The Year of Our Lord 1981

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 79.2 Died Manuel Llopis Ivorra † Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

48.3 Ordained Bishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. † Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 May 47.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco De Nittis † Titular Archbishop of Tunes Apostolic Nuncio

3 May 80.5 Died Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

6 May 52.5 Succeeded Joseph Marie Louis Duval † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

68.4 Resigned André Louis Marie Pailler † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

8 May 25.1 Ordained Priest Robert Ovide Bourgon Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

57.9 Appointed Virgílio de Pauli † Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

49.1 Appointed Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. † Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 May 54.7 Appointed Agostino Cacciavillan † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

76.0 Retired Secondo Chiocca † Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

28.1 Ordained Priest Vincent Coulibaly Priest of Kankan, Guinea Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

63.3 Appointed Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. † President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Cardinal, President Emeritus

49.9 Ordained Bishop Augustus Peters † Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

70.9 Appointed Opilio Rossi † President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

69.8 Died Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia

25.5 Ordained Priest Matteo Maria Zuppi Priest of Palestrina, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

10 May 24.3 Ordained Priest Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † Priest of Oviedo, Spain Bishop of Astorga, Spain

11 May 46.6 Ordained Priest Peter Lin Jiashan † Priest Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China

15 May 26.3 Ordained Priest Mark Leonard Bartchak Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

17.4 First Vows Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C. Member of Order of Imitation of Christ Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India

16 May 33.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Patrick McFadden † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

17 May 24.7 Ordained Priest Román Casanova Casanova Priest of Tortosa, Spain Bishop of Vic, Spain

21.1 Professed Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S. Member of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India

24.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Gómez Cantero Priest of Palencia, Spain Bishop of Almería, Spain

25.1 Ordained Priest Józef Guzdek Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Archbishop of Białystok, Poland

55.3 Installed Hermann Josef Spital † Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Installed Edmund Casimir Szoka † Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

18 May 59.0 Died Theodorus Lumanauw † Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

52.7 Died James Steven Rausch † Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

19 May 64.4 Resigned William Michael Cosgrove † Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 May 65.6 Resigned Manuel Pereira da Costa † Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

21 May 42.6 Ordained Bishop Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F. † Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

22 May 76.0 Retired Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Hamhŭng, Korea (North) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)

50.5 Ordained Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine † Titular Bishop of Scardona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

62.5 Ordained Bishop Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. † Titular Bishop of Trisipa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

23 May 39.4 Ordained Bishop Paul Themba Mngoma † Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad Archbishop Emeritus

24 May 57.2 Died Climério Almeida de Andrade † Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil

54.9 Ordained Bishop Hildebrando Mendes Costa Titular Bishop of Arindela Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

32.5 Ordained Priest Alain Émile Baptiste Planet Priest of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France

29.5 Perpetual Vows Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, India

25 May 43.0 Appointed Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

39.4 Installed Paul Themba Mngoma † Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Mauro Morelli † Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

73.1 Died Neemeh Simaan † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

46.8 Appointed Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

26 May 73.0 Appointed Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

27 May 46.8 Appointed Luciano Giovannetti † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

73.7 Resigned Mario Longo Dorni † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Victorio Oliver Domingo Bishop of Albacete, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

50.0 Appointed Simone Alfiero Scatizzi † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28 May 26.0 Ordained Priest Miguel Fritz, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

79.8 Died Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

30 May 25.9 Ordained Priest William Amove Avenya Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria

27.1 Ordained Priest Michael Owen Jackels Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

35.3 Ordained Priest John Marvin LeVoir Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

30.0 Ordained Priest Kevin William Vann Priest of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop of Orange in California, USA

31 May 75.9 Died Flaviano Barrechea Ariola † Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines

53.0 Ordained Bishop Allan Chamgwera Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

35.4 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

53.4 Ordained Bishop Bruno Kouamé † Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

74.3 Resigned Giuseppe Perniciaro † Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest Stanisław Salaterski Priest of Tarnów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

26.7 Ordained Deacon Norbert José Henri Turini Deacon of Nice, France Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

Jun 29.7 Ordained Priest Bruno Marie Duffé Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

