The Year of Our Lord 1949

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 60.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes † Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum Archbishop of Delhi, India

35.8 Ordained Bishop Venmani S. Selvanather † Bishop of Salem, India Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

2 May 81.0 Died Giuseppe Angelucci † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain

3 May 42.7 Appointed Wilhelm Kempf † Bishop of Limburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

4 May 53.6 Ordained Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bellary, India

43.8 Ordained Bishop Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

5 May 48.3 Appointed Edwin Pinto, S.J. † Bishop of Ahmedabad, India Bishop Emeritus

6 May Born Protógenes José Luft, S.C. Palmeira das Missões Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

7 May 47.9 Appointed Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo † Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

47.9 Appointed Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

45.2 Appointed Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

45.2 Appointed Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Marida Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

49.4 Appointed Arturo Duque Villegas † Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

49.4 Appointed Arturo Duque Villegas † Titular Bishop of Vatarba Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

26.0 Ordained Priest Donald William Montrose † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

8 May 83.4 Died John Joseph Carroll † Bishop of Lismore, Australia

61.4 Ordained Bishop Czeslaw Falkowski † Bishop of Łomża, Poland

53.4 Succeeded Patrick Joseph Farrelly † Bishop of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus

Born Óscar González Villa Alcalá Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Girardota, Colombia

11 May 73.7 Died Maximino Ruiz y Flores † Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México

12 May 59.7 Appointed Andrew Alexis D'Souza † Bishop of Poona, India Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Jacques Grent, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia

72.8 Appointed Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

Born Philippe Ranaivomanana Sarobatra Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

49.4 Appointed José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

49.4 Appointed José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ampora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

14 May 64.3 Appointed Cesare Marie Guerrero † Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Léon Lommel † Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Léon Lommel † Titular Bishop of Nephelis Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

36.2 Appointed Alejandro Olalia † Coadjutor Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

36.2 Appointed Alejandro Olalia † Titular Bishop of Zela Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

42.3 Appointed Thomas Bernard Pearson † Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

42.3 Appointed Thomas Bernard Pearson † Titular Bishop of Sinda Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

49.9 Appointed Joseph Edward Rudderham † Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

Born Giovanni Santucci Pietrasanta Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy

36.1 Appointed João de Souza Lima † Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

36.1 Appointed João de Souza Lima † Titular Bishop of Derbe Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

16 May Born Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. † Coxilha Rica Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

49.5 Appointed John Benjamin Grellinger † Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed John Benjamin Grellinger † Titular Bishop of Syene Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

53.8 Resigned Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 May 40.5 Ordained Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Belali Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

18 May 40.8 Appointed Emilio Biancheri † Bishop of Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy

Born Joseph Robert Cistone Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

19 May 49.5 Appointed Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye Khombe Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi

21 May Born Jean-Pierre Blais Saint-Anselme Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

62.4 Appointed Francesco Lardone † Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey

62.4 Appointed Francesco Lardone † Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey

62.4 Appointed Francesco Lardone † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey

22 May 22.4 Ordained Priest Jaume Camprodon Rovira Priest Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

65.7 Ordained Bishop José María García Graín, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

37.8 Installed John Patrick O'Loughlin, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

47.8 Ordained Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

43.2 Ordained Bishop Egidio Vagnozzi † Titular Archbishop of Myra Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

23 May Born Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Steubenville, OH Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

24 May Born Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. Nkué-Esandon Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea

26 May 49.1 Appointed Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.0 Appointed René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

44.0 Appointed René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dura Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

51.7 Ordained Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Agbia Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

72.4 Died Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

27.5 Ordained Priest Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Titular Bishop of Mariamme

76.2 Died Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28 May 42.8 Confirmed Wilhelm Kempf † Bishop of Limburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Matteo Guido Sperandeo † Auxiliary Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy

40.7 Appointed Matteo Guido Sperandeo † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy

29 May 60.8 Appointed Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva † Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

