The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 48.1 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Romero Pose † Titular Bishop of Turuda Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

46.8 Installed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 May 32.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Kallarackal Priest of Ajmer and Jaipur, India Bishop of Jaipur, India

72.4 Died Severin Pernek † Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

3 May 73.0 Resigned Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans † Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

71.4 Died François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Bishop of Créteil, France

4 May 119.5 Beatified Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso † Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain

36.0 Ordained Priest José Hamilton de Castro Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27.2 Ordained Priest Florian Wörner Priest of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

5 May 93.9 Died Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines

6 May 27.6 Ordained Priest Duming Dias Priest of Shimoga, India Bishop of Karwar, India

70.1 Died Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

7 May 76.2 Ordained Bishop John Bai Ningxian † Bishop

80.7 Retired Jaime Luiz Coelho † Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

60.3 Installed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

69.5 Ceased Raymond Emil Goedert † Administrator of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Jacques Ishaq † Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

53.6 Appointed Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

8 May 56.8 Installed Guillermo José Garlatti Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

9 May 38.5 Appointed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

38.5 Appointed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

10 May 27.5 First Vows António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

60.1 Succeeded Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

71.7 Retired James Patrick Mahoney † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Ramiro Moliner Inglés † Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio

31.9 Ordained Priest Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt Priest of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay

28.4 Ordained Priest Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza Priest of Cochabamba, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop

75.3 Retired Paul Hisao Yasuda † Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

11 May 27.3 Ordained Priest Michael Gerber Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Bishop of Fulda, Germany

56.2 Ordained Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Saldae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

13 May 33.0 Incardinated Gabriel Bernardo Barba Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina Bishop of San Luis, Argentina

42.4 Appointed Fernando María Bargalló Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Incardinated Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner † Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina Bishop of Salto, Uruguay

36.6 Incardinated Oscar Eduardo Miñarro Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop

89.3 Died André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

14 May 50.1 Ordained Bishop John ’Oke Afareha Titular Bishop of Mina Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

77.7 Died Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

50.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Christopher Collins Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

57.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Titular Bishop of Tanudaia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

66.2 Succeeded Paulo Lopes de Faria † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

72.7 Retired Geraldo Majela Reis † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

16 May 27.8 Ordained Priest José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

28.6 Ordained Priest Gabriel Antonio Mestre Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

17 May 35.0 Ordained Priest Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V. Priest Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad

75.4 Retired Ignazio Cannavò † Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

30.0 Ordained Priest Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto Priest of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

47.8 Appointed Marek Jędraszewski Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

47.8 Appointed Marek Jędraszewski Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

66.2 Appointed Giovanni Marra † Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

26.2 Ordained Priest Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina

52.1 Ordained Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

18 May 62.5 Ordained Bishop Wenceslas Compaoré † Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

29.7 Ordained Priest Papias Musengamana Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda

49.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

24.0 Ordained Priest Darius Trijonis Priest of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

20 May 51.2 Appointed Gerald Almeida Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Peter Louis Cakü † Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar Bishop

45.1 Appointed Peter Louis Cakü † Titular Bishop of Abidda Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

52.8 Appointed Nicolas Djomo Lola Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

66.2 Appointed Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

21 May 57.0 Appointed Décio Pereira † Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

22 May 28.6 Ordained Priest Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

83.4 Died Cornelius Michael Power † Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

24 May 25.6 Ordained Priest Kevin Michael Birmingham † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop

75.4 Retired Salvatore Cassisa † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Priest Cristián Castro Toovey Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

42.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez Titular Bishop of Sitifis Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela

24.7 Ordained Priest Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

57.5 Ordained Bishop Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

32.7 Ordained Priest Jorge Pierozan Priest of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

32.3 Ordained Priest Thomas Warren Powers Priest of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Rector of the Pontifical North American College

32.3 Ordained Priest Alberto Rojas Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA

61.5 Appointed Pio Vittorio Vigo † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy

25 May 63.6 Appointed Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. Prefect of the Vatican Library Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

56.1 Ordained Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Naha, Japan Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Ordained Bishop Mário Rino Sivieri † Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

26 May 50.5 Appointed Adolfo González Montes Bishop of Ávila, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain

28 May 47.3 Appointed Carlos Aguiar Retes Bishop of Texcoco, México, México Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

45.2 Appointed Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

47.4 Appointed Eugenijus Bartulis Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

52.6 Appointed Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

52.6 Appointed Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

53.4 Appointed Martin Drennan † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

53.4 Appointed Martin Drennan † Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

53.0 Appointed Raymond W. Field Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Raymond W. Field Titular Bishop of Árd Mór Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

39.4 Appointed Rimantas Norvila Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

39.4 Appointed Rimantas Norvila Titular Bishop of Castrum Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

77.7 Retired Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes † Bishop of Texcoco, México, México Bishop Emeritus

29 May 80.0 Retired Domenico Bartolucci † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Official Emeritus

30 May 60.2 Appointed Peter Joseph Connors Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

32.4 Ordained Deacon Edson Batista de Mello Deacon of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

66.5 Resigned Ronald Austin Mulkearns † Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop Emeritus

31 May 28.8 Ordained Priest Andrew Harmon Cozzens Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

27.4 Ordained Priest Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prelate of Isabela, Philippines

32.2 Ordained Priest Donald Edward DeGrood Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

54.1 Ordained Bishop Angelo Fagiani † Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

36.7 Ordained Deacon Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Deacon of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop of Lyon, France

