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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	26.9	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Díaz Vázquez	Priest of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Colima, México
2 May	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis An Shuxin	Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China	Bishop
	74.3	Died	Paul Liu Shuhe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Attilio Nostro	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Deacon	Robert Mark Pipta	Deacon of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Paolo Ricciardi	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	James Su Zhimin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China	Bishop
3 May	81.9	Died	Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	62.8	Appointed	Joseph Das †	Bishop of Berhampur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	71.3	Resigned	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	60.8	Appointed	Elden Francis Curtiss	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	83.1	Died	Michele Maccarrone †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
	63.8	Appointed	Francesco Marchisano †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	62.6	Resigned	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	President of the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	56.5	Appointed	Paolo Rabitti	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	73.1	Resigned	José Tomás Sánchez †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	75.9	Retired	Daniel Eugene Sheehan †	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.2	Died	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
	43.9	Appointed	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
5 May	88.8	Died	George William Ahr †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	84.1	Died	Antal Jakab †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	61.8	Appointed	Alonso Llano Ruiz †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Brendan Michael O’Brien	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	63.9	Died	Kevin O’Connor †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	76.2	Retired	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Joseph Raymond Windle †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
6 May	58.2	Appointed	Antonio Ciliberti †	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Piong	Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia
	30.5	Perpetual Vows	Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar
8 May	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk	Deacon of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Robert Józef Chrząszcz	Deacon of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F.	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
	70.9	Appointed	Pio Laghi †	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	32.7	Ordained Priest	Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Comores
	63.0	Appointed	Silvio Padoin †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Salvatore Sorrentino †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Bashar Matti Warda, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
10 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Simião Purificaçao Fernandes	Priest of Goa e Damão, India	Auxiliary Bishop
	79.8	Succeeded	Louis Hà Kim Danh †	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
	86.0	Retired	Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên †	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
14 May	66.0	Died	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	81.5	Ordained Bishop	Paulus Lo Bei Zhan (Luo Beizhan, Lo Pe Zhan) †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
15 May	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Joel Maria dos Santos	Deacon of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Efren Veridiano Esmilla	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	65.5	Appointed	Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile
	75.2	Retired	Edward Kisiel †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Ivan Albert Pereira	Priest of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Bishop
	76.1	Retired	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Bishop
	69.3	Appointed	Stanisław Szymecki †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
16 May	24.8	Ordained Priest	László Kerekes	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop
	66.0	Installed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Ángel Román Idígoras	Deacon of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
17 May	31.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Tirkey	Priest of Dumka, India	Bishop of Purnea, India
18 May	28.2	Ordained Priest	Kannikadass William Antony	Priest of Mysore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	59.0	Appointed	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	72.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
19 May	27.5	Ordained Priest	Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
20 May	83.1	Died	Pius Kerketta, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
	82.2	Died	[Joseph Qian (Quin) Hui-min] †	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Johannes Wübbe	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
22 May	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	65.3	Appointed	Domenico De Luca †	Titular Archbishop of Teglata in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.3	Appointed	Domenico De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.1	Retired	Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
23 May	61.9	Installed	Antonio Dorado Soto †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
	63.4	Ceased	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Apostolic Administrator of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
24 May	64.0	Appointed	Heinrich Fasching †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Heinrich Fasching †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	52.3	Appointed	Peter William Ingham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
	52.3	Appointed	Peter William Ingham †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
	66.5	Died	Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
25 May	67.5	Died	Patrício José Hanrahan, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
	61.9	Appointed	Pablo Puente Buces †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio
	61.9	Appointed	Pablo Puente Buces †	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
26 May	49.7	Succeeded	Bernardino Marchió	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	74.2	Resigned	Manuel Palmeira da Rocha †	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	51.4	Appointed	William Lee †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	72.4	Retired	Michael Russell †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Installed	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
28 May	34.0	Incardinated	Anand Jojo	Priest of Simdega, India	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
	56.1	Installed	José María Arancibia	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	55.3	Appointed	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Numana	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	79.9	Retired	Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	37.8	Incardinated	Paul Alois Lakra †	Priest of Gumla, India	Bishop
	75.0	Retired	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	Anthony Theodore Lobo †	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Joseph Minj †	Bishop of Simdega, India	Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Michael Minj, S.J. †	Bishop of Gumla, India
	51.2	Appointed	Santiago Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
	51.2	Appointed	Santiago Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
	41.9	Appointed	Pero Sudar	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Pero Sudar	Titular Bishop of Selia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	51.9	Appointed	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