44.3 Ordained Bishop Lucien Bernard Lacoste † Bishop of Tali [Dali], China Bishop Emeritus

30 May 55.6 Appointed Piotr Kalwa † Bishop of Lublin, Poland

Born Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro, Paraguay

75.2 Died Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

31 May 50.4 Succeeded James Donald Scanlan † Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

92.2 Died John Toner † Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

1 Jun Born Michael Joseph Hoeppner Winona Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

2 Jun 24.1 Ordained Priest Zekarias Yohannes Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea Bishop Emeritus

3 Jun Appointed Oscar Cremers, O.F.M. † Prefect of Hollandia, Indonesia

26.0 Ordained Priest Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania

78.8 Died Ambrose James Moriarty † Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

43.5 Succeeded John Aloysius Murphy † Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

4 Jun 26.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Thomas Dimino Priest of New York, New York, USA Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

25.5 Ordained Priest Anthony Francis Mestice Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Joseph Fred Naumann Saint Louis Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

49.4 Appointed Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

5 Jun 23.9 Ordained Priest Robert Healy † Priest of Ossory, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia

Born José Nambi Londijimbo-Quinjemje Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola

Born Julian Charles Porteous Sydney Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia

35.7 Ordained Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório † Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

25.6 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

6 Jun Born Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B. Periya Kolappalur Bishop of Vellore, India

30.0 Ordained Priest Paul Joseph Pham Ðình Tung Priest Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam

7 Jun 28.0 Ordained Priest Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. † Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania

26.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Alphonse McNicholas † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

9 Jun 47.9 Appointed Ignatius Kung Pin-mei † Bishop of Soochow [Suzhou], China Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

33.7 Appointed Simon Lei Chang-hsia † Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

43.6 Appointed Paul Ten Gan-lin † Bishop of Kiating [Leshan], China

41.3 Appointed Matthias Tuan In-Min † Bishop of Wanhsien [Wanxian], China

10 Jun 58.5 Appointed Bertalan Badalik, O.P. † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

49.6 Appointed Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop of Lodi, Italy

49.6 Appointed Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Bishop of Lodi, Italy

11 Jun 26.0 Ordained Priest Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

26.8 Ordained Priest Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

23.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Guy Hamelin Priest of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada

25.3 Ordained Priest Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

25.2 Ordained Priest John Gavin Nolan † Priest of Albany, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

25.6 Ordained Priest Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iran

24.7 Ordained Priest Leonard James Wall † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

12 Jun Born George Joseph Lucas Saint Louis Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Dominik Tóth Priest of Trnava, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia

14 Jun 60.6 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Gazera Apostolic Delegate to Korea

Born Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. London Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

16 Jun 22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio Cantisani Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

57.5 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Groen, M.S.F. † Titular Bishop of Sbida Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

37.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Callipolis Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17 Jun 49.2 Appointed Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cissi Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}

Born Frederick Joseph Colli Saint Catharines Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

18 Jun Appointed Giuseppe Khantzian † Ordinary of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)

42.8 Appointed Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. † Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

19 Jun 32.7 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Boguslaw Blazkiewicz † Priest of Przemyśl, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

25.4 Ordained Priest Francis Gerard Brooks Priest of Dromore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

Born Michael Richard Cote Sanford Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA

23.7 Ordained Priest José Freire Falcão Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Chucrallah Harb Priest Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

23.0 Ordained Priest Kevin McNamara † Priest Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

49.6 Ordained Bishop Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Michael Murphy † Priest of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop

24.5 Ordained Priest Diarmaid (Dermot) O'Súilleabháin (O'Sullivan) † Priest Bishop of Kerry, Ireland

21 Jun 40.0 Appointed Isaac Ghattas † Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

45.8 Appointed Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

22 Jun 44.5 Appointed Franz Sales Zauner † Coadjutor Bishop of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Franz Sales Zauner † Titular Bishop of Fata Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

26 Jun 22.9 Ordained Priest Agostino Cacciavillan Priest of Vicenza, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

29.1 Ordained Priest Jan Mazur Priest of Lublin, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland

27.4 Ordained Priest François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

23.5 Ordained Priest Crescênzio Rinaldini Priest Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

27 Jun Born Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit Ban Rak Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

28 Jun Born David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Marathon Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

29 Jun 48.0 Ordained Bishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

23.6 Ordained Priest Vittorio Bernardetto † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

25.6 Ordained Priest Ivan Choma † Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland Titular Bishop of Patara

45.1 Ordained Bishop Felix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.1 Ordained Priest Enzio d'Antonio Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy

34.4 Ordained Priest Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger † Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Ordained Bishop Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Titular Bishop of Priene Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

33.9 Ordained Priest Karl Borromäus Flügel † Priest of Regensburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. † Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Baia Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

55.7 Ordained Bishop Piotr Kalwa † Bishop of Lublin, Poland

56.4 Ordained Bishop Léon Lommel † Titular Bishop of Nephelis Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

24.8 Ordained Priest Alphonsus Liguori Penney Priest of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

29.5 Ordained Priest Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

22.8 Ordained Priest Luciano Storero † Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

37.7 Ordained Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bure Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon

53.3 Ordained Bishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. † Bishop of Cuttack, India

24.5 Ordained Priest Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

30 Jun 93.2 Died José Amador Velasco y Peña † Bishop of Colima, Colima, México

Born Franco Giulio Brambilla Missaglia Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

58.7 Succeeded Ignacio de Alba y Hernández † Bishop of Colima, Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Ordained Bishop Francesco Lardone † Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum	Archbishop of Delhi, India
35.8	Ordained Bishop	Venmani S. Selvanather †	Bishop of Salem, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
2 May	81.0	Died	Giuseppe Angelucci †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
3 May	42.7	Appointed	Wilhelm Kempf †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	53.6	Ordained Bishop	John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bellary, India
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
5 May	48.3	Appointed	Edwin Pinto, S.J. †	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
6 May		Born	Protógenes José Luft, S.C.	Palmeira das Missões	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
7 May	47.9	Appointed	Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
47.9	Appointed	Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
45.2	Appointed	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
45.2	Appointed	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Marida	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
49.4	Appointed	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
49.4	Appointed	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Donald William Montrose †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
8 May	83.4	Died	John Joseph Carroll †	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Czeslaw Falkowski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
53.4	Succeeded	Patrick Joseph Farrelly †	Bishop of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Óscar González Villa	Alcalá	Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Girardota, Colombia
11 May	73.7	Died	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
12 May	59.7	Appointed	Andrew Alexis D'Souza †	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Jacques Grent, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
72.8	Appointed	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
	Born	Philippe Ranaivomanana	Sarobatra	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
49.4	Appointed	José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
49.4	Appointed	José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ampora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
14 May	64.3	Appointed	Cesare Marie Guerrero †	Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Léon Lommel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Léon Lommel †	Titular Bishop of Nephelis	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
36.2	Appointed	Alejandro Olalia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
36.2	Appointed	Alejandro Olalia †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
42.3	Appointed	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
42.3	Appointed	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Titular Bishop of Sinda	Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
49.9	Appointed	Joseph Edward Rudderham †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Giovanni Santucci	Pietrasanta	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
36.1	Appointed	João de Souza Lima †	Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
36.1	Appointed	João de Souza Lima †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
16 May		Born	Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. †	Coxilha Rica	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
49.5	Appointed	John Benjamin Grellinger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	John Benjamin Grellinger †	Titular Bishop of Syene	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
53.8	Resigned	Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 May	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 May	40.8	Appointed	Emilio Biancheri †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	Born	Joseph Robert Cistone	Philadelphia	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 May	49.5	Appointed	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye	Khombe	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
21 May		Born	Jean-Pierre Blais	Saint-Anselme	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
62.4	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey
62.4	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey
62.4	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey
22 May	22.4	Ordained Priest	Jaume Camprodon Rovira	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
65.7	Ordained Bishop	José María García Graín, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
37.8	Installed	John Patrick O'Loughlin, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
23 May		Born	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Steubenville, OH	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
24 May		Born	Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.	Nkué-Esandon	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
26 May	49.1	Appointed	Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
44.0	Appointed	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
72.4	Died	Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
27.5	Ordained Priest	Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Titular Bishop of Mariamme
76.2	Died	Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 May	42.8	Confirmed	Wilhelm Kempf †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy
40.7	Appointed	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy
29 May	60.8	Appointed	Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva †	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Lucien Bernard Lacoste †	Bishop of Tali [Dali], China	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	55.6	Appointed	Piotr Kalwa †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	Born	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.		Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro, Paraguay
75.2	Died	Emmanuel Célestin Suhard †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
31 May	50.4	Succeeded	James Donald Scanlan †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
