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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	87.0	Died	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
2 May	80.2	Retired	Bernard Agré	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Kutwa	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	56.1	Installed	Jose Serofia Palma	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
3 May	76.5	Retired	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.	Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	65.5	Appointed	Andrea Mugione	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	75.7	Retired	Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.6	Appointed	Elói Róggia, S.A.C.	Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	76.0	Retired	Serafino Sprovieri	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
6 May	77.0	Retired	Andrea Cassone	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Felix Lian Khen Thang	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Auxiliary Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
	46.1	Appointed	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
7 May	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Heiner Koch	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
8 May	64.4	Appointed	Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B.	Bishop of Veracruz, Veracruz, México
	51.8	Appointed	Sebastian Thekethecheril	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
	76.8	Retired	Peter Thuruthikonam	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	97.2	Died	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
10 May	76.0	Retired	Albano Bortoletto Cavallin	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Orlando Brandes	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
	84.4	Installed	Carlo Furno	Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
11 May	50.4	Appointed	Martin Munyanyi	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
12 May	75.3	Retired	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	63.0	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Archbishop of Marseille, France
	90.3	Died	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria
13 May	51.0	Appointed	Arturo Aiello	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri	Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam
	57.4	Appointed	Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.	Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
	75.9	Retired	Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S.	Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Installed	Gerardo Rocconi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	71.6	Installed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	55.5	Appointed	Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	55.5	Appointed	Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez	Titular Bishop of Tiburnia	Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
14 May	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Ackermann	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Banjul, Gambia
15 May	59.1	Installed	Richard Gerard Lennon	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	46.9	Appointed	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
16 May	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
	65.0	Appointed	Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
	75.8	Retired	Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J.	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	74.9	Retired	Joseph Leopold Imesch	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Theodore Edgar McCarrick	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	James Peter Sartain	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	65.5	Appointed	Donald William Wuerl	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
17 May	77.4	Died	Raffaello Funghini †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	68.2	Resigned	Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Appointed	Francisco Polti Santillán	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
19 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Eliseo Martín	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
20 May	45.9	Appointed	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	45.9	Appointed	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Trecalae	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Bündgens	Titular Bishop of Árd Carna	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	70.1	Appointed	Ivan Dias	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	75.7	Retired	Michele Giordano	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Martín	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	63.0	Appointed	Crescenzio Sepe	Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Crescenzio Sepe	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	76.6	Died	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
21 May	60.6	Installed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
23 May	58.7	Appointed	Oscar Campos Contreras	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	58.7	Appointed	Oscar Campos Contreras	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Titular Archbishop of Nebbio	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
24 May	75.7	Retired	Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
	59.6	Appointed	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	59.6	Appointed	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	69.8	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	54.2	Appointed	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
	51.2	Appointed	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	51.2	Appointed	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	43.9	Appointed	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
	43.9	Appointed	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Toppo	Bishop of Raigarh, India
25 May	53.3	Ordained Bishop	George Beluso Rimando	Titular Bishop of Vada	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
	81.5	Died	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
	59.0	Installed	Victor Kindo	Bishop of Jashpur, India
27 May	47.2	Appointed	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines
	47.2	Appointed	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera	Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines
	55.5	Appointed	Lajos Varga	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	55.5	Appointed	Lajos Varga	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
28 May	52.4	Installed	Eduardo Eliseo Martín	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
	66.1	Installed	Agostino Vallini	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	82.8	Installed	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
30 May	75.2	Retired	Robert William Donnelly	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Died	Michael Mary O'Shea, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
	76.5	Retired	Edmund Michal Piszcz	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.6	Appointed	Wojciech Ziemba	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
31 May	78.7	Died	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	53.5	Appointed	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	53.5	Appointed	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	75.3	Retired	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	74.4	Installed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
1 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	48.4	Appointed	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Titular Bishop of Privata	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	48.7	Appointed	Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	48.7	Appointed	Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	49.1	Appointed	Bernard Unabali	Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
	49.1	Appointed	Bernard Unabali	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
2 Jun	76.2	Died	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Dirceu Vegini	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
3 Jun	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	82.8	Died	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
	58.6	Appointed	Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	62.6	Appointed	Mosè Marcia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy
	62.6	Appointed	Mosè Marcia	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy
4 Jun	65.0	Installed	Luigi Conti	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
6 Jun	47.2	Appointed	Frank Joseph Caggiano	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	47.2	Appointed	Frank Joseph Caggiano	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	60.9	Appointed	Octavio Cisneros	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	60.9	Appointed	Octavio Cisneros	Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	71.7	Appointed	Guy A. Sansaricq	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	71.7	Appointed	Guy A. Sansaricq	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 Jun	68.1	Appointed	Osvino José Both	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
	48.9	Appointed	René Coba Galarza	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	48.9	Appointed	René Coba Galarza	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	44.0	Appointed	Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	44.0	Appointed	Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto	Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	41.6	Appointed	Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	41.6	Appointed	Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
8 Jun	49.0	Appointed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	76.2	Retired	Francis Joseph Gossman	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Appointed	Daniel Edward Thomas	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	47.0	Appointed	Daniel Edward Thomas	Titular Bishop of Bardstown	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 Jun	52.8	Succeeded	Guy André Marie de Kérimel	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France
	74.6	Retired	Louis Jean Dufaux	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Resigned	Óscar González Villa	Bishop-Elect of Girardota, Colombia	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Samir Nassar	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	57.3	Appointed	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	57.3	Appointed	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Tuscania	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	38.9	Appointed	Marco Pérez Caicedo	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	38.9	Appointed	Marco Pérez Caicedo	Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad Mosam	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	55.5	Appointed	Ilídio Pinto Leandro	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	47.0	Installed	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
11 Jun	63.1	Installed	Georges Paul Pontier	Archbishop of Marseille, France
	64.7	Installed	Wojciech Ziemba	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
12 Jun	76.9	Died	James Stephen Sullivan †	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
14 Jun	46.5	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop
	87.6	Died	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	Bishop Emeritus of Hinche, Haïti
	91.6	Retired	Kazimierz Świątek	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jun	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Trecalae	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	51.8	Appointed	Carlos García Camader	Bishop of Lurín, Peru
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Girelli	Titular Archbishop of Capreae	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
	75.2	Retired	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lurín, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jun	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Grua	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	60.5	Installed	Jean-Pierre Kutwa	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	49.8	Installed	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	50.8	Installed	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
19 Jun	75.8	Retired	Francis Patrick Carroll	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia
	72.0	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
20 Jun	75.8	Retired	Endre Gyulay	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	László Kiss-Rigó	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
	76.3	Retired	István Konkoly	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	89.0	Died	Salvatore Sorrentino †	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	András Veres	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
21 Jun	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
22 Jun	65.6	Installed	Donald William Wuerl	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
23 Jun	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco De Luca	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
24 Jun	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Titular Bishop of Horta	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	68.1	Installed	Carlo Caffarra	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Lee Keh-mien	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan
	44.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	75.0	Retired	Rudolf Müller	Bishop of Görlitz, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Michele Seccia	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
25 Jun	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Titular Archbishop of Ostra	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Sanna	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Marjan Turnšek	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
27 Jun	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	54.1	Installed	James Peter Sartain	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
28 Jun	54.5	Appointed	Jacques André Blaquart	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	54.5	Appointed	Jacques André Blaquart	Titular Bishop of Ypres	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	75.9	Retired	Pierre Jacques Joatton, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Barry Philip Jones	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop
	48.7	Appointed	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France
29 Jun	65.6	Died	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Jun	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Aiello	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Arulappan Amalraj	Bishop of Ootacamund, India

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