The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 May 83.6 Died Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

56.2 Appointed Gianni Danzi † Titular Bishop of Castello Prelate of Loreto, Italy

3 May 74.7 Died Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

84.5 Died Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

58.0 Ordained Bishop James Vernon Weisgerber Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

4 May 58.8 Appointed Félix del Blanco Prieto † Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

57.0 Ordained Bishop José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Bamaccora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

52.1 Ordained Bishop Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon † Bishop of Clermont, France Archbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France

75.7 Retired Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. † Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Emil Paul Tscherrig Titular Archbishop of Voli Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

49.2 Appointed Emil Paul Tscherrig Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

5 May 31.6 Ordained Deacon Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. Deacon of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

27.1 Ordained Priest Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Cabinda, Angola

55.2 Ordained Bishop Luigi Ferrando Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Ordained Bishop Djibrail Kassab Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia

6 May 91.8 Died Leo Jozef Suenens † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

7 May 65.8 Appointed Émile Marcus, P.S.S. Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

75.6 Retired John James Ward † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 May 78.4 Died Luciano Angeloni † Apostolic Nuncio

10 May 63.0 Appointed Clément Fecteau † Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

28.7 Ordained Priest Deepak Valerian Tauro Priest of Muzaffarpur, India Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India

11 May 46.3 Ordained Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

51.0 Ordained Bishop Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S. Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

46.4 Ordained Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

50.0 Ordained Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

12 May 28.9 Ordained Priest Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu Priest of Jabalpur, India Bishop

33.3 Solemn Vows Pierre Charland, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada

72.4 Ordained Bishop Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Perpetual Vows Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T. Member of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

116.3 Beatified Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

13 May 27.0 Ordained Priest John Carvalho Priest of Ajmer and Jaipur, India Bishop of Ajmer, India

14 May 53.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Christian Titular Bishop of Quincy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

47.4 Appointed César Augusto Franco Martínez Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

47.4 Appointed César Augusto Franco Martínez Titular Bishop of Ursona Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

51.7 Appointed Fidel Herráez Vegas Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

51.7 Appointed Fidel Herráez Vegas Titular Bishop of Cediae Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

69.8 Ordained Bishop Josaphat Li Hongguang † Coadjutor Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China Bishop

15 May 54.9 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza Titular Bishop of Dura Bishop Emeritus of Mangalore, India

70.4 Succeeded Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

74.5 Retired Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. † Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Carlos Verzeletti Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil

45.6 Appointed Carlos Verzeletti Titular Bishop of Tepelta Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil

16 May 68.0 Died Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi † Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy

17 May 55.9 Appointed Bernard Marie Fernand Housset Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

18 May 57.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Dulay Arigo Titular Bishop of Mactaris Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

69.2 Resigned Raffaele Castielli † Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

35.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Lawrence Coffey Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

28.9 Ordained Priest Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

27.1 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Osorno, Chile

30.1 Ordained Priest Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz Priest of Santiago de Chile

69.7 Appointed Marian Franciszek Jaworski † Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine

29.5 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

55.2 Installed Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

25.9 Ordained Priest Louis Tylka Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

19 May 31.7 Ordained Priest Christian Louis André Delarbre Priest of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France

21 May 57.4 Appointed Patrick Altham Kelly Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

22 May 76.1 Retired Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. † Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 May 60.7 Appointed Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

56.3 Ordained Bishop Gianni Danzi † Titular Bishop of Castello Prelate of Loreto, Italy

63.6 Appointed Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen † Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Incardinated Piotr Kryk Priest of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

64.3 Appointed Teodor Majkowicz † Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland

56.9 Appointed Jan Martyniak Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland Archbishop Emeritus

25 May 35.4 Ordained Priest Peter Baldacchino Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

37.7 Ordained Priest Michael Jude Byrnes † Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

29.7 Perpetual Vows Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C. Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil

26.0 Ordained Priest Leszek Leszkiewicz Priest of Tarnów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

64.6 Appointed Flavien Joseph Melki Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

55.1 Appointed Gregorios Elias Tabé † Titular Bishop of Mardin dei Siri Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

23.0 Ordained Deacon Darius Trijonis Deacon of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

53.3 Appointed Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

26 May 44.3 Ordained Bishop Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C. Bishop of Agartala, India

43.4 Ordained Bishop Anastase Mutabazi Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Odama Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

30.1 Ordained Deacon Engelberto Polino Sánchez Deacon of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Auxiliary Bishop

28.6 Ordained Priest James Shekhar Priest of Patna, India Bishop of Buxar, India

27 May 59.3 Installed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

29 May 57.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Fernando † Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

61.8 Appointed Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

27.2 Ordained Priest Marvyn Abrea Maceda Priest of Naval, Philippines Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines

