointed Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebela Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China

52.6 Appointed Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China

56.7 Appointed Terence Bernard McGuire † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

45.0 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} Bishop Emeritus of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

45.0 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Andropolis Bishop Emeritus of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

48.3 Appointed Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. † Bishop of Cuttack, India Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.9 Appointed Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Philae Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17 Jun Appointed Giovanni Enrico Mazoyer, O.M.I. † Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos

18 Jun Born Salvatore Boccaccio Roma Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

19 Jun 25.5 Ordained Priest Joseph A. Carroll † Priest of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. † Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, Swaziland

24.0 Ordained Priest Patrick Lennon † Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

20 Jun 51.4 Ordained Bishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Risinium Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada

21 Jun Born José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. Mineral de La Noria Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México

24 Jun Born Felix Alaba Adeosin Job Esure Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

25.6 Ordained Priest Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

25 Jun 80.0 Appointed Timothy J. Corbett † Titular Bishop of Vita Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

80.0 Retired Timothy J. Corbett † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Marian Dus Róza Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Born Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E. Valenza Po Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

35.8 Ordained Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Menelaites Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

26 Jun Born Victor Adibe Chikwe Ihitte Ezinihitte Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

24.6 Ordained Priest Julius Gábriš † Priest Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia

22.5 Ordained Priest Luigi Maffeo † Priest Archbishop of Italy, Military

23.4 Ordained Priest Costante Maltoni † Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Pakistan

24.0 Ordained Priest Rudolf Schmid Priest of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Jun 73.2 Died Francisco Alberti † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

Born Pietro Sambi Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

28 Jun Born Annetto Depasquale Qormi Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

Born Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. Muttuchira Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India

Born Antoine Ganyé Sedjé Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

29 Jun 30.1 Ordained Priest Mario Brini † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

25.9 Ordained Priest Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar

27.3 Ordained Priest Bruno Bernard Heim † Priest of Basel, Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

24.2 Ordained Priest Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

22.6 Ordained Priest Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois Priest of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

24.2 Ordained Priest Ugo Poletti † Priest of Novara, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru

23.7 Ordained Priest Mario Rossi † Priest Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Mario Schierano † Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

27.3 Ordained Priest Francesco Sanmartino † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

58.6 Ordained Bishop Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) † Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