92.2	Died	John Toner †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Jun		Born	Michael Joseph Hoeppner	Winona	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
2 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Zekarias Yohannes	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun		Appointed	Oscar Cremers, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Hollandia, Indonesia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
78.8	Died	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
43.5	Succeeded	John Aloysius Murphy †	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
4 Jun	26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Thomas Dimino	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
25.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Francis Mestice	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Fred Naumann	Saint Louis	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
49.4	Appointed	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5 Jun	23.9	Ordained Priest	Robert Healy †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
	Born	José Nambi	Londijimbo-Quinjemje	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
	Born	Julian Charles Porteous	Sydney	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
35.7	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
25.6	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
6 Jun		Born	Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B.	Periya Kolappalur	Bishop of Vellore, India
30.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Pham Ðình Tung	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
7 Jun	28.0	Ordained Priest	Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania
26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
9 Jun	47.9	Appointed	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei †	Bishop of Soochow [Suzhou], China	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
33.7	Appointed	Simon Lei Chang-hsia †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
43.6	Appointed	Paul Ten Gan-lin †	Bishop of Kiating [Leshan], China
41.3	Appointed	Matthias Tuan In-Min †	Bishop of Wanhsien [Wanxian], China
10 Jun	58.5	Appointed	Bertalan Badalik, O.P. †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
49.6	Appointed	Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
49.6	Appointed	Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
11 Jun	26.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26.8	Ordained Priest	Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
23.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Guy Hamelin	Priest of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
25.3	Ordained Priest	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
25.2	Ordained Priest	John Gavin Nolan †	Priest of Albany, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
25.6	Ordained Priest	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iran
24.7	Ordained Priest	Leonard James Wall †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12 Jun		Born	George Joseph Lucas	Saint Louis	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Dominik Tóth	Priest of Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
14 Jun	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gazera	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
	Born	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	London	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
16 Jun	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Cantisani	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Groen, M.S.F. †	Titular Bishop of Sbida	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
37.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jun	49.2	Appointed	Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}
	Born	Frederick Joseph Colli	Saint Catharines	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
18 Jun		Appointed	Giuseppe Khantzian †	Ordinary of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)
42.8	Appointed	Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
19 Jun	32.7	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Boguslaw Blazkiewicz †	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
25.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Gerard Brooks	Priest of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Michael Richard Cote	Sanford	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
23.7	Ordained Priest	José Freire Falcão	Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Chucrallah Harb	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
23.0	Ordained Priest	Kevin McNamara †	Priest	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Murphy †	Priest of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop
24.5	Ordained Priest	Diarmaid (Dermot) O'Súilleabháin (O'Sullivan) †	Priest	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
21 Jun	40.0	Appointed	Isaac Ghattas †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
45.8	Appointed	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jun	44.5	Appointed	Franz Sales Zauner †	Coadjutor Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Franz Sales Zauner †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
26 Jun	22.9	Ordained Priest	Agostino Cacciavillan	Priest of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
29.1	Ordained Priest	Jan Mazur	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
27.4	Ordained Priest	François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
23.5	Ordained Priest	Crescênzio Rinaldini	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Jun		Born	Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit	Ban Rak	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
28 Jun		Born	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Marathon	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
29 Jun	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
23.6	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Bernardetto †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
25.6	Ordained Priest	Ivan Choma †	Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Titular Bishop of Patara
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Felix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.1	Ordained Priest	Enzio d'Antonio	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
34.4	Ordained Priest	Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger †	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
33.9	Ordained Priest	Karl Borromäus Flügel †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Baia	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Kalwa †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Léon Lommel †	Titular Bishop of Nephelis	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
24.8	Ordained Priest	Alphonsus Liguori Penney	Priest of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
29.5	Ordained Priest	Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
22.8	Ordained Priest	Luciano Storero †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
37.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India
24.5	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
30 Jun	93.2	Died	José Amador Velasco y Peña †	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
	Born	Franco Giulio Brambilla	Missaglia	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
58.7	Succeeded	Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Lardone †	Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey

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