31.6 Incardinated Aleksander Kaszkiewicz Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Grodno, Belarus

1 Jun 65.0 Died Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México

2 Jun 45.8 Died Johannes Kleineidam † Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

42.6 Appointed Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway Bishop Emeritus

3 Jun 58.1 Died Jean-Marie Lafontaine † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

56.8 Appointed Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

5 Jun 74.4 Died Giuseppe Perniciaro † Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

6 Jun 57.4 Appointed Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

57.4 Appointed Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

45.2 Ordained Bishop Renato Corti † Titular Bishop of Zallata Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Marian Florczyk Priest of Kielce, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

22.8 Ordained Priest Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Priest of Yola, Nigeria Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

56.0 Ordained Bishop Zekarias Yohannes † Titular Bishop of Barca Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

7 Jun 41.5 Ordained Bishop Patricio Hacbang Alo † Titular Bishop of Thibiuca Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines

25.6 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana Priest of Bangkok, Thailand Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand

57.2 Appointed José de Lima † Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

29.4 Perpetual Vows Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Udaipur, India

20.8 Professed Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Bangued, Philippines

26.3 Ordained Priest Romuald Kamiński Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

35.1 Ordained Priest Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

40.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba † Titular Bishop of Simidicca Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.1 Ordained Priest Jan Ozga Priest of Przemyśl, Poland Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

53.0 Appointed Luiz Eugênio Pérez † Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

31.7 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Pikus Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

26.1 Ordained Priest Marian Rojek Priest of Przemyśl, Poland Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

30.4 Ordained Priest José Benedito Simão † Priest of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

65.6 Resigned José Varani † Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 Jun 55.0 Ordained Bishop Maurice Taylor † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

10 Jun 25.1 Ordained Priest Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda Priest of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

12 Jun 46.3 Appointed Jan Walenty Wieczorek † Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

46.3 Appointed Jan Walenty Wieczorek † Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

13 Jun 54.7 Appointed Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá † Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona, Spain Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

26.3 Ordained Priest Daniel John Felton Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

49.4 Appointed René Lucien Picandet † Bishop of Orléans, France

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierantonio Tremolada Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Brescia, Italy

14 Jun 72.3 Died Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. † Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

23.7 Ordained Priest Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

25.7 Ordained Priest Henryk Ciereszko Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland

46.0 Ordained Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest László Kiss-Rigó Priest of Esztergom, Hungary Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary

25.7 Ordained Priest José Rafael Palma Capetillo Priest of Yucatán, México Auxiliary Bishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

25.3 Ordained Priest João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador Priest of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

48.9 Ordained Bishop Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Selia Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

15 Jun 57.3 Appointed Marian Przykucki † Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

16 Jun 66.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Zhou Shanfu (Zhou Fangji) † Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China

19 Jun 48.0 Appointed Savarinathan Michael Augustine † Bishop of Vellore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

37.2 Appointed Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

72.4 Resigned Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. † Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Edward Russell Gaines † Bishop of New Zealand, Military Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

65.3 Resigned Eugène Klein, M.S.C. † Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

44.6 Appointed Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. Bishop of Dibrugarh, India Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati, India

52.3 Appointed Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. † Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực † Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

20 Jun 23.9 Ordained Priest Eugenio Coter Priest of Bergamo, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

26.9 Ordained Priest Matthias Heinrich Priest of Berlin, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

25.8 Ordained Priest Giovanni M. Scalese, B. Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Superior of Afghanistan

21 Jun 27.5 Ordained Priest Livio Corazza Priest of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy

23.5 Ordained Priest Franco Lovignana Priest of Aosta, Italy Bishop

25.5 Ordained Priest József-Csaba Pál Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

24 Jun 48.5 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino † Apostolic Delegate to Singapore Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

48.5 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino † Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Malaysia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

26 Jun 46.1 Appointed Gerardo Pierro Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

51.5 Appointed Oriano Quilici † Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

27 Jun 48.4 Appointed José Belvino do Nascimento † Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

59.3 Appointed Louis Anthony DeSimone † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.3 Appointed Louis Anthony DeSimone † Titular Bishop of Cillium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

26.1 Ordained Deacon Philip Robert Moger Deacon of Leeds, England, Great Britain Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

49.0 Appointed Friedrich Ostermann † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Friedrich Ostermann † Titular Bishop of Dolia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

24.9 Ordained Priest Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

54.5 Appointed Francis Bible Schulte † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

54.5 Appointed Francis Bible Schulte † Titular Bishop of Afufenia Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

28 Jun 27.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret Priest of Saint-Claude, France Archbishop of Besançon, France

