The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May Born Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

2 May 65.5 Died Šimon Bárta † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

25.6 Ordained Priest Harold Joseph Dimmerling † Priest of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

25.2 Ordained Priest Adolph Marx † Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

3 May 45.1 Appointed Nersès Tayroyan † Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

4 May Born José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru

Born Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands

5 May 65.7 Appointed Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Limyra Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde

65.7 Resigned Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde Bishop Emeritus

6 May Born André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

8 May Born Santiago García Aracil † Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

10 May 65.8 Resigned Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

11 May Born Anthony Kwami Adanuty Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana

62.6 Appointed Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Archbishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

59.4 Appointed Clément-Emile Roques † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

66.0 Appointed Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

35.6 Appointed Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood † Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Priest

35.6 Appointed Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood † Titular Bishop of Livias Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

12 May 58.1 Ordained Bishop Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

Born Louis Pelâtre, A.A. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey

53.7 Died Stefan Walczykiewicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

14 May Born Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

27.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Mardaga † Priest of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

38.7 Installed Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

Born William Francis Murphy Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

43.8 Ordained Bishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † Titular Bishop of Sita Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

15 May Born Charles Michael Jarrell Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

24.1 Ordained Priest Heinrich Pachowiak † Priest of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 May 80.8 Died Teotónio Emanuel Ribeiro Vieira de Castro † Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

Born Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay † Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

17 May 74.8 Died Albino Pella † Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

Born James Terry Steib, S.V.D. Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

18 May 26.6 Ordained Priest William Donald Borders † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

24.1 Ordained Priest Vito Nicola Cavanna † Priest of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop of Asti, Italy

47.7 Appointed Joseph Charbonneau † Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Joseph Charbonneau † Titular Archbishop of Amorium Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

30.1 Ordained Priest Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

54.4 Appointed William Aloysius Griffin † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

27.2 Ordained Priest Arthur Henry Krawczak † Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Paul Francis Leibold † Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop

22.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Marafini † Priest of Velletri, Italy Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

25.9 Ordained Priest Francis John Mugavero † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

23.6 Ordained Priest Félix Niza Ribeiro † Priest Bishop Emeritus of João Belo, Mozambique

26.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Trương Cao Ðại, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam

25.8 Ordained Priest Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

19 May 36.5 Ordained Bishop Vincentas Brizgys † Titular Bishop of Bosana Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

41.1 Ordained Bishop Alberto Carinci † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy

20 May Born Claude Jean Pierre Dagens Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

Born Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

Born Norbert Werbs † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

21 May 44.2 Appointed Thomas Aloysius Boland † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop Emeritus

44.2 Appointed Thomas Aloysius Boland † Titular Bishop of Hirina Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

22 May 74.7 Died Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

54.7 Succeeded Alexandre Vachon † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

23 May 24.6 Ordained Priest Loris Francesco Capovilla † Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

24 May Born Jan Bernard Szlaga † Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

25 May 56.8 Appointed Francisco Beckmann, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá Archbishop

56.8 Appointed Francisco Beckmann, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Archbishop of Panamá

26.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

63.6 Died Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China

32.4 Appointed Bl. Ioan Suciu † Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

32.4 Appointed Bl. Ioan Suciu † Titular Bishop of Moglaena Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

25.5 Ordained Priest John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

59.4 Appointed Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. † Prelate of Paracatu, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Gor Prelate Emeritus of Paracatu, Brazil

53.4 Appointed Johannes Christianus Vrakking, M.S.C. † Bishop of Surigao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

26 May Born Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru

23.2 Ordained Priest Giovanni Benedetti † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

Born Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

54.8 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Zorolus Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China

39.0 Ordained Bishop Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Praenetus Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China

27 May Born Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal

28 May Born Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia

55.3 Appointed Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic

48.4 Appointed Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

48.4 Appointed Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Titular Bishop of Marciana Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

34.4 Appointed William Charles Quinn, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China

34.4 Appointed William Charles Quinn, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China

55.9 Ordained Bishop Vincent James Ryan † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

29 May 72.2 Died Tomás Gregorio Camacho † Bishop of Salto, Uruguay

Born Raymond John Lahey †

Born Donal Brendan Murray † Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland

47.1 Succeeded Alfredo Viola † Bishop of Salto, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Died Valentin Wojciech † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

31 May Born Harry Entwistle Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia

Born Pierre Farine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

27.7 Ordained Priest Aldo Forzoni † Priest of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy

48.6 Appointed Emile Maurice Guerry † Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai, France Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Emile Maurice Guerry † Titular Archbishop of Achrida Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

Born Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

54.1 Appointed Georges-Arthur Melançon † Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

1 Jun Born Bernard Marie Fernand Housset Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

2 Jun 35.4 Ordained Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

45.7 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Thignica Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

