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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | 43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso | Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria | Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria |
| 3 May | 76.1 | Retired | Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus |
| 43.9 | Appointed | Jean-Marie Benoît Balla † | Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon | ||
| 57.9 | Appointed | Stephen Victor Chmilar † | Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 93.1 | Died | Jozef Feranec † | Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | ||
| 58.0 | Appointed | Diarmuid Martin | Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 59.6 | Installed | Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz | Bishop of Arauca, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | |
| 76.1 | Retired | Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. † | Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 25.6 | Ordained Deacon | Mirko Štefković | Deacon of Subotica, Serbia | Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia | |
| 4 May | 45.4 | Ordained Bishop | Antônio Carlos Félix | Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 38.3 | Ordained Bishop | Wojciech Polak | Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland | |
| 5 May | 57.1 | Appointed | Jean-Yves Riocreux | Bishop of Pontoise, France | Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles |
| 6 May | 50.1 | Appointed | Vincent Coulibaly | Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea | |
| 78.7 | Died | Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † | Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
| 61.5 | Resigned | José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. | Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Abbot Emeritus | |
| 7 May | 63.9 | Appointed | Antonio Arregui Yarza | Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 75.7 | Retired | Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † | Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 8 May | 78.5 | Died | Carlo Aliprandi † | Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy | |
| 9 May | 97.3 | Died | Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † | Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France | |
| 10 May | 52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Abraham Desta | Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici | Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia |
| 62.8 | Installed | Guillermo José Garlatti | Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 79.0 | Died | Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † | Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba | ||
| 11 May | 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret | Bishop of Amiens, France | Archbishop of Besançon, France |
| 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C. | Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania | |
| 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † | Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 12 May | 74.4 | Retired | Juan Martí Alanis † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 53.8 | Succeeded | Joan Enric Vives Sicilia | Bishop of Urgell, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 13 May | 43.5 | Appointed | Volodymyr Viytyshyn | Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 14 May | 61.5 | Appointed | Daniel Joseph Bohan † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 61.5 | Appointed | Daniel Joseph Bohan † | Titular Bishop of Migirpa | Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| 51.2 | Appointed | Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón † | Bishop of Vélez, Colombia | Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia | |
| 53.9 | Installed | Michael Richard Cote | Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 70.5 | Appointed | Denis Croteau, O.M.I. | Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada | |
| 51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) | Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra | Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) | |
| 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Paweł Stobrawa | Titular Bishop of Aeca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland | |
| 60.4 | Appointed | Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. | Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 15 May | 54.5 | Appointed | Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar | |
| 63.1 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. | Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 65.1 | Appointed | Paul Zingtung Grawng † | Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 17 May | 69.0 | Appointed | Iwannis Louis Awad † | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian) | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus |
| 69.0 | Appointed | Iwannis Louis Awad † | Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Syrian) | |
| 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Armando Espaillat | Priest of New York, New York, USA | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 72.2 | Appointed | Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 53.1 | Appointed | Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 51.7 | Appointed | Tomash (Tomasz) Bernard Peta | Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan | ||
| 39.9 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Domingo Sarlinga | Titular Bishop of Uzalis | Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | |
| 18 May | 51.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Beschi | Titular Bishop of Vinda | Bishop of Bergamo, Italy |
| 45.4 | Installed | Antônio Carlos Félix | Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 90.5 | Died | Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. † | Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | ||
| 161.3 | Canonized | St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland | ||
| 62.7 | Ordained Bishop | Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. | Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 71.5 | Died | Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain | ||
| 19 May | 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Christopher Charles Prowse | Titular Bishop of Bahanna | Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia |
| 20 May | 73.0 | Died | Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand | |
| 21 May | 66.3 | Died | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho † | Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam | |
| 22 May | 82.2 | Died | Packiam Arokiaswamy † | Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India | |
| 59.8 | Appointed | Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † | Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 59.8 | Appointed | Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † | Titular Bishop of Murcona | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | |
| 55.1 | Appointed | Guy Harpigny | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 23 May | 47.0 | Installed | Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo | Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya | Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya |
| 76.1 | Retired | William Henry Bullock † | Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.3 | Appointed | Robert Charles Morlino † | Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA | ||
| 24 May | 71.0 | Resigned | Anthony Soter Fernandez † | Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 49.4 | Appointed | John Hsane Hgyi † | Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar | ||
| 60.4 | Ordained Bishop | Emmanuel Okombo Wandera | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 64.4 | Appointed | Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam | Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 59.5 | Ceased | Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) | Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar | |
| 25.5 | Ordained Deacon | Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald | Deacon of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 48.4 | Appointed | Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios | Bishop of Paraguay, Military | Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay | |
| 25 May | 43.9 | Ordained Bishop | Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière | Titular Bishop of Zallata | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France |
| 46.2 | Ordained Bishop | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Titular Bishop of Silli | Bishop of Viviers, France | |
| 29.5 | Ordained Priest | Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. | Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption | Bishop-Elect of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | |
| 86.2 | Died | George Edward Lynch † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA | ||
| 26 May | 84.7 | Died | Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. † | Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa | |
| 27 May | 59.9 | Appointed | Miklós Beer | Bishop of Vác, Hungary | Bishop Emeritus |
| 61.0 | Ceased | Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. | Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart | Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina | |
| 49.3 | Appointed | José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. | Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart | Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal | |
| 55.2 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Anthony Williams | Titular Bishop of Mageó | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | |
| 29 May | 64.4 | Installed | Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam | Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 65.7 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Henry Walsh † | Titular Bishop of Abthugni | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
| 30 May | 60.0 | Appointed | Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo † | Bishop of San Martín, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 31 May | 59.9 | Appointed | Benvenuto Italo Castellani | Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 78.4 | Died | Francesco Colasuonno † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | ||
| 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Krzysztof Dukielski | Priest of Radom, Poland | ||
| 55.4 | Resigned | José Luis Fletes Santana | Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 55.2 | Ordained Bishop | Ladislav Hučko † | Titular Bishop of Horaea | Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | |
| 61.2 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Marino | Titular Bishop of Basti | Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina | |
| 44.9 | Ordained Bishop | Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto | Prelate of Calama, Chile | Bishop of Rancagua, Chile | |
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