The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 May 80.0 Died Bruno Torpigliani † Apostolic Nuncio

55.6 Appointed Luigi Travaglino Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua Apostolic Nuncio

3 May 54.6 Appointed Emilio Layon Bataclan Bishop of Iligan, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Sun Jigen Priest of Daming [Taming], China Bishop

4 May 86.3 Died Julian Jan Groblicki † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

5 May 57.2 Appointed Louis-Marie Billé † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

50.2 Appointed Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado Coadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

6 May 81.8 Died Luigi Liverzani † Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy

39.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza † Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi

7 May 91.7 Died Severino Mariano de Aguiar † Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

43.4 Ordained Bishop Czeslaw Kozon Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

51.9 Ordained Bishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

71.3 Installed Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. † Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

41.0 Ordained Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile

8 May 53.9 Died Horácio Coelho Cristino † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

61.4 Installed Thomas Ludger Dupré † Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Ordained Bishop Juliusz Janusz Titular Archbishop of Caprulae Apostolic Nuncio

60.4 Appointed Mario Luis Bautista Maulión † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

59.5 Ordained Bishop Teofil Józef Wilski † Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland

9 May 57.0 Appointed José Luis Amezcua Melgoza Bishop of Campeche, México Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

45.8 Appointed Michael Richard Cote Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA

45.8 Appointed Michael Richard Cote Titular Bishop of Cebarades Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA

57.9 Appointed John Francis Kinney † Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

11 May 88.8 Died Francis Joseph Green † Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA

52.0 Installed Frederick Bernard Henry † Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

12 May 63.4 Appointed Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

80.4 Died Jerome Joseph Hastrich † Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

76.3 Retired Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Braulio Rodríguez Plaza Bishop of Salamanca, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

76.3 Retired Mauro Rubio Repullés † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

13 May 45.6 Ordained Bishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

53.7 Appointed Héctor Sabatino Cardelli † Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

53.7 Appointed Héctor Sabatino Cardelli † Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

51.3 Appointed Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

33.0 Ordained Priest Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum Priest of Santiago de Guatemala Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala

74.8 Retired Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy † Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Bishop Emeritus

37.8 Ordained Priest William James Muhm Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

28.2 Ordained Priest Grzegorz Olszowski Priest of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

57.4 Succeeded Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

14 May 32.6 Ordained Priest Héctor Felipe Vila Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

15 May 54.6 Died Brigido Agalpas Galasgas † Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

87.3 Died Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. † President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

16 May 44.9 Appointed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

17 May 50.8 Ordained Bishop Edward Kenneth Braxton Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

44.8 Appointed Bruno Gamberini † Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

77.4 Resigned Antônio Pedro Misiara † Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Ceased Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Mouila, Gabon Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon

18 May 77.6 Appointed Joseph Kundukulam † Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus

29.6 Ordained Priest Neil Sebastian Ricardo Scantlebury Priest of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles

64.4 Appointed Jacob Thoomkuzhy Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

56.6 Appointed George Valiamattam Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus

19 May 80.3 Died Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

63.7 Ordained Bishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P. Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands Bishop Emeritus

20 May 57.5 Confirmed Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. † Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Abbot Emeritus

64.9 Ceased Paolo (Pietro) Lunardon, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

21 May 30.7 Ordained Deacon Christian Louis André Delarbre Deacon of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France

82.0 Died Agnelo Rossi † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

22 May 84.5 Died James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania

23 May 61.2 Appointed Raymundo Joseph Peña † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

24 May 66.3 Appointed Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Capsa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

66.3 Resigned Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

77.5 Died Amilcare Pasini † Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

25 May 55.1 Installed Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

64.4 Installed Karl Heinrich Braun Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Resigned Mariano De Nicolò † Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy

27.1 Perpetual Vows Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

24.6 Ordained Priest Tomasz Grysa Priest of Poznań, Poland Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar

25.6 Ordained Priest Krzysztof Kudławiec Priest of Rzeszów, Poland Bishop of Daule, Ecuador

75.2 Retired Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Wojciech Tomasz Osial Priest of Łowicz, Poland Bishop

58.5 Appointed Paolo Rabitti Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

26 May 58.5 Appointed Ennio Antonelli Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

27 May 60.8 Appointed Jean Marie Julien Balland † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

41.7 Ordained Priest Neal James Buckon Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

27.9 Ordained Deacon Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira Deacon of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

27.4 Ordained Priest Arturo Javier García Pérez Priest of Valencia, Spain Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

70.9 Died François Kabangu wa Mutela † Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.7 Ordained Priest Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

76.1 Retired José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

51.5 Ordained Bishop Peter David Gregory Smith † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

66.3 Appointed Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

25.0 Ordained Priest Piotr Wawrzynek Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland

28 May 55.0 Ordained Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

47.8 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana

60.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah † Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana

46.7 Ordained Bishop Philip Naameh Bishop of Damongo, Ghana Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana

47.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

29 May 62.8 Ordained Bishop James Michael Moynihan † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

31 May 41.9 Appointed Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

41.9 Appointed Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

47.0 Ordained Bishop John Atcherley Dew Titular Bishop of Privata Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

91.0 Died Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia Abbot

48.9 Appointed Michael Ernest Putney † Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Bishop of Townsville, Australia

48.9 Appointed Michael Ernest Putney † Titular Bishop of Mizigi Bishop of Townsville, Australia

54.6 Appointed Fouad Boutros Twal Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tunis, Tunisia Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 May	80.0	Died	Bruno Torpigliani †	Apostolic Nuncio
55.6	Appointed	Luigi Travaglino	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio
3 May	54.6	Appointed	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sun Jigen	Priest of Daming [Taming], China	Bishop
4 May	86.3	Died	Julian Jan Groblicki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
5 May	57.2	Appointed	Louis-Marie Billé †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
50.2	Appointed	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Coadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
6 May	81.8	Died	Luigi Liverzani †	Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
39.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mukasa Zuza †	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
7 May	91.7	Died	Severino Mariano de Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Czeslaw Kozon	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
71.3	Installed	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
8 May	53.9	Died	Horácio Coelho Cristino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
61.4	Installed	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Juliusz Janusz	Titular Archbishop of Caprulae	Apostolic Nuncio
60.4	Appointed	Mario Luis Bautista Maulión †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Teofil Józef Wilski †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
9 May	57.0	Appointed	José Luis Amezcua Melgoza	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
45.8	Appointed	Michael Richard Cote	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
45.8	Appointed	Michael Richard Cote	Titular Bishop of Cebarades	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
57.9	Appointed	John Francis Kinney †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	88.8	Died	Francis Joseph Green †	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
52.0	Installed	Frederick Bernard Henry †	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
12 May	63.4	Appointed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
80.4	Died	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
76.3	Retired	Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
76.3	Retired	Mauro Rubio Repullés †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
53.7	Appointed	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
53.7	Appointed	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
51.3	Appointed	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
33.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum	Priest of Santiago de Guatemala	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala
74.8	Retired	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop Emeritus
37.8	Ordained Priest	William James Muhm	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
28.2	Ordained Priest	Grzegorz Olszowski	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
57.4	Succeeded	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
14 May	32.6	Ordained Priest	Héctor Felipe Vila	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
15 May	54.6	Died	Brigido Agalpas Galasgas †	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
87.3	Died	Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. †	President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
16 May	44.9	Appointed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
17 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
44.8	Appointed	Bruno Gamberini †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
77.4	Resigned	Antônio Pedro Misiara †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Ceased	Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Mouila, Gabon	Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
18 May	77.6	Appointed	Joseph Kundukulam †	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
29.6	Ordained Priest	Neil Sebastian Ricardo Scantlebury	Priest of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
64.4	Appointed	Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
56.6	Appointed	George Valiamattam	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
19 May	80.3	Died	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P.	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
20 May	57.5	Confirmed	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
64.9	Ceased	Paolo (Pietro) Lunardon, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
21 May	30.7	Ordained Deacon	Christian Louis André Delarbre	Deacon of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
82.0	Died	Agnelo Rossi †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
22 May	84.5	Died	James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
23 May	61.2	Appointed	Raymundo Joseph Peña †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 May	66.3	Appointed	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Capsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
66.3	Resigned	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
77.5	Died	Amilcare Pasini †	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
25 May	55.1	Installed	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
64.4	Installed	Karl Heinrich Braun	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Resigned	Mariano De Nicolò †	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
27.1	Perpetual Vows	Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
24.6	Ordained Priest	Tomasz Grysa	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
25.6	Ordained Priest	Krzysztof Kudławiec	Priest of Rzeszów, Poland	Bishop of Daule, Ecuador
75.2	Retired	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Wojciech Tomasz Osial	Priest of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop
58.5	Appointed	Paolo Rabitti	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
26 May	58.5	Appointed	Ennio Antonelli	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
27 May	60.8	Appointed	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
41.7	Ordained Priest	Neal James Buckon	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
27.9	Ordained Deacon	Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira	Deacon of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
27.4	Ordained Priest	Arturo Javier García Pérez	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
70.9	Died	François Kabangu wa Mutela †	Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.7	Ordained Priest	Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
76.1	Retired	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter David Gregory Smith †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
66.3	Appointed	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
25.0	Ordained Priest	Piotr Wawrzynek	Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland
28 May	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Kwami Adanuty	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante	Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana
60.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kwaku Mensah †	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Philip Naameh	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	62.8	Ordained Bishop	James Michael Moynihan †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	41.9	Appointed	Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
41.9	Appointed	Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
47.0	Ordained Bishop	John Atcherley Dew	Titular Bishop of Privata	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
91.0	Died	Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia	Abbot
48.9	Appointed	Michael Ernest Putney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Townsville, Australia
48.9	Appointed	Michael Ernest Putney †	Titular Bishop of Mizigi	Bishop of Townsville, Australia
54.6	Appointed	Fouad Boutros Twal	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tunis, Tunisia	Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

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