Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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May | 58.0 | Ceased | Simona Brambilla, M. C. | Superior General of Suore Missionarie della Consolata | Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
1 May | 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelo Antônio da Silva | Titular Bishop of Tabaicara | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
58.5 | Succeeded | Richard Garth Henning | Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
61.3 | Appointed | Joseph Huỳnh Văn Sỹ | Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam | ||
77.2 | Retired | Joseph Karikkassery | Bishop of Kottapuram, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.0 | Appointed | Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri | Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria | ||
53.0 | Appointed | Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri | Titular Bishop of Gurza | Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria | |
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo | Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia | ||
75.0 | Retired | Thomas Joseph Tobin | Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.8 | Appointed | Alex Joseph Vadakumthala | Apostolic Administrator of Kottapuram, India | Bishop of Kannur, India | |
2 May | 91.5 | Died | Helmut Krätzl † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | |
76.2 | Retired | Smaragde Mbonyintege | Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.6 | Appointed | Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa | Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda | ||
3 May | 54.6 | Appointed | Andrea Andreozzi | Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy | |
63.2 | Installed | Victor Barnuevo Bendico | Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines | ||
57.9 | Appointed | Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S. | Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||
68.1 | Appointed | John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M. | Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan | ||
61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Claude Lamoureux | Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | ||
75.2 | Retired | Armando Trasarti | Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 May | 61.0 | Appointed | Firmino David | Bishop of Sumbe, Angola | |
5 May | 75.4 | Retired | Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. | Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | John Atcherley Dew | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
55.1 | Succeeded | João Carlos Hatoa Nunes | Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique | ||
56.0 | Succeeded | Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand | ||
46.8 | Appointed | Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda | Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi | ||
46.8 | Appointed | Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda | Titular Bishop of Catrum | Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi | |
6 May | 68.3 | Ceased | David Kamau Ng’ang’a | Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru, Kenya | Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya |
63.3 | Appointed | Luis Alberto Migone Repetto | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | ||
63.3 | Appointed | Luis Alberto Migone Repetto | Titular Bishop of Amaura | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |
55.4 | Ordained Bishop | Cleophas Oseso Tuka | Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya | ||
50.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora | Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras | ||
209.9 | Beatified | Bl. Jacinto Vera y Durán † | Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
7 May | 55.4 | Installed | Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno | Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste |
77.9 | Died | Patrick Joseph McGrath † | Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA | ||
9 May | 90.1 | Died | Edward Peter Cullen † | Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | |
10 May | 78.1 | Died | Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés † | Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba | |
48.4 | Appointed | Aurélio Pinto de Sousa | Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil | ||
Appointed | Girma Tesfaye | Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte, Ethiopia | |||
63.9 | Appointed | Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. | Bishop of Balasore, India | ||
11 May | 52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh | Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt | |
54.0 | Ceased | Daniel Lotfy Khella | Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt | Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt | |
57.5 | Appointed | Thibault Verny | Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France | ||
76.6 | Died | Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan † | Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt | ||
13 May | 50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Coffi Roger Anoumou | Bishop of Lokossa, Benin | |
53.7 | Appointed | Honoré Beugré Dakpa | Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
56.9 | Appointed | Gerardo Díaz Vázquez | Bishop of Colima, México | ||
75.0 | Retired | Allwyn D’Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
51.4 | Ordained Bishop | Bob John Hassan Koroma | Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone | ||
47.3 | Appointed | Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. | Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
47.3 | Appointed | Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. | Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
46.6 | Appointed | Carlos Alberto Santos García | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | ||
46.6 | Appointed | Carlos Alberto Santos García | Titular Bishop of Tamada | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | |
14 May | 78.0 | Died | Guerrino Riccardo Brusati † | Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
51.4 | Installed | Bob John Hassan Koroma | Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone | ||
86.7 | Died | Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | ||
66.3 | Ceased | Natale Paganelli, S.X. | Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | |
15 May | 77.6 | Died | Valentin Pozaić, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia | |
16 May | 70.0 | Retired | Antonio Arcari | Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco | Apostolic Nuncio |
58.7 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre Kiều Công Tùng | Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam | ||
58.1 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Mengoli | Bishop of San Severo, Italy | ||
69.4 | Ceased | Joseph Nguyễn Năng | Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam | Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam | |
50.5 | Appointed | Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo | Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador | ||
18 May | 59.8 | Appointed | Piergiorgio Bertoldi | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
59.8 | Appointed | Piergiorgio Bertoldi | Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
99.6 | Died | Giuseppe Casale † | Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | ||
72.5 | Appointed | Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. | Apostolic Nuncio to Libya | Apostolic Nuncio to Malta | |
52.9 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Lê Tấn Lợi | Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam | ||
63.2 | Installed | Pierre-Yves Michel | Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France | ||
