The Year of Our Lord 1967

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 48.4 Ordained Bishop André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet † Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † Titular Bishop of Baliana Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

84.8 Died Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon

2 May 55.4 Installed Thomas Joseph McDonough † Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Archbishop Emeritus

5 May 44.4 Appointed Juan José Gerardi Conedera † Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

50.3 Appointed Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. † Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Jules Zerey Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria

6 May 39.6 Appointed Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly Titular Archbishop of Kaskar dei Caldie Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

7 May 45.9 Ordained Bishop Carlos González Cruchaga Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus

8 May 75.1 Appointed Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India

75.1 Retired Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

57.9 Appointed Isaac Ghattas † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop

47.3 Appointed Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

52.3 Died Vincente Puchol Montis † Bishop of Santander, Spain

9 May 39.0 Appointed Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Bishop Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

10 May 56.9 Installed José de Jesús Garcia Ayala Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México Bishop Emeritus

11 May 50.1 Ordained Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † Titular Bishop of Mozotcori Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

54.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Hernández Gallegos † Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México

12 May 64.9 Died Joseph Gerald Berry † Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

13 May 25.5 Ordained Priest Daniel Joseph Bohan Priest of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

77.0 Appointed Justin Daniel Simonds † Titular Archbishop of Libertina Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

77.0 Retired Justin Daniel Simonds † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

14 May 49.4 Ordained Bishop Roberto Carniello † Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy

48.5 Ordained Bishop Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli Titular Bishop of Fidenae Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

52.2 Ordained Bishop Aldo Gobbi † Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy

44.0 Ordained Bishop Chucrallah Harb Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

24.7 Ordained Priest Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

52.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Salamé † Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

45.6 Ordained Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. † Titular Bishop of Sesta Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

15 May 53.6 Appointed Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † Bishop of France, Military Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

17 May 60.6 Appointed Ernesto Civardi † Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops

28.6 Ordained Priest Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India

64.2 Appointed Joseph Schröffer † Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

18 May 41.3 Appointed Antonio Briva Mirabent † Bishop of Astorga, Spain

48.8 Appointed Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Titular Bishop of Claternae Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

88.5 Died Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Archbishop

52.7 Succeeded Alfonso Niehues † Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

44.2 Ordained Bishop Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Sidyma Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

20 May 26.1 Ordained Priest David John James Monroe Priest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

24.7 Ordained Priest Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez Priest Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

21 May 39.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela

42.3 Ordained Bishop Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † Titular Bishop of Columnata Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military

45.7 Ordained Bishop Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens † Titular Bishop of Lapda Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

25 May 42.0 Appointed Fernando Ariztía Ruiz † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile

42.0 Appointed Fernando Ariztía Ruiz † Titular Bishop of Timici Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile

74.6 Died Giovanni Battista Bosio † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

40.5 Ordained Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Prelate Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru

52.9 Appointed Józef Drzazga † Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland Bishop

25.1 Ordained Priest Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

33.1 Ordained Priest Patrick O'Donoghue Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

25.2 Ordained Priest Richard Stephen Seminack Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

59.3 Died Pietro Sigismondi † Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

26 May 53.8 Appointed Geoffrey Burke † Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Geoffrey Burke † Titular Bishop of Vagrauta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

49.7 Appointed Cahal Brendan Daly Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

27 May 52.6 Appointed Amelio Poggi † Titular Archbishop of Cercina Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

52.6 Appointed Amelio Poggi † Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

52.6 Appointed Amelio Poggi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

25.1 Ordained Priest Gerald Thomas Walsh Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

28 May 61.0 Appointed Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard † Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

29 May 51.2 Appointed Glennon Patrick Flavin † Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 May 33.7 Ordained Priest Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas Priest Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Born Anton Leichtfried Scheibbs Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

49.1 Ordained Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil

31 May 53.1 Appointed Gerard Louis Frey † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

44.8 Appointed Mariano Gaviola y Garcés † Titular Bishop of Girba Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

44.8 Resigned Mariano Gaviola y Garcés † Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

55.6 Appointed Pierre Samain † Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

55.6 Appointed Pierre Samain † Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	48.4	Ordained Bishop	André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros †	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
84.8	Died	Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
2 May	55.4	Installed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
5 May	44.4	Appointed	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
50.3	Appointed	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Jules Zerey	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
6 May	39.6	Appointed	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly	Titular Archbishop of Kaskar dei Caldie	Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
7 May	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos González Cruchaga	Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	75.1	Appointed	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India
75.1	Retired	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
57.9	Appointed	Isaac Ghattas †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
47.3	Appointed	Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M.	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
52.3	Died	Vincente Puchol Montis †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
9 May	39.0	Appointed	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
10 May	56.9	Installed	José de Jesús Garcia Ayala	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Hernández Gallegos †	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
12 May	64.9	Died	Joseph Gerald Berry †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
13 May	25.5	Ordained Priest	Daniel Joseph Bohan	Priest of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
77.0	Appointed	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Titular Archbishop of Libertina	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
77.0	Retired	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
14 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Carniello †	Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum	Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli	Titular Bishop of Fidenae	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Gobbi †	Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum	Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Chucrallah Harb	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
24.7	Ordained Priest	Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Salamé †	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Titular Bishop of Sesta	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 May	53.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Clément Badré †	Bishop of France, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
17 May	60.6	Appointed	Ernesto Civardi †	Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
28.6	Ordained Priest	Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India
64.2	Appointed	Joseph Schröffer †	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
18 May	41.3	Appointed	Antonio Briva Mirabent †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
48.8	Appointed	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
88.5	Died	Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop
52.7	Succeeded	Alfonso Niehues †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
20 May	26.1	Ordained Priest	David John James Monroe	Priest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
24.7	Ordained Priest	Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez	Priest	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
21 May	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens †	Titular Bishop of Lapda	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
25 May	42.0	Appointed	Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
42.0	Appointed	Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
74.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Bosio †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
40.5	Ordained Bishop	James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Prelate Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
52.9	Appointed	Józef Drzazga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland	Bishop
25.1	Ordained Priest	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
33.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick O'Donoghue	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
25.2	Ordained Priest	Richard Stephen Seminack	Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
59.3	Died	Pietro Sigismondi †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
26 May	53.8	Appointed	Geoffrey Burke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Geoffrey Burke †	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
49.7	Appointed	Cahal Brendan Daly	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
27 May	52.6	Appointed	Amelio Poggi †	Titular Archbishop of Cercina	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
52.6	Appointed	Amelio Poggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
52.6	Appointed	Amelio Poggi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
25.1	Ordained Priest	Gerald Thomas Walsh	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
28 May	61.0	Appointed	Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard †	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
29 May	51.2	Appointed	Glennon Patrick Flavin †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	33.7	Ordained Priest	Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas	Priest	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	Born	Anton Leichtfried	Scheibbs	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
31 May	53.1	Appointed	Gerard Louis Frey †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
44.8	Appointed	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Titular Bishop of Girba	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
44.8	Resigned	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
55.6	Appointed	Pierre Samain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
55.6	Appointed	Pierre Samain †	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

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