29 May	31.0	Ordained Priest	José Avelino Bettencourt	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Cristiano Bodo	Priest of Vercelli, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	58.2	Installed	Lorenzo Chiarinelli †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
	68.8	Ceased	Nicola Comparone †	Apostolic Administrator of Aversa, Italy	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Piotr Tomasz Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Llano Ruiz †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	86.6	Died	Angelo Prinetto †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
30 May	28.5	Ordained Priest	Andrzej Przybylski	Priest of Częstochowa, Poland	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Ramón Salazar Estrada	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag	Priest of Pelplin, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal
	25.4	Ordained Priest	José Carlos de Souza Campos	Priest of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31 May	52.1	Appointed	Béla Balás	Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Nándor Bosák	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	32.3	Incardinated	László Felföldi	Priest of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Henrici, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Absorus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	76.5	Retired	Michael Pearse Lacey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
	56.1	Appointed	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
	53.6	Appointed	František Radkovský	Bishop of Plzeň, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	80.0	Resigned	Agnelo Rossi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	80.0	Resigned	Agnelo Rossi †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	71.5	Appointed	József Szendi †	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
	36.7	Incardinated	László Varga	Priest of Kaposvár, Hungary	Bishop
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Vollmar, S. M. †	Titular Bishop of Missua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	46.6	Appointed	James Matthew Wingle	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Jun	19.0	Converted	Erik Varden, O.C.S.O.	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
2 Jun	47.4	Appointed	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
4 Jun	84.0	Died	Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
	19.9	Professed	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
5 Jun	42.3	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	71.0	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	71.0	Confirmed	Bernardin Gantin †	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus
	35.0	Ordained Priest	Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop
	69.3	Installed	Stanisław Szymecki †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
6 Jun	53.3	Ordained Bishop	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Titular Archbishop of Selsea	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.9	Installed	Carmelo Juan Giaquinta †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
7 Jun	76.7	Died	Tadeusz Boguslaw Błaszkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Raúl Bautista Dáel	Priest of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Bishop of Tandag, Philippines
8 Jun	68.0	Died	Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin
9 Jun	65.0	Appointed	Pere Tena Garriga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Pere Tena Garriga †	Titular Bishop of Pumentum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	66.4	Installed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	58.9	Appointed	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
	58.9	Appointed	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Titular Bishop of Selemselae	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
	43.8	Appointed	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
	43.8	Appointed	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia	Titular Bishop of Nona	Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
10 Jun	64.2	Installed	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jun	26.7	Ordained Priest	José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán	Priest of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop
	59.0	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
12 Jun	29.1	Ordained Priest	Charles Duval, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
	85.7	Died	John Colburn Garner †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Giraudo	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	27.5	Ordained Priest	John Edward Keehner, Jr.	Priest of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Damian Andrzej Muskus, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Priest of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
	89.3	Died	Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Patna, India
13 Jun	36.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Muheria	Priest of Opus Dei	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
14 Jun	66.1	Installed	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Nándor Bosák	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Claude Jean Pierre Dagens	Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Carl Kevin Moeddel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Carl Kevin Moeddel †	Titular Bishop of Bistue	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
18 Jun	66.9	Resigned	Jānis Cakuls †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Stefan Heße (Hesse)	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Kohlgraf	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Dominik Schwaderlapp	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
19 Jun	29.4	Ordained Priest	Klaus Matthias Krämer	Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Bishop
	62.0	Installed	Alonso Llano Ruiz †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Joselito Ramalho Nogueira	Priest of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Jun	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo	Deacon of Sées {Séez}, France	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Deacon of Pelplin, Poland	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Deacon of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
22 Jun	61.3	Appointed	Raymond James Boland †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	John Francis Donoghue †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.9	Retired	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jun	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jun	61.0	Installed	Elden Francis Curtiss	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.4	Died	Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña †	Bishop of El Salvador, Military
26 Jun	25.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando García Cadiñanos	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Herwig Gössl	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop
	70.8	Died	Alfredo Noriega Arce, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Padoin †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco José Prieto Fernández	Priest of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
27 Jun	35.2	Ordained Priest	Raymond Michel René Centène	Priest of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
	30.2	Ordained Deacon	Jean Bernard Claude Pelletier	Deacon of Angers, France	Bishop of Mende, France
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Mate Uzinić	Priest of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
28 Jun	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Caliandro	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
	61.9	Appointed	James Patrick Keleher †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	75.5	Retired	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Jun	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Dražen Kutleša	Priest of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	49.7	Installed	Brendan Michael O’Brien	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Stefano Rega	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Santander, Spain
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Austin Anthony Vetter	Priest of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

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