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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 May97.0DiedMyles McKeonBishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
3 May50.0Ordained BishopJames Francis ChecchioBishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
84.6DiedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
49.7AppointedKurian Mathew VayalunkalApostolic Nuncio to Papua New GuineaApostolic Nuncio to Algeria
49.7AppointedKurian Mathew VayalunkalTitular Archbishop of RatiariaApostolic Nuncio to Algeria
4 May55.0InstalledRicardo Lingan BaccayBishop of Alaminos, PhilippinesArchbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
49.0AppointedArnaldo Carvalheiro NetoCoadjutor Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.0AppointedValdemir Ferreira dos SantosBishop of Amargosa, Bahia, BrazilBishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
5 May81.5DiedBenito CocchiArchbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
62.8Ordained BishopGeorges Colomb, M.E.P.Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
54.4AppointedVincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
88.6DiedGabriel Thohey Mahn-GabyArchbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
7 May56.8Ordained BishopRichard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. †Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana
63.8Ordained BishopThéophile Philippe BarakatArchbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
50.6Ordained BishopCarlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, BrazilArchbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
47.3AppointedNelson Jair Cardona RamírezBishop of San José del Guaviare, ColombiaBishop of Pereira, Colombia
51.6Ordained BishopLuiz Carlos DiasTitular Bishop of TunesBishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.1SucceededJoseph Đình Đúc ĐaoBishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
76.3RetiredGerald Nicholas DinoBishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USABishop Emeritus
75.0RetiredAntoni Józef DługoszAuxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.8Ordained BishopLuis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, SpainBishop of León, Spain
77.7RetiredJohn Franklin Meldon HineAuxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great BritainAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1RetiredSarhad Yawsip Hermiz JammoBishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USABishop Emeritus
68.3ResignedJohn Michael KudrickBishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USABishop Emeritus
82.5DiedGonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
75.9RetiredDominique Nguyễn Chu TrinhBishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
69.7AppointedJohn Stephen Pažak, C.SS.R.Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USABishop Emeritus
69.7AppointedJohn Stephen Pažak, C.SS.R.Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), CanadaBishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
59.9AppointedWilliam Charles SkurlaApostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USAArchbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
73.0AppointedShlemon WarduniApostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USACurial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
55.2AppointedKrzysztof Stefan WłodarczykAuxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, PolandBishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
55.2AppointedKrzysztof Stefan WłodarczykTitular Bishop of SuristaBishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
8 May90.9DiedLuke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing)Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
45.1SucceededJoseph Zhang YinlinBishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
11 May46.9AppointedMoacir Silva ArantesAuxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, BrazilBishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
46.9AppointedMoacir Silva ArantesTitular Bishop of Tituli in NumidiaBishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
12 May55.9AppointedNeri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.Bishop of Huánuco, PeruBishop of Carabayllo, Peru
73.7DiedGiovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
76.9RetiredJaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I.Bishop of Huánuco, PeruBishop Emeritus
13 May51.7AppointedCarlos Manuel Escribano SubíasBishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, SpainArchbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
56.6InstalledBernard Anthony HebdaArchbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
55.9AppointedDavid Austin KonderlaBishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
52.1AppointedGábor PintérApostolic Nuncio to BelarusApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
52.1AppointedGábor PintérTitular Archbishop of VelebusdusApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
75.7RetiredEdward James SlatteryBishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USABishop Emeritus
14 May60.9InstalledGerard Johannes Nicolaus de KorteBishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
55.2Ordained BishopRrok GjonlleshajArchbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
45.4Ordained BishopRicardo HoepersBishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
15 May56.4Ordained BishopFelice AccroccaArchbishop of Benevento, Italy
16 May90.5DiedGiovanni CoppaCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
87.5DiedCamille DesRosiers, S.M. †Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
80.0RetiredKarl LehmannBishop of Mainz, GermanyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