26.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize Priest of Bourges, France Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

25.9 Ordained Deacon Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard Deacon of Nanterre, France Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

49.5 Ordained Bishop René Lucien Picandet † Bishop of Orléans, France

25.9 Ordained Priest Marjan Turnšek Priest of Maribor, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

29 Jun 58.0 Ordained Bishop Virgílio de Pauli † Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

48.7 Ordained Bishop Blaise-Ernest Morand Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

23.9 Ordained Priest Mario Russotto Priest of Ragusa, Italy Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest Marko Semren, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 Jun 50.0 Appointed Laurence Forristal † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Charles Victor Grahmann † Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

49.9 Appointed Charles Victor Grahmann † Titular Bishop of Equilium Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

43.6 Appointed Hermín Negrón Santana † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

43.6 Appointed Hermín Negrón Santana † Titular Bishop of Gegi Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

75.0 Retired John Joseph Scanlan † Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Daniel Francis Walsh Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA

43.7 Appointed Daniel Francis Walsh Titular Bishop of Tigias Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	79.2	Died	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 May	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco De Nittis †	Titular Archbishop of Tunes	Apostolic Nuncio
3 May	80.5	Died	Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
6 May	52.5	Succeeded	Joseph Marie Louis Duval †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
68.4	Resigned	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
8 May	25.1	Ordained Priest	Robert Ovide Bourgon	Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
57.9	Appointed	Virgílio de Pauli †	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
49.1	Appointed	Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. †	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	54.7	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
76.0	Retired	Secondo Chiocca †	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
28.1	Ordained Priest	Vincent Coulibaly	Priest of Kankan, Guinea	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
63.3	Appointed	Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Augustus Peters †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
70.9	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
69.8	Died	Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia
25.5	Ordained Priest	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Priest of Palestrina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
10 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Priest of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
11 May	46.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Lin Jiashan †	Priest	Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
15 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Mark Leonard Bartchak	Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
17.4	First Vows	Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.	Member of Order of Imitation of Christ	Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
16 May	33.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Patrick McFadden †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
17 May	24.7	Ordained Priest	Román Casanova Casanova	Priest of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop of Vic, Spain
21.1	Professed	Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S.	Member of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India
24.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Gómez Cantero	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Almería, Spain
25.1	Ordained Priest	Józef Guzdek	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
55.3	Installed	Hermann Josef Spital †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Installed	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
18 May	59.0	Died	Theodorus Lumanauw †	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
52.7	Died	James Steven Rausch †	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
19 May	64.4	Resigned	William Michael Cosgrove †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 May	65.6	Resigned	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 May	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F. †	Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
22 May	76.0	Retired	Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hamhŭng, Korea (North)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Jude Saint-Antoine †	Titular Bishop of Scardona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
23 May	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Themba Mngoma †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	57.2	Died	Climério Almeida de Andrade †	Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
32.5	Ordained Priest	Alain Émile Baptiste Planet	Priest of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
29.5	Perpetual Vows	Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, India
25 May	43.0	Appointed	Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
39.4	Installed	Paul Themba Mngoma †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Mauro Morelli †	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
73.1	Died	Neemeh Simaan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
46.8	Appointed	Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
26 May	73.0	Appointed	Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †	Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
27 May	46.8	Appointed	Luciano Giovannetti †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
73.7	Resigned	Mario Longo Dorni †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Bishop of Albacete, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
50.0	Appointed	Simone Alfiero Scatizzi †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 May	26.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
79.8	Died	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
30 May	25.9	Ordained Priest	William Amove Avenya	Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
27.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Owen Jackels	Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
35.3	Ordained Priest	John Marvin LeVoir	Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
30.0	Ordained Priest	Kevin William Vann	Priest of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
31 May	75.9	Died	Flaviano Barrechea Ariola †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Allan Chamgwera	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
35.4	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Kouamé †	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
74.3	Resigned	Giuseppe Perniciaro †	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Salaterski	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
26.7	Ordained Deacon	Norbert José Henri Turini	Deacon of Nice, France	Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
Jun	29.7	Ordained Priest	Bruno Marie Duffé	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
31.6	Incardinated	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Grodno, Belarus
1 Jun	65.0	Died	Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
2 Jun	45.8	Died	Johannes Kleineidam †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