24.6 Ordained Priest Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

30 Jun 39.4 Ordained Bishop Bernard William Griffin † Titular Bishop of Appia Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	56.3	Resigned	Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 May	68.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Ferrandina †	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
52.4	Ordained Bishop	William Aloysius Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pronti †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
57.2	Ordained Bishop	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	Born	James Vernon Weisgerber	Vibank	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2 May		Born	José Luis Amezcua Melgoza	Purépero	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
78.0	Died	Nicola Jezzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
4 May	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis Liagre †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
40.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Martin Ngô-dinh-Thuc †	Titular Bishop of Saesina	Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viêt Nam
	Appointed	Michele Agostino O’Connor, O.P. †	Prefect of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
5 May	72.8	Died	Giorgio Delrio †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
6 May		Born	Ildefonso Obama Obono	Kogo	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
7 May	37.4	Appointed	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop
37.4	Appointed	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Bishop of Talca, Chile
8 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
	Born	Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Alger	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
10 May		Born	Anthony Joseph O’Connell	Lisheen, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
13 May		Born	Iván Antonio Marín López	Jardin	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
14 May	34.0	Appointed	Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde †	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
15 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †	Bishop of León, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Michal Buzalka †	Titular Bishop of Cone	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia
22.6	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Priest of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
71.9	Appointed	Hermann Joseph Sträter †	Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
16 May	56.5	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Emerson John Moore †	New York	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
53.0	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
42.4	Appointed	Antonio Santin †	Bishop of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	45.0	Appointed	Albini Lafortune †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
18 May	50.7	Died	Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
20 May		Appointed	Alessandro Digard, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Iduhsien [Yiduxian], China
21 May	36.0	Appointed	Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
36.0	Appointed	Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hermonthis	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
	Appointed	Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. †	Prefect of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
	Appointed	Giacomo Giovanni M. Kusters, M.S.F. †	Prefect of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
	Appointed	Ferdinando Loy, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China
83.2	Resigned	Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Pedro Paulo Santos Songco †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
64.2	Succeeded	Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam
62.6	Resigned	Heribert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. †	Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Superior Emeritus
22 May		Born	Theo van Ruyven, C.M.	Rijswijk	Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
23 May	67.0	Died	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
28.6	Ordained Priest	Dominique-Marie Dinh-Duc-Tru †	Priest	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
	Born	Patrick Iteka †	Uponera	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
59.0	Appointed	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
59.0	Appointed	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Titular Bishop of Lebessus	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
24 May	43.1	Appointed	Czeslaw Kaczmarek †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Madriaga †	Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
25 May		Born	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.	Les Herbiers, France	Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
26 May	29.3	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Priest	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
39.3	Appointed	Bernard William Griffin †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
39.3	Appointed	Bernard William Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Citharizum	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
26.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
34.8	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
28 May	57.7	Appointed	John Henry King †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
57.7	Appointed	John Henry King †	Titular Bishop of Opus	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
29 May		Born	Max John Rodrigues	Karachi	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
30 May	54.1	Died	Igino Serci †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
31 May	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Réginald Duprat, O.P. †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Felice Herrmann, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation
1 Jun		Born	Carlo Caffarra	Samboseto di Busseto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
2 Jun		Born	Dieter Scholz, S.J.	Berlin	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
3 Jun		Appointed	Ladislaus Lombos, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Paoking [Baojing], China
4 Jun	25.3	Ordained Priest	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Hilary Baumann Hacker †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
5 Jun	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece
25.3	Ordained Priest	Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
6 Jun		Born	Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel	Edamattam	Archbishop of Raipur, India
60.1	Died	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	Born	Jonas Kauneckas	Troyoniškis	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
8 Jun		Born	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Molfetta	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
9 Jun	49.7	Appointed	Enrico Montalbetti †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
10 Jun		Appointed	John Angel Romaniello, M.M. †	Prefect of Kweilin [Guilin], China
11 Jun	27.4	Ordained Priest	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
25.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of St. Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
26.4	Ordained Priest	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Priest of Pusan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Pusan, Korea (South)
24.7	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Kayes, Mali
59.1	Installed	Rafael Lira Infante †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Louis André Ouellette †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
22.9	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Piazza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
57.3	Appointed	Francis Joseph Tief †	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
57.3	Resigned	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Priest of Québec, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard †	Priest	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
12 Jun	25.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Anthony Marrocco †	Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop
13 Jun	70.9	Ordained Bishop	Ilarino Felder, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras
62.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
61.6	Appointed	Eduard Graf O'Rourke †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
61.6	Resigned	Eduard Graf O'Rourke †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Splett †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
14 Jun	52.6	Appointed	Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebela	Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China
52.6	Appointed	Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China	Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China
56.7	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
45.0	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}	Bishop Emeritus of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.0	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Andropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
48.3	Appointed	Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.9	Appointed	Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Philae	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Enrico Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos
18 Jun		Born	Salvatore Boccaccio	Roma	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
19 Jun	25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph A. Carroll †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, Swaziland
24.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Lennon †	Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
21 Jun		Born	José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.	Mineral de La Noria	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
24 Jun		Born	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Esure	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
25.6	Ordained Priest	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
25 Jun	80.0	Appointed	Timothy J. Corbett †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
80.0	Retired	Timothy J. Corbett †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Marian Dus	Róza	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	Born	Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E.	Valenza Po	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
35.8	Ordained Bishop	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Menelaites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Jun		Born	Victor Adibe Chikwe	Ihitte Ezinihitte	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
24.6	Ordained Priest	Julius Gábriš †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maffeo †	Priest	Archbishop of Italy, Military
23.4	Ordained Priest	Costante Maltoni †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Pakistan
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Schmid	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	73.2	Died	Francisco Alberti †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	Born	Pietro Sambi	Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
28 Jun		Born	Annetto Depasquale	Qormi	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	Born	Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap.	Muttuchira	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India
	Born	Antoine Ganyé	Sedjé	Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
29 Jun	30.1	Ordained Priest	Mario Brini †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
25.9	Ordained Priest	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
27.3	Ordained Priest	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
24.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
22.6	Ordained Priest	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois	Priest of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
24.2	Ordained Priest	Ugo Poletti †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
23.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Rossi †	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Schierano †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
27.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Sanmartino †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) †	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
24.6	Ordained Priest	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Jun	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard William Griffin †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

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