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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	26.5	Ordained Priest	Tod David Brown	Priest of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
	63.3	Selected	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Bishop
	45.3	Selected	Clément Ignace Mansourati †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop
	63.7	Selected	Flavien Zacharie Melki †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.8	Ordained Priest	John Thomas Steinbock †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
2 May	46.8	Appointed	Filippo Tiago Broers, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caravelas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Abele Conigli †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
3 May		Born	Andrzej Jeż	Limanowa	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
5 May	31.1	Ordained Priest	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Official of the Secretariat of State
7 May		Born	Aleksandr Kan, S.J.	Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Superior Emeritus of Kyrgyzstan
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Theissing †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
9 May	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
	78.5	Died	Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	48.3	Appointed	Thomas Ryan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	84.5	Died	Jean-Marie Vittoz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France
10 May	60.9	Appointed	José Luis Castro Cabrera †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
	83.2	Appointed	Salomão Barbosa Ferraz †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna
	57.8	Appointed	José de Medeiros Delgado †	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nusco, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	39.7	Appointed	David Picão †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	39.7	Appointed	David Picão †	Titular Bishop of Thois	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.5	Appointed	Alberto Rencoret Donoso †	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
11 May	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Cunial †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Urima	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jesus J. Sison †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
12 May		Born	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Vimeiro, Lourinhã	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
13 May	78.0	Died	Luigi Hudal †	Titular Bishop of Aela
	57.7	Appointed	Leo Richard Smith †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
14 May	78.6	Appointed	Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Sergentza	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay
	78.6	Retired	Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Died	Paul Tkotsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
15 May	45.6	Appointed	Jean Hermil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
	45.6	Appointed	Jean Hermil †	Titular Bishop of Marida	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nguyen-Ðình Nhiên †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viêt Nam
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Oyanga	Priest of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
16 May	26.1	Ordained Priest	Roger William Gries, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 May	30.0	Ordained Priest	Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I.	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India
19 May		Born	Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo
	78.1	Died	Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
20 May		Born	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
21 May	43.3	Appointed	René Audet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	43.3	Appointed	René Audet †	Titular Bishop of Chonochora	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	41.0	Appointed	Paul-Émile Charbonneau	Bishop of Hull, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Garcia Ayala	Auxiliary Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Garcia Ayala	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Bishop Emeritus of Campeche, México
	70.2	Died	Roberto José Tavella, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
	55.1	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	55.1	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
22 May	55.0	Appointed	Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Appointed	Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard †	Titular Bishop of Berrhoea	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	75.1	Retired	Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
23 May	26.8	Ordained Priest	Karl Hesse, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	69.8	Appointed	Robert Picard de la Vacquerie †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
	69.8	Resigned	Robert Picard de la Vacquerie †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Succeeded	Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †	Bishop of Orléans, France
24 May	92.9	Died	Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
25 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Nunzio Latino	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	46.6	Appointed	Giovanni Melis Fois †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	William Kenneth Weigand	Priest of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
	26.7	Ordained Priest	James Kendrick Williams	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
26 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Zdzislaw Fortuniak	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Rossi †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	23.6	Ordained Priest	Zenon Grocholewski	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
		Born	Anthony Muheria	Kaburugi	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya
	39.1	Appointed	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
	39.1	Appointed	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
	48.6	Selected	Mesrob Terzian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
28 May	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	63.7	Died	José Maria Cavallero †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	65.8	Died	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 May	44.4	Appointed	Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil
	50.1	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Michael De Falco †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	22.5	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
1 Jun	25.6	Ordained Priest	John Charles Dunne	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.	Mizque	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Martin Luluga	Priest of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Timothy Anthony McDonnell	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Kenneth Edward Untener †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
	25.1	Ordained Priest	James Vernon Weisgerber	Priest of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2 Jun	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Franco Costa †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Célestin Nkou †	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
	75.6	Ordained Bishop	Adam Sawicki †	Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Bernard Szlaga	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can †	Titular Archbishop of Aela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
3 Jun	81.5	Died	Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Jun	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
9 Jun	26.7	Ordained Priest	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Kwangju, Korea (South)
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Abele Conigli †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
	31.8	Ordained Priest	Benedict John Osta, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India
10 Jun	61.6	Died	Félix Guiller †	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
11 Jun	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Jun	23.5	Ordained Priest	Nándor Bosák	Priest	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
	47.8	Installed	Lawrence Michael De Falco †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Raymond John Lahey	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
14 Jun	81.4	Died	Luciano Pérez Platero †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
16 Jun	25.0	Ordained Priest	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F.	Priest	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
	24.2	Ordained Priest	László Dankó †	Priest	Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F.	Priest	Bishop of Apatzingan, Michoacán, México
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ryan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Ryczan	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	49.4	Died	Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
20 Jun	93.3	Died	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Jacques Ishaq	Priest	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	72.4	Died	John Francis Norton †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
	53.4	Succeeded	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
21 Jun	65.7	Elected	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Lajos Pápai	Priest of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop
22 Jun	39.8	Installed	David Picão †	Titular Bishop of Thois	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Jun	22.6	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Baláž †	Priest of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Stefan Cichy	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Bishop of Legnica, Poland
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Dziwisz	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Wladyslaw Jedruszuk †	Titular Bishop of Clysma	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Kembo Mamputu	Priest of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	John Kirby	Priest	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Priest of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Rakoczy	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
		Born	Luciano Russo	Lusciano, Italy	Official of the Secretariat of State
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Zając	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
24 Jun	57.6	Died	Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Anacleto Sima Ngua	Priest of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jun	34.3	Appointed	Bogdan Bejze †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	34.3	Appointed	Bogdan Bejze †	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	65.3	Appointed	Francesco Fasola †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Norman Joseph Gallagher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canada, Military	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
	46.1	Appointed	Norman Joseph Gallagher †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
	47.9	Appointed	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
	47.9	Appointed	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
	43.3	Appointed	Laurent Noël	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	43.3	Appointed	Laurent Noël	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	55.9	Appointed	Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
	49.4	Appointed	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
	53.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	53.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm †	Titular Bishop of Saccaea	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	52.5	Appointed	Jan Zareba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop
	52.5	Appointed	Jan Zareba †	Titular Bishop of Bitylius	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
27 Jun	74.4	Died	James Staunton †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
28 Jun	73.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Schiavini †	Titular Archbishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Jun	28.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lafontant	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Auxiliary Bishop
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Macheiner †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	28.0	Ordained Priest	José Martins da Silva, S.D.N.	Priest of Other	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Paul John Marx, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Enrico Masseroni	Priest	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Marius Ouédraogo †	Priest	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Priest of Savannakhet, Laos	Vicar Apostolic
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Metod Pirih	Priest of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Engelbert Siebler	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi	Priest of Udine, Italy	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Agostino Superbo	Priest	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Priest of Savannakhet, Laos	Vicar Apostolic
30 Jun	24.2	Ordained Priest	Michael Gower Coleman †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi †	Priest	Bishop of Aného, Togo
	59.7	Appointed	Renato Luisi †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.8	Installed	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	25.0	Ordained Priest	César Ramón Ortega Herrera	Priest	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Paciello	Priest	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo