The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 86.0 Died Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel † Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela

49.9 Installed Pablo Lizama Riquelme Bishop of Melipilla, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

89.0 Died José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28.3 Ordained Priest Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel Priest of Jullundur, India Bishop

2 May 49.9 Appointed Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela

4 May 52.0 Ordained Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda † Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military

26.7 Ordained Priest Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A. Priest of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

5 May 24.4 Professed Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Callao, Peru

55.6 Appointed João Bergese † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

30.1 Ordained Priest Shyamal Bose Priest of Baruipur, India Bishop

25.5 Solemn Vows Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru

63.6 Installed Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Ordained Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

81.1 Ordained Bishop [Michael Xie Chaogang] † Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

6 May 27.0 Ordained Priest Peter Paul Saldanha Priest of Mangalore, India Bishop

7 May 81.7 Died Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia

75.2 Retired Raymond James Vonesh † Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

8 May 52.0 Appointed José Alves da Costa, D.C. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Jānis Bulis Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia

64.8 Appointed Jānis Cakuls † Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Appointed Carlos Walter Galán Barry † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Abraham Kattumana † Titular Archbishop of Cebarades Official of the Roman Curia - Other

47.2 Appointed Abraham Kattumana † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana Official of the Roman Curia - Other

47.2 Appointed Abraham Kattumana † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo Official of the Roman Curia - Other

47.2 Appointed Abraham Kattumana † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin Official of the Roman Curia - Other

60.4 Appointed Jānis Pujats Archbishop of Riga, Latvia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

70.2 Ordained Bishop Nicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. † Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China

52.5 Appointed Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Titular Bishop of Turuda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

62.5 Appointed Juozas Tunaitis † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Juozas Tunaitis † Titular Bishop of Sassura Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

11 May 26.9 Ordained Priest Peter Birkhofer Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

81.0 Died Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana

75.1 Retired Eugène Moke Motsüri † Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

38.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA

51.6 Appointed José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 May 45.5 Ordained Bishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

31.7 First Vows Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A. Member of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

14 May 68.3 Appointed Joseph Thomas Dimino † Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop Emeritus

68.3 Appointed Joseph Thomas Dimino † Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara) Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

76.2 Retired Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

77.5 Resigned John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed John Richard Sheets, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed John Richard Sheets, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Murcona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

15 May 71.3 Resigned Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

89.3 Died André Lefèbvre, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

54.9 Succeeded Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.6 Appointed Lázaro Pérez Jiménez † Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

70.1 Died Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

16 May 67.8 Succeeded Thomas Victor Dolinay † Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

67.8 Died Philip Ekka, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India

17 May 54.0 Appointed Lluís Martínez Sistach Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

18 May 75.6 Retired Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

81.4 Died Nicholas Thomas Elko † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

62.4 Ordained Bishop Franco Festorazzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

27.9 Ordained Priest Pierre Goudreault Priest of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

58.7 Ordained Bishop Pier Luigi Mazzoni † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

45.4 Appointed Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru

51.2 Appointed Agostino Superbo Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

26.3 Ordained Priest Zbigniew Jan Zieliński Priest of Gdańsk, Poland Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

19 May 24.3 Ordained Priest Michele Autuoro Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

52.0 Ordained Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. † Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

34.8 Ordained Priest Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah Priest of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop

27.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Gan Junqiu Priest Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

27.4 Ordained Priest Manuel González Villaseñor Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Auxiliary Bishop

50.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest [Francis Lu Shouwang] † Priest Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

49.8 Ordained Bishop Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Ordained Bishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Titular Bishop of Turuda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

61.3 Installed Bruno Tommasi † Archbishop of Lucca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Ordained Bishop Juozas Tunaitis † Titular Bishop of Sassura Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

25.4 Ordained Priest Anthony Yao Shun Priest Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China

20 May 64.7 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Ama † Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. † Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Denis Kiwanuka Lote † Bishop of Kotido, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

21 May 76.5 Ordained Bishop Kazimierz Świątek † Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 May 60.1 Appointed Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Eurico dos Santos Veloso † Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23 May 41.6 Ordained Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz Bishop of Grodno, Belarus Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Retired Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

24 May 49.0 Appointed Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

67.3 Resigned Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

67.5 Appointed Achille Silvestrini † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

25 May 26.6 Ordained Priest Robert Joseph Coyle Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

62.4 Appointed Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest Janusz Ostrowski Priest of Warmia (Ermland), Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland

27.9 Ordained Priest Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea

24.6 Ordained Priest Artur Ważny Priest of Tarnów, Poland Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland

26 May 25.4 Ordained Priest Tymon Tytus Chmielecki Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Apostolic Nuncio

28.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-André Dumas Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti

26.5 Ordained Priest Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi Priest of Santo Tomé, Argentina Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