17 May75.6RetiredLajos PápaiBishop of Győr (Raab), HungaryBishop Emeritus
56.4AppointedAndrás VeresBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
18 May51.8AppointedSylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V.Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France
59.8AppointedGilberto Pastana de OliveiraCoadjutor Bishop of Crato, Ceara, BrazilArchbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
19 May51.6Ordained BishopÓscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, ChileBishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
20 May53.8InstalledJorge Alberto Cavazos ArizpeBishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, MéxicoArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
55.3AppointedFrancesco SirufoArchbishop of Acerenza, Italy
42.9AppointedLinas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
21 May54.4Ordained BishopVictor Hugo BasabeBishop of San Felipe, VenezuelaArchbishop of Coro, Venezuela
86.3DiedAndrea Maria Erba, B. †Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
51.3AppointedFrancisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaApostolic Nuncio to GabonApostolic Nuncio to Japan
50.5AppointedPavel KonzbulAuxiliary Bishop of Brno, CzechiaBishop
50.5AppointedPavel KonzbulTitular Bishop of LitomyšlBishop of Brno, Czechia
67.6InstalledGerardo Melgar ViciosaBishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
59.4Ordained BishopAnaclet MwumvanezaBishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
52.8Ordained BishopÁngel Antonio Recinos LemusBishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala
62.4InstalledAdam SzalArchbishop of Przemyśl, Poland
22 May52.7DiedLucjan AvgustiniBishop of Sapë, Albania
51.6Ordained BishopRaúl Alfonso Carrillo MartínezTitular Bishop of AfufeniaVicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
67.8InstalledJuan de la Caridad García RodríguezCardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
57.0InstalledDarci José Nicioli, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.8Ordained BishopThomas PaulsamyBishop of Dindigul, India
46.0Ordained BishopJaime Uriel Sanabria AriasTitular Bishop of BurcaVicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
23 May76.6AppointedStanislaus Fernandes, S.J.Apostolic Administrator of Baroda, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India
24 May66.1AppointedPatricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
60.4Ordained BishopEnrique de Vera MacaraegBishop of Tarlac, Philippines
77.3RetiredVicente Macanan NavarraBishop of Bacolod, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
25 May88.1DiedGiacomo BarabinoBishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
82.5DiedHoracio Ernesto Benites AstoulAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
63.3Ordained BishopZdenko Križić, O.C.D.Bishop of Gospić-Senj, CroatiaArchbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
85.1DiedJózsef TempfliBishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
26 May100.6DiedLoris Francesco CapovillaCardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
27 May50.8DiedPetru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
94.6DiedGirolamo PrigioneApostolic Nuncio
28 May67.4AppointedSofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.Apostolic Administrator of Bayombong, PhilippinesBishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
52.7Ordained BishopPedro Collar NogueraTitular Bishop of ThamugadiBishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
51.3Ordained BishopFrancisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaTitular Archbishop of GratianaApostolic Nuncio to Japan
53.6AppointedPaul Horan, O. Carm.Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe
63.9AppointedCelestino MiglioreApostolic Nuncio to Russian FederationApostolic Nuncio to France
76.9RetiredAlexio Churu MuchabaiwaBishop of Mutare, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus
54.7Ordained BishopStefano RussoBishop of Fabriano-Matelica, ItalyBishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
55.5Ordained BishopAplinar Senapati, C.M.Bishop of Rayagada, India
77.1RetiredRamon Barrera VillenaBishop of Bayombong, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
29 May59.7InstalledManuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
62.3Ordained BishopAngelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of FicusVicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
30 May68.0DiedBoniface Choi Ki-SanBishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
31 May50.0AppointedJohn Bosco Chang Shin-HoAuxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
50.0AppointedJohn Bosco Chang Shin-HoTitular Bishop of VesceraAuxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
69.2AppointedEdward Michael DelimanAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.2AppointedEdward Michael DelimanTitular Bishop of SufesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
81.9DiedSergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
60.4InstalledEnrique de Vera MacaraegBishop of Tarlac, Philippines
56.1AppointedJose Elmer Imas MangalinaoAuxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, PhilippinesBishop of Bayombong, Philippines
56.1AppointedJose Elmer Imas MangalinaoTitular Bishop of UrusiBishop of Bayombong, Philippines
53.5Ordained BishopPaul James MasonTitular Bishop of SkálholtBishop of Great Britain, Military
50.4Ordained BishopScott Cal McCaig, C.C.Bishop of Canada, Military
52.4AppointedVitaliy SkomarovskyiApostolic Administrator of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, UkraineBishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
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