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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun	77.8	Died	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
	60.4	Ceased	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †	Custodian of the Custody of the Holy Land	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Donald Joseph Thériault	Bishop of Canada, Military	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	57.0	Appointed	Robert Nugent Lynch	Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
	65.6	Resigned	Joseph Keith Symons	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jun	69.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	55.1	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	John Ha Tiong Hock	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
	60.4	Succeeded	Giuseppe Molinari	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	78.1	Retired	Karel Otčenášek †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Mario Peressin †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
	59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
	59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
	75.1	Retired	Dino Trabalzini †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	33.6	Ordained Priest	James Sean Wall	Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
7 Jun	75.8	Installed	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Charles Peters Barthélus	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	61.5	Installed	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Lucio Nicoletto	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Clemens Pickel	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
8 Jun	68.3	Selected	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	83.5	Died	Agostino Casaroli †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
10 Jun	41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
	41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
12 Jun	68.3	Confirmed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun	69.4	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.8	Appointed	Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Deacon of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
	75.9	Retired	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Zhong Changfeng (Zong Changfeng, Song Changfeng) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia	Apostolic Nuncio
	54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio
	54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia	Apostolic Nuncio
14 Jun	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Jun	79.6	Retired	Giovanni Cheli †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	68.2	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	68.2	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	68.2	Resigned	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
16 Jun	86.7	Retired	Isidore Borecky †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	67.4	Resigned	Roman Danylak †	Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	François Lapierre, P.M.E.	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop
17 Jun	93.8	Died	John Joseph Carberry †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
18 Jun	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines
19 Jun	56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	66.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Malandrino	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Retired	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.2	Resigned	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
20 Jun	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Anuar Battisti	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
	32.3	Ordained Deacon	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Deacon of Angers, France	Bishop of Créteil, France
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Zsolt Marton	Priest of Vác, Hungary	Bishop
	82.6	Died	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
21 Jun	84.7	Died	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Canísio Klaus	Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Inácio Lucas Mwita	Priest of Nacala, Mozambique	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	34.4	Ordained Priest	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P.	Deacon of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Jun	76.0	Retired	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas †	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
	61.8	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
24 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop
	75.7	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	75.7	Retired	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	65.4	Appointed	Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	70.1	Appointed	François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	53.7	Appointed	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Jun	76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	75.3	Retired	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Matthew Zhen Xuebin	Priest of Beijing [Peking], China	Coadjutor Bishop
26 Jun	55.0	Appointed	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	89.7	Died	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
27 Jun	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Kizito Bahujimihigo	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
	44.6	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
	62.1	Appointed	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Joseph Coutts	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
	53.0	Appointed	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	89.9	Died	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	59.5	Appointed	Zef Gashi, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	79.0	Died	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
	43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
	67.2	Appointed	Víctor Manuel López Forero †	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.2	Appointed	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Levente Balázs Martos	Priest of Szombathely, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Marko Medo	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia
	38.3	Ordained Priest	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Priest of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
	45.7	Appointed	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
	48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
	48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
	75.7	Retired	Domenico Pecile †	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Petar Perkolić †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Rene Ramirez, R.C.J.	Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	51.6	Appointed	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
	46.8	Appointed	Lucas Kalfa Sanou	Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Júlio César Souza de Jesus	Priest of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
	43.9	Appointed	Victor Henry Thakur	Bishop of Bettiah, India	Archbishop of Raipur, India
	33.3	Incardinated	Fulgence Aloysius Tigga	Priest of Bettiah, India	Bishop of Raiganj, India
	36.9	Incardinated	Francis Tirkey	Priest of Purnea, India	Bishop
	62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
	32.6	Ordained Priest	Thibault Verny	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
	46.4	Appointed	Norman King’oo Wambua	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
	54.5	Appointed	Jean Zerbo	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jun	30.2	Ordained Priest	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Priest of Chimoio, Mozambique	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Michele Tomasi	Priest of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
29 Jun	38.3	Ordained Priest	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Priest	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi	Priest of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
	66.5	Installed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop Emeritus of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Titular Bishop of Lead	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Stephan Turnovszky	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Jun	61.6	Appointed	Tod David Brown †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	77.1	Retired	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	59.6	Appointed	Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	79.6	Retired	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
	65.4	Resigned	Marc Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Resigned	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph McGrath †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
	47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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