The Year of Our Lord 2005

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 May 56.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kariyil Bishop of Punalur, India

4 May 47.4 Ordained Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru Bishop

66.1 Died Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

76.1 Retired José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

6 May 49.2 Ordained Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, O.M.I. Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh

46.3 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Gisipa Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

7 May 61.2 Appointed Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

63.4 Ordained Bishop Luigi Negri Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy

59.0 Appointed Luigi Pezzuto Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

8 May 66.8 Installed José María Pinheiro Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

10 May 75.3 Retired David Edward Foley Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua

65.2 Appointed Denis James Madden Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

65.2 Appointed Denis James Madden Titular Bishop of Baia Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

87.6 Died Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

87.9 Died Manuel Talamás Camandari † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

76.0 Retired Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

11 May 50.9 Appointed Severino Clasen, O.F.M. Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.4 Ordained Bishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

56.9 Appointed Salvador Giménez Valls Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

56.9 Appointed Salvador Giménez Valls Titular Bishop of Abula Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

12 May 50.8 Appointed Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

50.8 Appointed Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. Titular Bishop of Acholla Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

76.7 Appointed Kuriakose Kunnacherry Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B. Coadjutor Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India Archbishop

75.1 Retired Joseph Michael Sullivan Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Joseph Jude Tyson Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

47.6 Appointed Joseph Jude Tyson Titular Bishop of Migirpa Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

13 May 63.0 Ordained Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

44.0 Ordained Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva Titular Bishop of Giufi Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

68.9 Appointed William Joseph Levada Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

68.9 Appointed William Joseph Levada President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

68.9 Appointed William Joseph Levada President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

79.7 Died Próspero Penados del Barrio † Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala

62.4 Appointed Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia

14 May 48.9 Appointed Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy

47.5 Ordained Bishop Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez Titular Bishop of Arcavica Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

53.3 Appointed Michele Castoro Bishop of Oria, Italy

50.0 Ordained Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Nara Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan

50.0 Ordained Bishop Vicente Juan Segura Bishop of Ibiza, Spain

42.6 Installed Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara Bishop of San Jose, Philippines

15 May 62.9 Ordained Bishop Domenico Sigalini Bishop of Palestrina, Italy

59.6 Ordained Bishop Jebalamai Susaimanickam Coadjutor Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop

16 May 63.0 Died Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan † Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

17 May 55.8 Appointed Clarence Richard Silva Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

54.0 Appointed Kevin William Vann Coadjutor Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop

18 May 72.4 Resigned Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B. Bishop of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Ordained Bishop Yvon Ambrose Bishop of Tuticorin, India

48.5 Appointed Roque Paloschi Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

57.9 Appointed Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

19 May 64.7 Appointed Ramón del Hoyo López Bishop of Jaén, Spain

20 May 75.0 Retired William Joseph Winter Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 May 55.3 Ordained Bishop Joaquim Justino Carreira Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

44.4 Appointed Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

44.4 Appointed Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Obori Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

22 May 72.6 Installed Francis Arinze Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

63.5 Installed Luigi Negri Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy

23 May 61.4 Appointed Martin Drennan Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

76.1 Retired James McLoughlin † Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Died Roderick Wright † Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

24 May 73.3 Resigned Raymond James Boland Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

61.1 Appointed Peter John Haworth Doyle Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

52.1 Succeeded Robert William Finn Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

68.6 Appointed Elmar Fischer Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

70.5 Died Marian Oles † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia

64.6 Appointed José Francisco Ulloa Rojas Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica

25 May 76.8 Retired Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil

60.3 Appointed Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 May 76.6 Died Brian David Usanga † Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

28 May 54.4 Appointed Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria Bishop

55.4 Ordained Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand

29 May 86.1 Died Marco Caliaro, C.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

30 May 52.0 Resigned James Liu Tan-kuei Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

31 May 46.7 Appointed Julio César Corniel Amaro Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

79.8 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

75.9 Retired Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Installed Thomas Joseph Tobin Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

1 Jun 65.5 Died Thomas Kozhimala † Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

2 Jun 81.5 Retired Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

95.8 Died Andrea Pangrazio † Bishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.5 Confirmed Mykola Simkaylo Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

45.6 Appointed Volodymyr Viytyshyn Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

3 Jun 66.1 Appointed Stanislaw Dziwisz Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

78.0 Retired Franciszek Macharski Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

4 Jun 66.5 Retired José Oscar Barahona Castillo Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Judes Bicaba Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

61.2 Ordained Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

51.2 Ordained Bishop Giambattista Diquattro Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

46.2 Appointed José Luis Escobar Alas Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador

76.4 Retired Zéphyrin Toé Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

5 Jun 94.6 Died Guglielmo Motolese † Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

6 Jun 50.8 Ordained Bishop Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. Titular Bishop of Acholla Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

76.0 Retired José Gea Escolano Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Manuel Sánchez Monge Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

47.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson Titular Bishop of Migirpa Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