28.0 Ordained Priest George Henry Speltz † Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

4 Jun Born Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

Born Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

23.6 Ordained Priest Angelo Fausto Vallainc † Priest Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

5 Jun 40.9 Ordained Bishop Bl. Vasile Aftenie † Titular Bishop of Ulpiana Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Born Gilles Lussier Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada

6 Jun 79.9 Died John Pius Dowling, O.P. † Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

59.2 Succeeded Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. † Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

Born Michael Smith Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

7 Jun Born Paul Friedrich Wehrle Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

8 Jun 36.6 Appointed John Michael O’Neill † Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

9 Jun 26.0 Ordained Priest Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

26.0 Ordained Priest George Joseph Gottwald † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Mario Picchi, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

10 Jun Born Pietro Bovati, S.J. Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Appointed Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi † Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan

81.4 Died Louis Joseph Legraive † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium

11 Jun 46.4 Ordained Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Hypaepa Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America

25.9 Ordained Priest James Monaghan † Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Priest Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil

13 Jun Born Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

14 Jun Born Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia

15 Jun 73.5 Died Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

76.4 Appointed Raffaele Santi † Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus Bishop Emeritus of Montefeltro, Italy

76.4 Retired Raffaele Santi † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

16 Jun 25.5 Ordained Priest Umberto Luciano Altomare † Priest of Cosenza, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

23.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Amari † Priest of Mantova, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

25.5 Ordained Priest Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † Priest of Sons of Divine Providence Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil

25.4 Ordained Priest Salvatore Delogu † Priest of Nuoro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Amilcare Pasini † Priest of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.5 Ordained Priest Česlao Sipovič, M.I.C. † Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Superior General Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Aurelio Sorrentino † Priest of Mileto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Vairo † Priest of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest Antonio Zama † Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

18 Jun Born Rogelio Esquivel Medina † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

19 Jun 23.6 Temporary Vows Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Ischia, Italy

20 Jun 72.8 Died Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Zama Major

22 Jun 35.4 Installed Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

Born Woldeghiorghis Matheos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna, Ethiopia

23 Jun 65.9 Died Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

25.5 Ordained Priest Władysław Miziołek † Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. † Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Bishop Emeritus of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil

27.4 Ordained Priest Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

24 Jun 68.4 Appointed Edward Komar † Apostolic Administrator of Tarnów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

26 Jun 54.8 Appointed Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

51.6 Appointed Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada Vicar Apostolic

51.6 Appointed Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Adramyttium Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada

35.7 Appointed Gjergj Volaj † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

27 Jun 62.9 Appointed Czesław Sokołowski † Apostolic Administrator of Siedlce, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

28 Jun 72.8 Died Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China

Born Petru Gherghel Bishop Emeritus of Iaşi, Romania

Born Roderick Wright † Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

29 Jun 23.4 Ordained Priest Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

27.1 Ordained Priest Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China

24.1 Ordained Priest Armando Círio, O.S.I. † Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Cogoni † Priest of Cagliari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

33.0 Ordained Priest Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. † Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph Prelate of Huarí, Peru

50.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Bishop of Guntur, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

