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The Year of Our Lord 1970

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 May44.9AppointedErnesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuenca, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus
44.9AppointedErnesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †Titular Archbishop of ClypiaArchbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
46.2Ordained BishopAngelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †Titular Bishop of MagnetumBishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
47.7Ordained BishopBraulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in ProconsulariPrelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
2 May48.1AppointedMário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. †Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea, Amazonas, BrazilPrelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
5 May40.7Ordained BishopPatrick Fernández FloresTitular Bishop of ItalicaArchbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
BornEchchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta SilvaBishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
BornSviatoslav ShevchukMajor Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 May26.3Ordained PriestWilliam Francis MaloolyPriest of Baltimore, Maryland, USABishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
42.9Ordained BishopMario TagliaferriTitular Archbishop of FormiaeApostolic Nuncio to France
51.3Ordained BishopJoseph S. ThummaTitular Bishop of Cunga FéichinBishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
8 May50.5AppointedAnselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South AfricaApostolic Administrator Emeritus
72.0ResignedJerônimo MazzarottoAuxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
BornMirosław Stanisław WachowskiUnder Secretary of the Secretariat of State
9 May51.7ResignedEdwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. †Prefect of Ingwavuma, South AfricaPrefect Emeritus
10 May53.1Ordained BishopSilvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
38.8Ordained BishopAntonio Dorado SotoBishop of Guadix, SpainBishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
BornLeszek LeszkiewiczAuxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
25.7Ordained PriestNicholas James SamraPriest of United States of America (Melkite Greek)Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
BornMatthew Zhen XuebinCoadjutor Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
13 May25.8Ordained PriestEdward Kenneth BraxtonPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
BornFrank Yohana KalabatBishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
14 May42.7AppointedAnthony Gerard BoscoAuxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
42.7AppointedAnthony Gerard BoscoTitular Bishop of LabicumBishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
50.6AppointedJosé Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †Titular Bishop of SullectumBishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
50.6ResignedJosé Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
32.4Ordained PriestGeoffrey Hylton JarrettPriest of Hobart, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
15 May52.8Ordained BishopManuel Casares HervásBishop of Almería, SpainBishop Emeritus
16 May25.7Ordained PriestEdward Joseph AdamsPriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAApostolic Nuncio
24.3Ordained PriestGuy Charbonneau, P.M.E.Priest of Société des Missions-ÉtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
26.1Ordained PriestPaul LortiePriest of Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
27.9Ordained PriestJoseph Anthony PepePriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
59.4ResignedJosé Manuel Piña TorresAuxiliary Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
81.1DiedBernard James Sullivan, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Patna, India
17 May26.4Ordained PriestRoberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J.Priest of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel MessicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
43.3Ordained BishopÉmile BiayendaTitular Archbishop of GarbaCardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
44.8Ordained BishopMarco Titular Bishop of VulturiaCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27.5Ordained PriestLouis Chamniern SantisukniramPriest of Thare and Nonseng, ThailandArchbishop Emeritus
53.9Ordained BishopAlair Vilar Fernandes de MeloBishop of Amargosa, Bahia, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
25.9Ordained PriestRaymond W. FieldPriest of Dublin, IrelandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.3Ordained BishopFelixberto Camacho FloresTitular Bishop of StagnumArchbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
23.9Ordained PriestSalvatore GristinaPriest of Palermo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
27.1Ordained PriestBraulio Rafael León VillegasPriest of León, Guanajuato, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
27.0Ordained PriestErkolano Lodu TombePriestBishop Emeritus of Yei, South Sudan
25.2Ordained PriestMarcelo Raúl MartorellPriest of Córdoba, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
30.5Ordained PriestMario Melanio Medina SalinasPriest of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, ParaguayBishop Emeritus
23.3Ordained PriestSalvatore MuratorePriest of Agrigento, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
24.2Ordained PriestPietro SantoroPriest of Chieti, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
29.1Ordained PriestAntónio de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. †Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartBishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
