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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
	67.6	Succeeded	Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Binay Kandulna	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India
	75.0	Retired	Patrick O'Donoghue	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	76.8	Died	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Callistus Valentine Onaga	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
	59.0	Installed	Ismael Rueda Sierra	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
3 May	56.3	Installed	José Moreira Bastos Neto	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
4 May	60.3	Appointed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	77.2	Retired	Alexius Obabu Makozi	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	52.9	Installed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	41.5	Appointed	Emil Shimoun Nona	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
	65.7	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	65.7	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
7 May	75.7	Retired	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh
	43.7	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh
	61.5	Resigned	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez	Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.8	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	63.8	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	63.4	Succeeded	John Michael Quinn	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
	44.1	Appointed	Cyril Vasil', S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	44.1	Appointed	Cyril Vasil', S.J.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
8 May	70.0	Resigned	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
	48.1	Appointed	Marcelo Daniel Colombo	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
	60.3	Appointed	Joseph Kariyil	Bishop of Cochin, India
	89.5	Died	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	52.7	Appointed	Selvister Ponnumuthan	Bishop of Punalur, India
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	José Slaby, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
	58.9	Resigned	John Thattumkal, S.S.C.	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
	46.2	Appointed	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
11 May	52.0	Appointed	Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D.	Bishop of Khandwa, India
	57.4	Appointed	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jhabua, India
12 May	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Nguyên Van Ban	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam
13 May	75.8	Retired	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Philippe Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
14 May	80.3	Retired	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
	76.8	Retired	Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Appointed	Harold Anthony Perera	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
15 May	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
16 May	56.2	Installed	Marian Buczek	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	76.3	Retired	Vincent Mojwok Nyiker	Bishop of Malakal, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Ignatius Chung Wang	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Resigned	François-Xavier Yombandje	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	50.5	Ordained Bishop	François Michel Pierre Kalist	Bishop of Limoges, France
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcellin Randriamamonjy	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
20 May	60.0	Appointed	Joseph Robert Cistone	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
21 May	61.0	Appointed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
	63.5	Installed	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 May	48.5	Installed	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
	80.6	Died	Joseph Marie Louis Duval †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
24 May	46.2	Installed	Stephan Ackermann	Bishop of Trier, Germany
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Lortie	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	50.4	Installed	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Bergé, Madagascar
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Spiteri	Titular Archbishop of Serta	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Edson Taschetto (Tasquetto) Damian	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
25 May	66.4	Appointed	Nikola Nino Kekić	Bishop of Križevci (Byzantine), Croatia
	75.0	Retired	Slavomir Miklovš	Bishop of Križevci (Byzantine), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
26 May	65.9	Installed	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
	50.9	Appointed	José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.9	Resigned	Paulin Pomodimo	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
27 May	48.7	Appointed	John Oliver Barres	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	76.2	Retired	Edward Peter Cullen	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	91.1	Died	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Lee Anthony Piché	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	51.1	Appointed	Lee Anthony Piché	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
28 May	81.8	Died	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
30 May	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Zica	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
31 May	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
1 Jun	44.6	Appointed	Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
	75.3	Retired	Enzo Dieci	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	Guerino Di Tora	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	62.8	Appointed	Guerino Di Tora	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Marciante	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Marciante	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
2 Jun	73.8	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	55.3	Appointed	Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	76.9	Retired	James Francis Stafford	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	75.7	Died	Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat, Ethiopia
3 Jun	66.9	Appointed	Henri Coudray, S.J.	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
	66.9	Appointed	Henri Coudray, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Silli	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
	77.0	Retired	Elden Francis Curtiss	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.0	Appointed	George Joseph Lucas	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
4 Jun	83.3	Died	Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
5 Jun	63.6	Installed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
6 Jun	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia
	48.5	Appointed	Oliver Dashe Doeme	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	José Mazuelos Pérez	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
7 Jun	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Tessarollo	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
8 Jun	55.7	Appointed	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
	58.0	Resigned	Georg Müller, SS.CC.	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway	Prelate Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Timothy Christian Senior	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	49.2	Appointed	Timothy Christian Senior	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 Jun	62.1	Appointed	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
	51.8	Appointed	Otto Separy	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	57.1	Resigned	Christopher Henry Toohey	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	64.9	Installed	Robert James Carlson	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	66.9	Resigned	José Refugio Mercado Díaz	Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	100.4	Died	Michel Nguyên Khác Ngu †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam
11 Jun	84.2	Died	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
	63.1	Installed	Adriano Tessarollo	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
12 Jun	59.6	Appointed	Gregory Michael Aymond	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	76.5	Retired	Alfred Clifton Hughes	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jun	87.5	Died	Khalil Abi-Nader †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	54.0	Appointed	Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
	78.0	Retired	Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Krzysztof Nitkiewicz	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	60.5	Appointed	Victor Selvino Arenhart	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
14 Jun	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Cyril Vasil', S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
15 Jun	57.3	Appointed	Thomas Löhr	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
	57.3	Appointed	Thomas Löhr	Titular Bishop of Diana	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
	75.4	Retired	Gerhard Pieschl	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Jun	81.4	Died	Emmanuel Constant †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
	65.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.	Titular Archbishop of Oregon City	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	65.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jhabua, India
	76.5	Retired	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.6	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	62.1	Appointed	Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I.	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
17 Jun	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
18 Jun	67.8	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
	59.4	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Yosyf Milan, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	55.6	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Bishop of Sale, Australia
	75.2	Retired	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	87.3	Retired	Jožef Smej	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun	75.5	Retired	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	68.0	Appointed	Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	68.0	Appointed	Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	51.5	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Soares da Costa	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
	53.9	Appointed	Stephen Tjephe	Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
	53.9	Appointed	Stephen Tjephe	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
20 Jun	52.7	Ordained Bishop	José Daniel Falla Robles	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	57.4	Appointed	Gilberto Gómez González	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
	49.1	Appointed	Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	76.3	Retired	Isidro Sala Ribera	Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun	93.8	Died	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Kallupura	Bishop of Buxar, India
	65.4	Installed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
24 Jun	58.5	Appointed	José Benedito Simão	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Jun	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph McKenna	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
27 Jun	57.9	Appointed	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	57.9	Appointed	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Titular Bishop of Ampora	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	53.2	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
	53.2	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	James Maria Wainaina Kungu	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
28 Jun	81.5	Died	José María Guix Ferreres †	Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Selvister Ponnumuthan	Bishop of Punalur, India
29 Jun	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lee Anthony Piché	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
30 Jun	61.9	Appointed	Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
	76.1	Retired	Paul Khoarai	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
	76.3	Retired	Bernard Mohlalisi, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho	Archbishop Emeritus

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