30 May 45.3 Ordained Bishop Rogelio Cabrera López Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

92.5 Died Léon-Etienne Duval † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

48.4 Appointed František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. † Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

31 May 60.3 Appointed Pablo Cedano Cedano † Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Pablo Cedano Cedano † Titular Bishop of Vita Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

58.1 Appointed Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Cenae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

75.6 Died Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. † Prefect Emeritus of Idah, Nigeria

65.0 Died Jesús Arturo Roldán † Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina

46.0 Installed Alberto Taveira Corrêa Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 May	83.6	Died	Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
56.2	Appointed	Gianni Danzi †	Titular Bishop of Castello	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
3 May	74.7	Died	Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
84.5	Died	Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
58.0	Ordained Bishop	James Vernon Weisgerber	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4 May	58.8	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
57.0	Ordained Bishop	José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
75.7	Retired	Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Titular Archbishop of Voli	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
49.2	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
5 May	31.6	Ordained Deacon	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Deacon of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
27.1	Ordained Priest	Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Cabinda, Angola
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ferrando	Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Djibrail Kassab	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
6 May	91.8	Died	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
7 May	65.8	Appointed	Émile Marcus, P.S.S.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
75.6	Retired	John James Ward †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 May	78.4	Died	Luciano Angeloni †	Apostolic Nuncio
10 May	63.0	Appointed	Clément Fecteau †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Deepak Valerian Tauro	Priest of Muzaffarpur, India	Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India
11 May	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario Espinosa Contreras	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
12 May	28.9	Ordained Priest	Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu	Priest of Jabalpur, India	Bishop
33.3	Solemn Vows	Pierre Charland, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
72.4	Ordained Bishop	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Perpetual Vows	Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T.	Member of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
116.3	Beatified	Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 May	27.0	Ordained Priest	John Carvalho	Priest of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Bishop of Ajmer, India
14 May	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Christian	Titular Bishop of Quincy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
47.4	Appointed	César Augusto Franco Martínez	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
47.4	Appointed	César Augusto Franco Martínez	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
51.7	Appointed	Fidel Herráez Vegas	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
51.7	Appointed	Fidel Herráez Vegas	Titular Bishop of Cediae	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
69.8	Ordained Bishop	Josaphat Li Hongguang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China	Bishop
15 May	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Paul D’Souza	Titular Bishop of Dura	Bishop Emeritus of Mangalore, India
70.4	Succeeded	Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
74.5	Retired	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Carlos Verzeletti	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
45.6	Appointed	Carlos Verzeletti	Titular Bishop of Tepelta	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
16 May	68.0	Died	Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi †	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
17 May	55.9	Appointed	Bernard Marie Fernand Housset	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
18 May	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Dulay Arigo	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
69.2	Resigned	Raffaele Castielli †	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
35.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
28.9	Ordained Priest	Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
27.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
30.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz	Priest of Santiago de Chile
69.7	Appointed	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine
29.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
55.2	Installed	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
25.9	Ordained Priest	Louis Tylka	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
19 May	31.7	Ordained Priest	Christian Louis André Delarbre	Priest of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
21 May	57.4	Appointed	Patrick Altham Kelly	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
22 May	76.1	Retired	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I.	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 May	60.7	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Gianni Danzi †	Titular Bishop of Castello	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
63.6	Appointed	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Incardinated	Piotr Kryk	Priest of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
64.3	Appointed	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
56.9	Appointed	Jan Martyniak	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
25 May	35.4	Ordained Priest	Peter Baldacchino	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
37.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
29.7	Perpetual Vows	Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil
26.0	Ordained Priest	Leszek Leszkiewicz	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
64.6	Appointed	Flavien Joseph Melki	Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
55.1	Appointed	Gregorios Elias Tabé †	Titular Bishop of Mardin dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
23.0	Ordained Deacon	Darius Trijonis	Deacon of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
53.3	Appointed	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
26 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.	Bishop of Agartala, India
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Anastase Mutabazi	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Odama	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
30.1	Ordained Deacon	Engelberto Polino Sánchez	Deacon of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop
28.6	Ordained Priest	James Shekhar	Priest of Patna, India	Bishop of Buxar, India
27 May	59.3	Installed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 May	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Fernando †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
61.8	Appointed	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Priest of Naval, Philippines	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
30 May	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Rogelio Cabrera López	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
92.5	Died	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
48.4	Appointed	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
31 May	60.3	Appointed	Pablo Cedano Cedano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Pablo Cedano Cedano †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
58.1	Appointed	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
75.6	Died	Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Idah, Nigeria
65.0	Died	Jesús Arturo Roldán †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
46.0	Installed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

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