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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 79.1 | Retired | Patrick Edward O’Connor | Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) | Superior Emeritus |
| 1 May | 80.2 | Died | Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain | |
| 91.0 | Beatified | Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) | ||
| 2 May | 72.8 | Appointed | Brian Vincent Finnigan | Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba, Australia | Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia |
| 67.6 | Removed | William Martin Morris | Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 3 May | 59.3 | Appointed | Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García | Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador | |
| 4 May | 48.5 | Appointed | Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Săo Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 48.5 | Appointed | Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. | Titular Bishop of Thagamuta | Auxiliary Bishop of Săo Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 53.1 | Appointed | Wilson Luís Angotti Filho | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 53.1 | Appointed | Wilson Luís Angotti Filho | Titular Bishop of Tabae | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 45.4 | Appointed | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | ||
| 45.4 | Appointed | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero | Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | |
| 72.4 | Appointed | Janusz Bolonek | Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia | Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria | |
| 94.7 | Died | Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri † | Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria | ||
| 53.8 | Appointed | José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R. | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect | |
| 53.8 | Appointed | José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R. | Titular Bishop of Assava | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
| 55.1 | Appointed | Dimas Lara Barbosa | Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||
| 75.3 | Retired | Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 50.7 | Appointed | Hugo Alberto Torres Marín | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | ||
| 50.7 | Appointed | Hugo Alberto Torres Marín | Titular Bishop of Bossa | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | |
| 89.0 | Died | Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. † | Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western Sahara | ||
| 5 May | 67.0 | Installed | Thumma Bala | Archbishop of Hyderabad, India | |
| 52.7 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Jude Byrnes | Titular Bishop of Eguga | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| 42.0 | Ordained Bishop | José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo | Titular Bishop of Tagase | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| 63.6 | Ordained Bishop | Donald Francis Hanchon | Titular Bishop of Horreomargum | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| 6 May | 49.6 | Appointed | Oliver P. Aro, M.S.P. | Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) | |
| 46.9 | Installed | Franz-Josef Overbeck | Bishop of Germany, Military | Bishop of Essen, Germany | |
| 7 May | 50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell | Bishop of Bo, Sierra Leone | |
| 75.8 | Retired | Giuseppe Rocco Favale | Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 53.3 | Appointed | Ciro Miniero | Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy | ||
| 53.5 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé | Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 52.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Vokál | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | ||
| 8 May | 87.1 | Died | Gheorghe Guţiu † | Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania | |
| 47.3 | Ordained Bishop | Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. | Titular Bishop of Verbe | Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil | |
| 41.9 | Ordained Bishop | José Luís Mumbiela Sierra | Bishop of Santissima Trinitŕ in Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||
| 70.5 | Installed | Donald William Wuerl | Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 10 May | 62.9 | Appointed | Giovanni Angelo Becciu | Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State | |
| 75.1 | Retired | Ivan Dias | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
| 65.1 | Appointed | Fernando Filoni | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | ||
| 59.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Pinto | Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines | ||
| 47.3 | Appointed | Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende | Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| 11 May | 81.3 | Died | Albert Kanene Obiefuna † | Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria | |
| 12 May | 88.8 | Died | Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine † | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other | |
| 43.2 | Appointed | Simon Ok Hyun-jjn | Auxiliary Bishop of Kwangju, Korea (South) | ||
| 43.2 | Appointed | Simon Ok Hyun-jjn | Titular Bishop of Pederodiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Kwangju, Korea (South) | |
| 13 May | 54.7 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Giudice | Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy | |
| 47.4 | Appointed | José Lampra Cŕ | Auxiliary Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| 47.4 | Appointed | José Lampra Cŕ | Titular Bishop of Leptiminus | Auxiliary Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 66.4 | Appointed | José Octavio Ruiz Arenas | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | ||
| 14 May | 52.6 | Installed | Jan Vokál | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | |
| 65.2 | Installed | Dieudonné Watio | Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon | ||
| 15 May | 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa | Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania | |
| 75.7 | Installed | Velasio De Paolis, C.S. | Cardinal-Deacon of Gesů Buon Pastore alla Montagnola | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | |
| 17 May | 62.5 | Appointed | Robert Daniel Conlon | Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA | |
| 75.0 | Retired | Joaquim Gonçalves | Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 68.1 | Succeeded | Amândio José Tomás | Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal | ||
| 18 May | 63.2 | Succeeded | Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía | Archbishop of Cali, Colombia | |
| 72.8 | Resigned | Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. | Archbishop of Cali, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 19 May | 45.9 | Ordained Bishop | Malachy John Goltok | Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria | |
| 20 May | 54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jihad Mtanos Battah | Titular Bishop of Phaena | Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon |
| 49.5 | Appointed | Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv. | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia | ||
| 49.5 | Appointed | Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv. | Titular Bishop of Thala | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia | |
| 63.1 | Installed | Emanuel Messias de Oliveira | Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 21 May | 81.5 | Retired | Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. | Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA | Eparch Emeritus |
| 60.8 | Appointed | Thomas Edward Gullickson | Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine | ||
| 49.9 | Appointed | Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. | Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA | ||
| 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Atanáz Orosz | Titular Bishop of Panium | Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary | |
| 68.4 | Resigned | Basile Tapsoba | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 22 May | 65.5 | Ordained Bishop | Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni | Titular Bishop of Sabrata | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian) |
| 52.2 | Installed | Miguel Ángel D’Annibale | Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina | Bishop | |
| 48.5 | Installed | Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. | Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru | ||
| 51.2 | Ordained Bishop | Inácio Saure, I.M.C. | Bishop of Tete, Mozambique | ||
| 23 May | 51.7 | Appointed | Dabula Anthony Mpako | Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa | |
| 73.3 | Died | Joseph Nguyęn Tich Duc † | Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mę Thuôt, Viet Nam | ||
| 91.1 | Died | Karel Otčenáek † | Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | ||
| 24 May | 66.1 | Selected | George Alencherry | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India | |
| 76.7 | Installed | Paolo Sardi | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana | Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber | |
| 25 May | 66.1 | Confirmed | George Alencherry | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India | |
| 51.1 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Anthony Daly | Titular Bishop of Tabalta | Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA | |
| 90.3 | Died | Luigi Diligenza † | Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy | ||
| 43.2 | Appointed | Joăo Carlos Hatoa Nunes | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique | ||
| 43.2 | Appointed | Joăo Carlos Hatoa Nunes | Titular Bishop of Amudarsa | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique | |
| 60.9 | Appointed | Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc | Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines | ||
| 26 May | 55.9 | Appointed | Robert Dwayne Gruss | Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | |
| 47.8 | Appointed | Donald Joseph Hying | Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | ||
| 47.8 | Appointed | Donald Joseph Hying | Titular Bishop of Regiae | Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | |
| 27 May | 60.5 | Installed | Moses M. Costa, C.S.C. | Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh | |
| 48.7 | Appointed | Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe | Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka | ||
| 28 May | 71.4 | Appointed | Diego Causero | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | |
| 71.4 | Appointed | Diego Causero | Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | |
| 54.2 | Installed | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile | ||
| 43.8 | Ordained Bishop | Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. | Bishop of Mongu, Zambia | ||
| 29 May | 64.5 | Installed | Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. | Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | |
| 79.0 | Died | Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † | Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy | ||
| 31 May | 66.9 | Appointed | Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Kuwait | |
| 69.1 | Appointed | Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Yemen | ||
| 47.3 | Ordained Bishop | Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon | Titular Bishop of Unizibira | Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon | |
| 53.6 | Installed | Joseph Jude Tyson | Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA | ||
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