19 May | 59.4 | Appointed | Juan Carlos Ares | Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | |
Appointed | Roland Paris Buyagan | Administrator of Baguio, Philippines | |||
60.7 | Appointed | Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida | Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal | ||
49.9 | Appointed | Jean Michaël Durhône | Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius | ||
81.8 | Retired | Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
50.3 | Appointed | Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona | Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar | ||
50.3 | Appointed | Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona | Titular Bishop of Dragonara | Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar | |
20 May | 62.7 | Installed | Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h | Archbishop of Lille, France | |
21 May | 48.9 | Installed | Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. | Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo | Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
56.3 | Installed | Jean-Pierre Vuillemin | Bishop of Le Mans, France | ||
59.4 | Installed | Nélio Domingos Zortea | Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
22 May | 60.9 | Ordained Bishop | Álvaro Mon Peréz, C.Ss.R. | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | |
64.9 | Appointed | Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin | Apostolic Nuncio to Oman | Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | |
23 May | 77.5 | Retired | Paul Joseph Bradley | Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
61.5 | Appointed | Edward Mark Lohse | Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA | ||
89.2 | Died | Alojz Tkáč † | Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia | ||
24 May | 57.3 | Confirmed | Sabri Anar | Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey | |
52.5 | Appointed | Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés | Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile | ||
65.5 | Appointed | Ruperto Cruz Santos | Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines | ||
75.0 | Retired | Michael Joseph Fitzgerald | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
52.4 | Appointed | Ricardo Hoepers | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | ||
52.4 | Appointed | Ricardo Hoepers | Titular Bishop of Thysdrus | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
65.2 | Appointed | Kenneth Michael Howell | Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia | ||
79.3 | Retired | Robert Michael McGuckin | Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.9 | Retired | Francisco Mendoza de Leon | Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.7 | Installed | John Rodrigues | Bishop of Poona, India | ||
25 May | 66.4 | Ceased | Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe | Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt | Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt |
68.8 | Appointed | Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. | Administrator of Jataí, Goias, Brazil | Bishop | |
56.1 | Ordained Bishop | Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla | Bishop of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt | ||
26 May | 78.0 | Retired | Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
65.1 | Ordained Bishop | Claudio Pablo Castricone | Titular Bishop of Castra Nova | Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina | |
54.7 | Appointed | Joaquim Proença Dionísio | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | ||
54.7 | Appointed | Joaquim Proença Dionísio | Titular Bishop of Parthenia | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | |
60.0 | Appointed | Michele Di Tolve | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | ||
60.0 | Appointed | Michele Di Tolve | Titular Bishop of Horrea | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
55.1 | Appointed | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva | Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | ||
49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz | Titular Bishop of Vita | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | |
75.4 | Retired | Mario Aurelio Poli | Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
27 May | 66.6 | Appointed | Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot | Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg, France | Bishop of Metz, France |
75.0 | Retired | John Atcherley Dew | Bishop of New Zealand, Military | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand | |
58.5 | Ordained Bishop | Teodoro León Muñoz | Titular Bishop of Mentesa | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | |
56.0 | Appointed | Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. | Bishop of New Zealand, Military | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand | |
66.0 | Resigned | Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. | Archbishop of Strasbourg, France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
48.4 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez | Titular Bishop of Egabro | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | |
53.9 | Confirmed | Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara) | Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq | ||
59.4 | Ordained Bishop | Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi | Titular Bishop of Rutabo | Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa | |
28 May | 97.8 | Died | Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. † | Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan | |
67.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joachim Walder | Titular Bishop of Legia | Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl, India | |
29 May | 87.7 | Died | Victor Benito Galeone † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA | |
68.6 | Appointed | Jesús Rico García, H.S.O.D. | Bishop of Ávila, Spain | ||
30 May | 73.0 | Appointed | George Leo Thomas | Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
31 May | 51.3 | Appointed | João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | |
44.5 | Appointed | Fabián Alberto Belay | Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect | |
44.5 | Appointed | Fabián Alberto Belay | Titular Bishop of Aguntum | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Rosario, Argentina | |
76.6 | Retired | Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.9 | Appointed | Henry Eikhlein | Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar | ||
57.1 | Appointed | Ernesto José Fernández | Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina | ||
57.1 | Appointed | Ernesto José Fernández | Titular Bishop of Deultum | Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina | |
55.3 | Succeeded | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Archbishop of Katowice, Poland | ||
66.7 | Appointed | Juraci Gomes de Oliveira | Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil | ||
58.2 | Installed | Giuseppe Mengoli | Bishop of San Severo, Italy | ||
61.3 | Succeeded | Maurice Nyunt Wai | Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar | ||
57.0 | Ordained Bishop | John Panamthottathil, C.M.I. | Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia | ||
73.0 | Resigned | Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
81.5 | Appointed | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. | Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador | |
74.8 | Retired | Raymond Saw Po Ray | Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | Wiktor Paweł Skworc | Archbishop of Katowice, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Solemn Vows | Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. | Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance | Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador |
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