7 Jun 87.2 Died Edward Anthony McCarthy † Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

8 Jun 50.3 Appointed Romuald Kaminski Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland

50.3 Appointed Romuald Kaminski Titular Bishop of Aguntum Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland

9 Jun 67.1 Appointed José Luis Amezcua Melgoza Bishop of Colima, Colima, México

54.6 Appointed Leopoldo González González Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

47.6 Appointed Viliam Judák Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

81.4 Retired Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez Bishop of Colima, Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

10 Jun 77.6 Died José Mario Escobar Serna † Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

88.8 Died Joseph-Marie Raya † Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel

11 Jun 61.3 Installed Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

14 Jun 93.7 Died James John Hogan † Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

15 Jun 61.7 Appointed Joseph Chennoth Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

49.7 Appointed Carlos Alberto dos Santos Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil

63.5 Died Paul Themba Mngoma † Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa

77.1 Retired Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Jun 41.9 Appointed Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama

76.5 Retired Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Succeeded Isidro Barrio Barrio Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru

77.5 Retired Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. Prelate of Caravelí, Peru Prelate Emeritus

49.4 Ordained Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.1 Retired William Dermott Molloy McDermott Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Appointed Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. Prelate of Caravelí, Peru

20 Jun 77.8 Retired Laurent Fuahea Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

78.5 Retired Jean Assaad Haddad Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

61.9 Appointed Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S. M. Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

21 Jun 68.1 Appointed Walter Allison Hurley Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

54.3 Appointed John Gerard Noonan Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA

54.3 Appointed John Gerard Noonan Titular Bishop of Bonusta Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA

76.8 Died Jaime Lachica Sin † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

72.2 Resigned Philip Francis Straling Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Jun 43.1 Appointed Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon

61.0 Installed Edward Kenneth Braxton Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

84.4 Died Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali

23 Jun 60.8 Appointed Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. Archbishop of Tours, France

70.7 Died Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

50.4 Ordained Bishop Romuald Kaminski Titular Bishop of Aguntum Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland

24 Jun 57.9 Appointed Alfonso Cortés Contreras Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

57.9 Appointed Alfonso Cortés Contreras Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

56.5 Ordained Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua

78.6 Died John Mendes † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

53.2 Appointed Robert Michael Miranda Bishop of Gulbarga, India

48.8 Appointed Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J. Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar

47.7 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25 Jun 53.4 Ordained Bishop Michele Castoro Bishop of Oria, Italy

51.0 Ordained Bishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M. Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

59.4 Resigned Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B. † Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

26 Jun 71.7 Died Mansuet Dela Biyase † Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

88.3 Died Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania

74.7 Died Manuel Samaniego Barriga † Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México

28 Jun 47.3 Appointed Raymond Michel René Centène Bishop of Vannes, France

61.2 Ordained Bishop Peter John Haworth Doyle Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

76.0 Retired François-Mathurin Gourvès Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop Emeritus

29 Jun 55.9 Appointed Bernardo Álvarez Afonso Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

54.0 Ordained Bishop Charles Daniel Balvo Titular Archbishop of Castello Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

69.8 Resigned Felipe Fernández García Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Ordained Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M. Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

30 Jun 47.0 Appointed Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D. Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