46.0 Appointed José Isidro Guerrero Macías † Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

70.2 Appointed Alfredo Magarotto † Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30.1 Ordained Priest Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez Priest of Chulucanas, Peru

28.2 Ordained Priest Gabriel Randrianantenaina Priest of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
46.8	Installed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 May	32.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kallarackal	Priest of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Bishop of Jaipur, India
72.4	Died	Severin Pernek †	Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
3 May	73.0	Resigned	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
71.4	Died	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Créteil, France
4 May	119.5	Beatified	Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso †	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
36.0	Ordained Priest	José Hamilton de Castro	Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.2	Ordained Priest	Florian Wörner	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
5 May	93.9	Died	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
6 May	27.6	Ordained Priest	Duming Dias	Priest of Shimoga, India	Bishop of Karwar, India
70.1	Died	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
7 May	76.2	Ordained Bishop	John Bai Ningxian †	Bishop
80.7	Retired	Jaime Luiz Coelho †	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
60.3	Installed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
69.5	Ceased	Raymond Emil Goedert †	Administrator of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Jacques Ishaq †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
53.6	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
8 May	56.8	Installed	Guillermo José Garlatti	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
9 May	38.5	Appointed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
38.5	Appointed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
10 May	27.5	First Vows	António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
60.1	Succeeded	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
71.7	Retired	James Patrick Mahoney †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio
31.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt	Priest of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay
28.4	Ordained Priest	Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza	Priest of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop
75.3	Retired	Paul Hisao Yasuda †	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
11 May	27.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Gerber	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
13 May	33.0	Incardinated	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
42.4	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Incardinated	Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner †	Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
36.6	Incardinated	Oscar Eduardo Miñarro	Priest of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
89.3	Died	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
14 May	50.1	Ordained Bishop	John ’Oke Afareha	Titular Bishop of Mina	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
77.7	Died	Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Christopher Collins	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
66.2	Succeeded	Paulo Lopes de Faria †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
72.7	Retired	Geraldo Majela Reis †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
16 May	27.8	Ordained Priest	José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
28.6	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Antonio Mestre	Priest of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
17 May	35.0	Ordained Priest	Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V.	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
75.4	Retired	Ignazio Cannavò †	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
30.0	Ordained Priest	Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto	Priest of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
47.8	Appointed	Marek Jędraszewski	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
47.8	Appointed	Marek Jędraszewski	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
66.2	Appointed	Giovanni Marra †	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
26.2	Ordained Priest	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
18 May	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslas Compaoré †	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
29.7	Ordained Priest	Papias Musengamana	Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
24.0	Ordained Priest	Darius Trijonis	Priest of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
20 May	51.2	Appointed	Gerald Almeida	Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Peter Louis Cakü †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar	Bishop
45.1	Appointed	Peter Louis Cakü †	Titular Bishop of Abidda	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
52.8	Appointed	Nicolas Djomo Lola	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
66.2	Appointed	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
21 May	57.0	Appointed	Décio Pereira †	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 May	28.6	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
83.4	Died	Cornelius Michael Power †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
24 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
75.4	Retired	Salvatore Cassisa †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Priest	Cristián Castro Toovey	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
24.7	Ordained Priest	Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
32.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Pierozan	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
32.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Warren Powers	Priest of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
32.3	Ordained Priest	Alberto Rojas	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
61.5	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
25 May	63.6	Appointed	Raffaele Farina, S.D.B.	Prefect of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Mário Rino Sivieri †	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 May	50.5	Appointed	Adolfo González Montes	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
28 May	47.3	Appointed	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
45.2	Appointed	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
47.4	Appointed	Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
52.6	Appointed	Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
52.6	Appointed	Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
53.4	Appointed	Martin Drennan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.4	Appointed	Martin Drennan †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.0	Appointed	Raymond W. Field	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Raymond W. Field	Titular Bishop of Árd Mór	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
39.4	Appointed	Rimantas Norvila	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
39.4	Appointed	Rimantas Norvila	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
77.7	Retired	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	80.0	Retired	Domenico Bartolucci †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
30 May	60.2	Appointed	Peter Joseph Connors	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
32.4	Ordained Deacon	Edson Batista de Mello	Deacon of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
66.5	Resigned	Ronald Austin Mulkearns †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	28.8	Ordained Priest	Andrew Harmon Cozzens	Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
27.4	Ordained Priest	Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prelate of Isabela, Philippines
32.2	Ordained Priest	Donald Edward DeGrood	Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Fagiani †	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
36.7	Ordained Deacon	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Deacon of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
46.0	Appointed	José Isidro Guerrero Macías †	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
70.2	Appointed	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30.1	Ordained Priest	Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez	Priest of Chulucanas, Peru
28.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Randrianantenaina	Priest of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

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