28.5Ordained PriestCésar Bosco Vivas RobeloPriest of Managua, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
18 May40.0AppointedMichael George BowenCoadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
40.0AppointedMichael George BowenTitular Bishop of LamsortiArchbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
86.2AppointedWilliam Theodore HeardCardinal-Priest of San TeodoroCardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
58.2AppointedJosé Melgoza OsorioBishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
62.5AppointedAlberto Rencoret DonosoTitular Archbishop of SilaArchbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
62.5ResignedAlberto Rencoret DonosoArchbishop of Puerto Montt, ChileArchbishop Emeritus
45.1AppointedJosé Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †Bishop of Zacatecas, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
21 May35.7AppointedEugène Biletsi OnimBishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
76.1AppointedAdrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †Titular Archbishop of VolsiniumArchbishop Emeritus of Djakarta, Indonesia
76.1RetiredAdrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †Archbishop of Djakarta, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus
37.5AppointedRobert Kerketta, S.D.B. †Bishop of Dibrugarh, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
45.3AppointedMatthew Kia Yen-wenBishop of Kiayi, TaiwanArchbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
78.6DiedLeón (Miguel) Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
56.4Ordained BishopOmer Alfred Robidoux, O.M.I. †Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
56.5AppointedMartin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. †Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
49.5AppointedLeo Soekoto, S.J. †Archbishop of Djakarta, IndonesiaArchbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
76.4AppointedAlphonse Streit, C.M.M. †Titular Bishop of MaturbaBishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
76.4RetiredAlphonse Streit, C.M.M. †Bishop of Mariannhill, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
50.2AppointedRené Toussaint, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of Cluain IrairdBishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.2ResignedRené Toussaint, O.M.I. †Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
23 May25.8Ordained PriestRobert James CarlsonPriest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
31.7Ordained PriestBrian Vincent FinniganPriest of Ballarat, AustraliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
50.1Ordained BishopVictor GuazzelliTitular Bishop of LindisfarnaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
48.0Ordained BishopGerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. †Titular Bishop of Eanach DúinAuxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
24.4Ordained PriestAnthony ManciniPriest of Montréal, Québec, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
55.8Ordained BishopJames MonaghanTitular Bishop of Cell AusailleAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
27.1Ordained PriestArmando Xavier OchoaPriest of Los Angeles, California, USABishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
27.0Ordained PriestGuillermo Rodríguez-MelgarejoPriest of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
BornWojciech SkibickiAuxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
27.0Ordained PriestPaul TerrioPriest of Montréal, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
BornBasel Salim YaldoCurial Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
24 May28.0Ordained PriestGermano Grachane, C.M.Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop Emeritus of Nacala, Mozambique
20.9ProfessedSoundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B. †Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Vellore, India
25 May55.9AppointedValentino VailatiArchbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
26 May53.0InstalledNorman Joseph GallagherBishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
BornLouis TylkaBishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
28 May85.3DiedBl. Iuliu HossuBishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
29 May25.5Ordained PriestDonald Joseph KettlerPriest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USABishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
30 May25.9Ordained PriestNicholas Anthony DiMarzioPriest of Newark, New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
24.3Ordained PriestFelipe de Jesús EstévezPriest of Matanzas, CubaBishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
37.2AppointedRicardo Guízar DíazAuxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
37.2AppointedRicardo Guízar DíazTitular Bishop of NonaArchbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
38.2AppointedRosendo Huesca PachecoAuxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
38.2AppointedRosendo Huesca PachecoTitular Bishop of ThemisoniumArchbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
26.2Ordained PriestJohn Joseph JenikPriest of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 May24.9Ordained PriestDenis BrennanPriest of Ferns, IrelandBishop Emeritus
45.6Ordained BishopEduardo André MuacaTitular Bishop of IsolaArchbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
23.8Ordained PriestHenryk Józef NowackiPriest of Tarnów, PolandApostolic Nuncio
40.5Ordained BishopPaul SchruersTitular Bishop of SlebteBishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
44.2ResignedLuigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. †Auxiliary Bishop of Huaraz, PeruAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
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