42.6 Appointed Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

42.6 Appointed Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

74.9 Retired James Joseph O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 May	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kariyil	Bishop of Punalur, India
4 May	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara	Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru	Bishop
66.1	Died	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
76.1	Retired	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6 May	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, O.M.I.	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
7 May	61.2	Appointed	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Negri	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy
59.0	Appointed	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
8 May	66.8	Installed	José María Pinheiro	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 May	75.3	Retired	David Edward Foley	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
65.2	Appointed	Denis James Madden	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
65.2	Appointed	Denis James Madden	Titular Bishop of Baia	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
87.6	Died	Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
87.9	Died	Manuel Talamás Camandari †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
76.0	Retired	Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	50.9	Appointed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.4	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
56.9	Appointed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
56.9	Appointed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Titular Bishop of Abula	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
12 May	50.8	Appointed	Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
50.8	Appointed	Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S.	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
76.7	Appointed	Kuriakose Kunnacherry	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop
75.1	Retired	Joseph Michael Sullivan	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Joseph Jude Tyson	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
47.6	Appointed	Joseph Jude Tyson	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
13 May	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Tomé Ferreira da Silva	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
68.9	Appointed	William Joseph Levada	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
68.9	Appointed	William Joseph Levada	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
68.9	Appointed	William Joseph Levada	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
79.7	Died	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
62.4	Appointed	Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
14 May	48.9	Appointed	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez	Titular Bishop of Arcavica	Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
53.3	Appointed	Michele Castoro	Bishop of Oria, Italy
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Nara	Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Juan Segura	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain
42.6	Installed	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
15 May	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Sigalini	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Jebalamai Susaimanickam	Coadjutor Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop
16 May	63.0	Died	Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
17 May	55.8	Appointed	Clarence Richard Silva	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
54.0	Appointed	Kevin William Vann	Coadjutor Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop
18 May	72.4	Resigned	Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Yvon Ambrose	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
48.5	Appointed	Roque Paloschi	Bishop of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
57.9	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
19 May	64.7	Appointed	Ramón del Hoyo López	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
20 May	75.0	Retired	William Joseph Winter	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 May	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Justino Carreira	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
44.4	Appointed	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
44.4	Appointed	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Obori	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
22 May	72.6	Installed	Francis Arinze	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
63.5	Installed	Luigi Negri	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy
23 May	61.4	Appointed	Martin Drennan	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
76.1	Retired	James McLoughlin †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Died	Roderick Wright †	Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
24 May	73.3	Resigned	Raymond James Boland	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
61.1	Appointed	Peter John Haworth Doyle	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
52.1	Succeeded	Robert William Finn	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
68.6	Appointed	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
70.5	Died	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
64.6	Appointed	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica
25 May	76.8	Retired	Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
60.3	Appointed	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 May	76.6	Died	Brian David Usanga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
28 May	54.4	Appointed	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria	Bishop
55.4	Ordained Bishop	John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
29 May	86.1	Died	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
30 May	52.0	Resigned	James Liu Tan-kuei	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	46.7	Appointed	Julio César Corniel Amaro	Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
79.8	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
75.9	Retired	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Installed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1 Jun	65.5	Died	Thomas Kozhimala †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
2 Jun	81.5	Retired	Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
95.8	Died	Andrea Pangrazio †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Confirmed	Mykola Simkaylo	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
45.6	Appointed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Jun	66.1	Appointed	Stanislaw Dziwisz	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
78.0	Retired	Franciszek Macharski	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jun	66.5	Retired	José Oscar Barahona Castillo	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Judes Bicaba	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Diquattro	Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
46.2	Appointed	José Luis Escobar Alas	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
76.4	Retired	Zéphyrin Toé	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	94.6	Died	Guglielmo Motolese †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
6 Jun	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S.	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
76.0	Retired	José Gea Escolano	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Jude Tyson	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
7 Jun	87.2	Died	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
8 Jun	50.3	Appointed	Romuald Kaminski	Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland
50.3	Appointed	Romuald Kaminski	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland
9 Jun	67.1	Appointed	José Luis Amezcua Melgoza	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
54.6	Appointed	Leopoldo González González	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
47.6	Appointed	Viliam Judák	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
81.4	Retired	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	77.6	Died	José Mario Escobar Serna †	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
88.8	Died	Joseph-Marie Raya †	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel
11 Jun	61.3	Installed	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
14 Jun	93.7	Died	James John Hogan †	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Jun	61.7	Appointed	Joseph Chennoth	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
49.7	Appointed	Carlos Alberto dos Santos	Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil
63.5	Died	Paul Themba Mngoma †	Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
77.1	Retired	Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jun	41.9	Appointed	Audilio Aguilar Aguilar	Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama
76.5	Retired	Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F.	Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Succeeded	Isidro Barrio Barrio	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru
77.5	Retired	Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu	Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.1	Retired	William Dermott Molloy McDermott	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C.	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru
20 Jun	77.8	Retired	Laurent Fuahea	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
78.5	Retired	Jean Assaad Haddad	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
61.9	Appointed	Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S. M.	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
21 Jun	68.1	Appointed	Walter Allison Hurley	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
54.3	Appointed	John Gerard Noonan	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
54.3	Appointed	John Gerard Noonan	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
76.8	Died	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
72.2	Resigned	Philip Francis Straling	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jun	43.1	Appointed	Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
61.0	Installed	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
84.4	Died	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali
23 Jun	60.8	Appointed	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Archbishop of Tours, France
70.7	Died	Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Romuald Kaminski	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland
24 Jun	57.9	Appointed	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
57.9	Appointed	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
78.6	Died	John Mendes †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
53.2	Appointed	Robert Michael Miranda	Bishop of Gulbarga, India
48.8	Appointed	Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J.	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Uringi Uuci	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jun	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele Castoro	Bishop of Oria, Italy
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
59.4	Resigned	Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
26 Jun	71.7	Died	Mansuet Dela Biyase †	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
88.3	Died	Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania
74.7	Died	Manuel Samaniego Barriga †	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
28 Jun	47.3	Appointed	Raymond Michel René Centène	Bishop of Vannes, France
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter John Haworth Doyle	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
76.0	Retired	François-Mathurin Gourvès	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jun	55.9	Appointed	Bernardo Álvarez Afonso	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles Daniel Balvo	Titular Archbishop of Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
69.8	Resigned	Felipe Fernández García	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M.	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
30 Jun	47.0	Appointed	Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D.	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
42.6	Appointed	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
42.6	Appointed	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
74.9	Retired	James Joseph O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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