The Year of Our Lord 2018

Bishop Events

May

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Malaspina	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 May	66.0	Appointed	António Luciano dos Santos Costa	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
54.5	Appointed	António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Caxito, Angola	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
67.3	Resigned	Ilídio Pinto Leandro †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	66.3	Died	Michele Castoro †	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S.	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F.	Bishop of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia
6 May	91.4	Died	Leonard Anthony Faulkner †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
8 May	52.2	Appointed	Luigi Renna	Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
9 May	75.4	Retired	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Silvio Guterres Dutra	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	Daniel Oca Presto	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
63.1	Died	Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
10 May	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary
11 May	46.3	Appointed	Luis Eduardo González Cedrés	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
46.3	Appointed	Luis Eduardo González Cedrés	Titular Bishop of Thugga	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
76.0	Retired	Matthias Kobena Nketsiah	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
71.6	Died	José Francisco Oliveros †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
67.9	Appointed	Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
67.9	Appointed	Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle	Apostolic Administrator of Accra, Ghana	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
12 May	69.5	Appointed	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Apostolic Administrator of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines
15 May	91.0	Died	Georges Scandar †	Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
67.9	Installed	George Leo Thomas	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
16 May	75.7	Retired	José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D.	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C.	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.4	Appointed	József-Csaba Pál	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
75.5	Retired	Martin Roos	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	77.6	Retired	Klaus Küng	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
85.6	Died	Anthony Michael Milone †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
65.9	Appointed	Alois Schwarz	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
18 May	88.8	Died	Darío Castrillón Hoyos †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
82.2	Died	Christopher Jones †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
52.1	Appointed	Gianpiero Palmieri	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
52.1	Appointed	Gianpiero Palmieri	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
60.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
67.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M.	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
68.4	Ceased	Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Orán, Argentina	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
60.7	Appointed	Koenraad Vanhoutte	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
60.7	Appointed	Koenraad Vanhoutte	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
19 May	74.6	Appointed	Angelo Comastri	Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
83.7	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Piscibus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
84.6	Appointed	Raffaele Farina, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
54.5	Ceased	Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera	Administrator of Babahoyo, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
83.3	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
80.0	Retired	Iván Antonio Marín López	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
72.8	Appointed	Stanisław Ryłko	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
74.5	Appointed	Leonardo Sandri	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Zdenek Wasserbauer	Titular Bishop of Buthrotum	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
46.2	Installed	Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi	Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador
20 May	57.7	Installed	Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May	78.6	Died	Camilo Diaz Gregorio †	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
47.4	Appointed	Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
47.4	Appointed	Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
55.3	Appointed	Marek Zalewski	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
55.3	Appointed	Marek Zalewski	Official to Viêt Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
22 May	49.8	Ceased	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
57.1	Appointed	Marcelo Daniel Colombo	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
50.8	Appointed	Anthony Gaspar Lagwen	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania
23 May	51.7	Appointed	Sérgio de Deus Borges	Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
24 May	60.4	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
57.4	Appointed	Jesús González de Zárate Salas	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
58.1	Appointed	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
79.0	Retired	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
81.2	Died	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Margarito Salazar Cárdenas	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México
77.0	Retired	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
25 May	53.7	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop
56.7	Appointed	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
51.5	Appointed	Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo	Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
51.5	Appointed	Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo	Titular Bishop of Mediana	Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
50.4	Installed	Bartolome Gaspar Santos	Bishop of Iba, Philippines
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Toma Adly Zaki	Titular Bishop of Cabasa	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
26 May	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
27 May	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
28 May	54.2	Appointed	Cesare Di Pietro	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
54.2	Appointed	Cesare Di Pietro	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Louie Patalinghug Galbines	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines
29 May	93.3	Died	Luciano José Cabral Duarte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
51.5	Installed	Louie Patalinghug Galbines	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines
68.0	Appointed	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Bishop of Luçon, France
96.3	Died	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
31 May	80.0	Appointed	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
64.0	Installed	Peter Machado	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
63.1	Appointed	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
59.1	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Bishop of Beata Maria Vergine Assunta in Strumica-Skopje (Macedonian)	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

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