30 Jun 25.1 Ordained Priest Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Born François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May		Born	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
2 May	65.5	Died	Šimon Bárta †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
25.6	Ordained Priest	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Priest of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
25.2	Ordained Priest	Adolph Marx †	Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
3 May	45.1	Appointed	Nersès Tayroyan †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
4 May		Born	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
	Born	Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.		Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
5 May	65.7	Appointed	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
65.7	Resigned	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
6 May		Born	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard		Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
8 May		Born	Santiago García Aracil †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
10 May	65.8	Resigned	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
11 May		Born	Anthony Kwami Adanuty		Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
62.6	Appointed	Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
59.4	Appointed	Clément-Emile Roques †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
66.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Célestin Suhard †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
35.6	Appointed	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Priest
35.6	Appointed	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12 May	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	Born	Louis Pelâtre, A.A.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey
53.7	Died	Stefan Walczykiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
14 May		Born	Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
27.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Priest of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
38.7	Installed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	Born	William Francis Murphy		Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
15 May		Born	Charles Michael Jarrell		Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
24.1	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Pachowiak †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 May	80.8	Died	Teotónio Emanuel Ribeiro Vieira de Castro †	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
	Born	Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay †		Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
17 May	74.8	Died	Albino Pella †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	Born	James Terry Steib, S.V.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
18 May	26.6	Ordained Priest	William Donald Borders †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
24.1	Ordained Priest	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Priest of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
47.7	Appointed	Joseph Charbonneau †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Joseph Charbonneau †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
30.1	Ordained Priest	Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
54.4	Appointed	William Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
27.2	Ordained Priest	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Francis Leibold †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop
22.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Marafini †	Priest of Velletri, Italy	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis John Mugavero †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23.6	Ordained Priest	Félix Niza Ribeiro †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of João Belo, Mozambique
26.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Trương Cao Ðại, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
25.8	Ordained Priest	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
19 May	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincentas Brizgys †	Titular Bishop of Bosana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Carinci †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
20 May		Born	Claude Jean Pierre Dagens		Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	Born	Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh		Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
	Born	Norbert Werbs †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
21 May	44.2	Appointed	Thomas Aloysius Boland †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Thomas Aloysius Boland †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp.		Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
22 May	74.7	Died	Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
54.7	Succeeded	Alexandre Vachon †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
23 May	24.6	Ordained Priest	Loris Francesco Capovilla †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
24 May		Born	Jan Bernard Szlaga †		Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
25 May	56.8	Appointed	Francisco Beckmann, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop
56.8	Appointed	Francisco Beckmann, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Archbishop of Panamá
26.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
63.6	Died	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
32.4	Appointed	Bl. Ioan Suciu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
32.4	Appointed	Bl. Ioan Suciu †	Titular Bishop of Moglaena	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
25.5	Ordained Priest	John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
59.4	Appointed	Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Paracatu, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Prelate Emeritus of Paracatu, Brazil
53.4	Appointed	Johannes Christianus Vrakking, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
26 May		Born	Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A.		Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru
23.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Benedetti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	Born	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Zorolus	Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China
39.0	Ordained Bishop	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Praenetus	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
27 May		Born	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis		Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
28 May		Born	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
55.3	Appointed	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
48.4	Appointed	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
48.4	Appointed	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †	Titular Bishop of Marciana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
34.4	Appointed	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
34.4	Appointed	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincent James Ryan †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
29 May	72.2	Died	Tomás Gregorio Camacho †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
	Born	Raymond John Lahey †
	Born	Donal Brendan Murray †		Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland
47.1	Succeeded	Alfredo Viola †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Died	Valentin Wojciech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
31 May		Born	Harry Entwistle		Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
	Born	Pierre Farine		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
27.7	Ordained Priest	Aldo Forzoni †	Priest of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy
48.6	Appointed	Emile Maurice Guerry †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Emile Maurice Guerry †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	Born	Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis		Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
54.1	Appointed	Georges-Arthur Melançon †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun		Born	Bernard Marie Fernand Housset		Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
2 Jun	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
28.0	Ordained Priest	George Henry Speltz †	Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
4 Jun		Born	Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
	Born	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
23.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †	Priest	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
5 Jun	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Vasile Aftenie †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	Born	Gilles Lussier		Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
6 Jun	79.9	Died	John Pius Dowling, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
59.2	Succeeded	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Michael Smith		Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
7 Jun		Born	Paul Friedrich Wehrle		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
8 Jun	36.6	Appointed	John Michael O’Neill †	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
9 Jun	26.0	Ordained Priest	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
26.0	Ordained Priest	George Joseph Gottwald †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
10 Jun		Born	Pietro Bovati, S.J.		Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	Appointed	Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan
81.4	Died	Louis Joseph Legraive †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
11 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hypaepa	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
25.9	Ordained Priest	James Monaghan †	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Priest	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
13 Jun		Born	Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
14 Jun		Born	Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
15 Jun	73.5	Died	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
76.4	Appointed	Raffaele Santi †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Bishop Emeritus of Montefeltro, Italy
76.4	Retired	Raffaele Santi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jun	25.5	Ordained Priest	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Priest of Cosenza, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Amari †	Priest of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
25.5	Ordained Priest	Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
25.4	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Delogu †	Priest of Nuoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Amilcare Pasini †	Priest of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.5	Ordained Priest	Česlao Sipovič, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Sorrentino †	Priest of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Vairo †	Priest of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Zama †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
18 Jun		Born	Rogelio Esquivel Medina †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
19 Jun	23.6	Temporary Vows	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
20 Jun	72.8	Died	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
22 Jun	35.4	Installed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
	Born	Woldeghiorghis Matheos		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna, Ethiopia
23 Jun	65.9	Died	Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
25.5	Ordained Priest	Władysław Miziołek †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop Emeritus of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
27.4	Ordained Priest	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
24 Jun	68.4	Appointed	Edward Komar †	Apostolic Administrator of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Jun	54.8	Appointed	Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
51.6	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada	Vicar Apostolic
51.6	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
35.7	Appointed	Gjergj Volaj †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
27 Jun	62.9	Appointed	Czesław Sokołowski †	Apostolic Administrator of Siedlce, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
28 Jun	72.8	Died	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
	Born	Petru Gherghel		Bishop Emeritus of Iaşi, Romania
	Born	Roderick Wright †		Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
29 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
27.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
24.1	Ordained Priest	Armando Círio, O.S.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cogoni †	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
33.0	Ordained Priest	Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph	Prelate of Huarí, Peru
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Bishop of Guntur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
30 Jun	25.1	Ordained Priest	Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	Born	François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng		Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

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