42.6	Appointed	Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun	58.1	Died	Jean-Marie Lafontaine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
56.8	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
5 Jun	74.4	Died	Giuseppe Perniciaro †	Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
6 Jun	57.4	Appointed	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
57.4	Appointed	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Renato Corti †	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Marian Florczyk	Priest of Kielce, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
22.8	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Priest of Yola, Nigeria	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Zekarias Yohannes †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
7 Jun	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Patricio Hacbang Alo †	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca	Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines
25.6	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Priest of Bangkok, Thailand	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
57.2	Appointed	José de Lima †	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29.4	Perpetual Vows	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Udaipur, India
20.8	Professed	Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines
26.3	Ordained Priest	Romuald Kamiński	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
35.1	Ordained Priest	Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba †	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.1	Ordained Priest	Jan Ozga	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
53.0	Appointed	Luiz Eugênio Pérez †	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
31.7	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Pikus	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
26.1	Ordained Priest	Marian Rojek	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
30.4	Ordained Priest	José Benedito Simão †	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
65.6	Resigned	José Varani †	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Taylor †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	25.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Priest of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
12 Jun	46.3	Appointed	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
46.3	Appointed	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
13 Jun	54.7	Appointed	Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá †	Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
26.3	Ordained Priest	Daniel John Felton	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
49.4	Appointed	René Lucien Picandet †	Bishop of Orléans, France
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierantonio Tremolada	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
14 Jun	72.3	Died	Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
23.7	Ordained Priest	Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Henryk Ciereszko	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Tobias de Freitas	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	László Kiss-Rigó	Priest of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
25.7	Ordained Priest	José Rafael Palma Capetillo	Priest of Yucatán, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
25.3	Ordained Priest	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Priest of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
15 Jun	57.3	Appointed	Marian Przykucki †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
16 Jun	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Zhou Shanfu (Zhou Fangji) †	Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
19 Jun	48.0	Appointed	Savarinathan Michael Augustine †	Bishop of Vellore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
37.2	Appointed	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
72.4	Resigned	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Edward Russell Gaines †	Bishop of New Zealand, Military	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
65.3	Resigned	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
44.6	Appointed	Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati, India
52.3	Appointed	Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun	23.9	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Coter	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
26.9	Ordained Priest	Matthias Heinrich	Priest of Berlin, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
25.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni M. Scalese, B.	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Superior of Afghanistan
21 Jun	27.5	Ordained Priest	Livio Corazza	Priest of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
23.5	Ordained Priest	Franco Lovignana	Priest of Aosta, Italy	Bishop
25.5	Ordained Priest	József-Csaba Pál	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
24 Jun	48.5	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Apostolic Delegate to Singapore	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
48.5	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Malaysia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
26 Jun	46.1	Appointed	Gerardo Pierro	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
27 Jun	48.4	Appointed	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
59.3	Appointed	Louis Anthony DeSimone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Louis Anthony DeSimone †	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26.1	Ordained Deacon	Philip Robert Moger	Deacon of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
49.0	Appointed	Friedrich Ostermann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Friedrich Ostermann †	Titular Bishop of Dolia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
24.9	Ordained Priest	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
54.5	Appointed	Francis Bible Schulte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
54.5	Appointed	Francis Bible Schulte †	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Jun	27.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret	Priest of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
26.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize	Priest of Bourges, France	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
25.9	Ordained Deacon	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard	Deacon of Nanterre, France	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
49.5	Ordained Bishop	René Lucien Picandet †	Bishop of Orléans, France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Marjan Turnšek	Priest of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
29 Jun	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Virgílio de Pauli †	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Blaise-Ernest Morand	Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
23.9	Ordained Priest	Mario Russotto	Priest of Ragusa, Italy	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	Marko Semren, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
30 Jun	50.0	Appointed	Laurence Forristal †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Charles Victor Grahmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
49.9	Appointed	Charles Victor Grahmann †	Titular Bishop of Equilium	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
43.6	Appointed	Hermín Negrón Santana †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
43.6	Appointed	Hermín Negrón Santana †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
75.0	Retired	John Joseph Scanlan †	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
43.7	Appointed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA

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