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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
May43.1RemovedWojciech Stanisław OlszowskiApostolic AdministratorPriest of Lviv, Ukraine
43.1RemovedWojciech Stanisław OlszowskiTitular Bishop of AthribisPriest of Lviv, Ukraine
1 May BornDarci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.0Ordained BishopAngelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †Bishop of Arua, UgandaBishop Emeritus
2 May37.6AppointedAlfred BengschAuxiliary Bishop of Berlin, GermanyCardinal, Bishop
37.6AppointedAlfred BengschTitular Bishop of TubiaCardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
BornPaul Fitzpatrick RussellAuxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 May BornVincenzo PisanelloBishop of Oria, Italy
4 May62.6SucceededPaul-Léon-Jean ChevalierBishop of Le Mans, FranceBishop Emeritus
86.9DiedGeorges-François-Xavier-Marie GrenteCardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
80.4DiedPeter Janser, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Indore, India
5 May BornMiguel Ángel Martínez MéndezVicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala
7 May BornAlphonsus CullinanBishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
34.7Ordained BishopSerafim Fernandes de AraújoTitular Bishop of VerinopolisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.5Ordained PriestWilliam Benedict FriendPriest of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USABishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
35.6Ordained PriestJoseph Lawson HowzePriest of Raleigh, North Carolina, USABishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
70.2DiedCrisanto Luque y SánchezCardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
64.4DiedJoseph-Jean-Yves MarcadéBishop Emeritus of Laval, France
44.7InstalledAlfonso NiehuesCoadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 May BornJames ThoppilBishop of Kohima, India
9 May39.6AppointedJosé Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
42.5AppointedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, BrazilBishop of Ischia, Italy
42.5AppointedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Titular Bishop of CentenariaBishop of Ischia, Italy
BornJuan Manuel Toro VallejoBishop of Girardota, Colombia
10 MayBornJean-Marie Benoît BallaBishop of Bafia, Cameroon
BornAlmeida Kanda (Canda)Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola
11 May53.3AppointedMichael a Jesu Nardone, O.SS.T. †Minister General of Order of the Most Holy TrinityMinister General Emeritus
42.7Ordained BishopJuan Nicolasora NilmarTitular Bishop of ZaparaBishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
12 May BornMark DaviesBishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
14 May48.1AppointedRaymond-Marie-Joseph Vayron de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Mouila, GabonBishop Emeritus
64.8AppointedPaul Aijirô YamaguchiArchbishop of Nagasaki, JapanArchbishop Emeritus
15 May79.0AppointedJoseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of AbaradiraBishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
79.0RetiredJoseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Moshi, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
72.0AppointedWilliam Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †Titular Archbishop of LemnusArchbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
72.0ResignedWilliam Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †Archbishop of Cape Coast, GhanaArchbishop Emeritus
42.2AppointedVenedictos PrintesisArchbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus
42.2AppointedVenedictos PrintesisApostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
42.2AppointedVenedictos PrintesisApostolic Administrator of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
BornCharles Jude SciclunaArchbishop of Malta
16 May54.9AppointedGiuseppe BonaciniBishop of Bertinoro, Italy
54.4AppointedJohn Joseph MaguireAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USACoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
54.4AppointedJohn Joseph MaguireTitular Bishop of AntiphraeCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
20.6ProfessedVijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.Member of Carmelites of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
80.5AppointedFerdinand de PiontekApostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
80.5AppointedFerdinand de PiontekTitular Bishop of BarcaApostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
17 May BornAnand JojoBishop of Hazaribag, India
24.2Ordained PriestGilberto Fernández del VillarPriest of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
47.3Ordained BishopAnthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Umuahia, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
45.7Ordained BishopCristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo PenaBishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
18 May67.5AppointedLuis Concha CórdobaArchbishop of Bogotá, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.8Ordained BishopHenri-Martin-Félix JennyTitular Bishop of LycaoniaArchbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
45.0Ordained BishopMarcelo Mendiharat PommiesTitular Bishop of ZertaBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
19 May67.5AppointedLuis Concha CórdobaBishop of Colombia, MilitaryCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
BornSergio Alfredo FenoyArchbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
28.0Ordained PriestEugene John GerberPriest of Wichita, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus
49.6Ordained BishopRobert Emmet TracyTitular Bishop of SergentzaBishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
20 May44.5AppointedGiuseppe (Joseph) CaprioApostolic Internuncio to ChinaCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
61.8AppointedHenryk GrzondzielAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
61.8AppointedHenryk GrzondzielTitular Bishop of AthribisAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
54.5AppointedGeorges JacquotCoadjutor Bishop of Gap, FranceArchbishop of Marseille, France
54.5AppointedGeorges JacquotTitular Bishop of Irenopolis in CiliciaArchbishop of Marseille, France
BornJoseph SpiteriApostolic Nuncio to México
21 May46.6AppointedFranz Janssen, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, EthiopiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.6AppointedFranz Janssen, C.M. †Titular Bishop of CoelianaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
80.0DiedJan (Johannes) Nepomuk RemigerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
23 May23.6Ordained PriestBruno BertagnaPriest of Piacenza, ItalyVice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
25.5Ordained PriestThomas Ludger DupréPriest of Springfield in Massachusetts, USABishop Emeritus
35.9Ordained PriestRené Henry GracidaPriest of Order of Saint BenedictBishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26.3Ordained PriestEdmund Fairbanks McCaffreyPriest of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
52.2AppointedGiuseppe PaupiniApostolic Nuncio to ColombiaCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
26.5Ordained PriestAnthony Michael PillaPriest of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus
26.8Ordained PriestTiago PostmaPriest of Haarlem, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
75.0AppointedJesús Villareal y FierroBishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
24 May26.6Ordained PriestCharles CaruanaPriest of GibraltarBishop Emeritus
58.8Ordained BishopAmand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of SaisVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
22.9Ordained PriestJean-Claude TurcottePriest of Montréal, Québec, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
BornJosé Trinidad Zapata OrtizBishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
25 May64.4AppointedLucio Torreblanca y TapiaArchbishop of Durango, México
27 May48.8SucceededJavier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, PeruAuxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
75.7DiedJosé María García Graín, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
48.7AppointedIgnace Antoine II HayekArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), SyriaPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
28 May66.9DiedJan Piotr StepaBishop of Tarnów, Poland
27.7Ordained PriestJoseph Edward TroyPriest of Bathurst in Canada, New BrunswickBishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
29 May39.3AppointedAlphonse Chantoux, C.Ss.R. †Prefect of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina FasoPrefect Emeritus
30 May25.7Ordained PriestWilliam Leo HigiPriest of Lafayette in Indiana, USABishop Emeritus
46.0AppointedOthon MottaCoadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
27.1Ordained PriestMatthew Francis UstrzyckiPriest of Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
BornBruno Elizeu VersariBishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
31 May BornVlado KošićBishop of Sisak, Croatia
79.1DiedJules LecouvetAuxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
51.3Ordained BishopPierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of HyllarimaBishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
39.3Ordained BishopJuan Félix Pepén y SolimanBishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
44.4Ordained Bishop[Mathew Wang Wei-ming]Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], ChinaBishop Emeritus
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