26.1 Ordained Priest Petru Sescu Priest of Iaşi, Romania Auxiliary Bishop

28 May 59.4 Appointed Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. † Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

49.8 Appointed François Lapierre, P.M.E. Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

41.1 Ordained Bishop Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. Titular Bishop of Arba Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

63.5 Appointed José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † Titular Bishop of Hortanum (Horta) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

30 May 29.8 Ordained Priest Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

31 May 53.9 Appointed Félix del Blanco Prieto † Titular Archbishop of Vannida Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

53.9 Appointed Félix del Blanco Prieto † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

53.9 Appointed Félix del Blanco Prieto † Apostolic Delegate to Angola Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

64.1 Appointed Rómulo García † Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Jorge Mayer † Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

59.5 Installed Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

38.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt Priest of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	86.0	Died	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
49.9	Installed	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
89.0	Died	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28.3	Ordained Priest	Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel	Priest of Jullundur, India	Bishop
2 May	49.9	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
4 May	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda †	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
26.7	Ordained Priest	Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A.	Priest of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
5 May	24.4	Professed	Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Callao, Peru
55.6	Appointed	João Bergese †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30.1	Ordained Priest	Shyamal Bose	Priest of Baruipur, India	Bishop
25.5	Solemn Vows	Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
63.6	Installed	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
81.1	Ordained Bishop	[Michael Xie Chaogang] †	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
6 May	27.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Paul Saldanha	Priest of Mangalore, India	Bishop
7 May	81.7	Died	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
75.2	Retired	Raymond James Vonesh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 May	52.0	Appointed	José Alves da Costa, D.C. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Jānis Bulis	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia
64.8	Appointed	Jānis Cakuls †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Appointed	Carlos Walter Galán Barry †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Titular Archbishop of Cebarades	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
47.2	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
47.2	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
47.2	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
60.4	Appointed	Jānis Pujats	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
70.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
52.5	Appointed	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
62.5	Appointed	Juozas Tunaitis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Juozas Tunaitis †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
11 May	26.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Birkhofer	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
81.0	Died	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana
75.1	Retired	Eugène Moke Motsüri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
38.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA
51.6	Appointed	José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I.	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 May	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
31.7	First Vows	Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A.	Member of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
14 May	68.3	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Dimino †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
68.3	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Dimino †	Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
76.2	Retired	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
77.5	Resigned	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
15 May	71.3	Resigned	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
89.3	Died	André Lefèbvre, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.9	Succeeded	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.6	Appointed	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
70.1	Died	Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
16 May	67.8	Succeeded	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
67.8	Died	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
17 May	54.0	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
18 May	75.6	Retired	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
81.4	Died	Nicholas Thomas Elko †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Franco Festorazzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27.9	Ordained Priest	Pierre Goudreault	Priest of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Pier Luigi Mazzoni †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
45.4	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
51.2	Appointed	Agostino Superbo	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
26.3	Ordained Priest	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Priest of Gdańsk, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
19 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Michele Autuoro	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
52.0	Ordained Bishop	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
34.8	Ordained Priest	Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah	Priest of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gan Junqiu	Priest	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
27.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel González Villaseñor	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	[Francis Lu Shouwang] †	Priest	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
61.3	Installed	Bruno Tommasi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Juozas Tunaitis †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
25.4	Ordained Priest	Anthony Yao Shun	Priest	Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China
20 May	64.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Denis Kiwanuka Lote †	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
21 May	76.5	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Świątek †	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 May	60.1	Appointed	Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Eurico dos Santos Veloso †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 May	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz	Bishop of Grodno, Belarus	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Retired	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	49.0	Appointed	Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
67.3	Resigned	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
67.5	Appointed	Achille Silvestrini †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
25 May	26.6	Ordained Priest	Robert Joseph Coyle	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
62.4	Appointed	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	Janusz Ostrowski	Priest of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
27.9	Ordained Priest	Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
24.6	Ordained Priest	Artur Ważny	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
26 May	25.4	Ordained Priest	Tymon Tytus Chmielecki	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Apostolic Nuncio
28.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-André Dumas	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
26.5	Ordained Priest	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Priest of Santo Tomé, Argentina	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
26.1	Ordained Priest	Petru Sescu	Priest of Iaşi, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop
28 May	59.4	Appointed	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. †	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	François Lapierre, P.M.E.	Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
63.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Hortanum (Horta)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
30 May	29.8	Ordained Priest	Lionginas Virbalas, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
31 May	53.9	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Titular Archbishop of Vannida	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
53.9	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
53.9	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Apostolic Delegate to Angola	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
64.1	Appointed	Rómulo García †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Jorge Mayer †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
59.5	Installed	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
38.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt	Priest of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

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