The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 62.6 Installed Héctor Sabatino Cardelli † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

91.7 Died Francis James Harrison † Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

52.3 Ordained Bishop Andrews Thazhath Titular Bishop of Aptuca Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

2 May 61.0 Ordained Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva † Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Installed Giovanni Dettori Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy Bishop Emeritus

73.5 Died Salvatore Isgró † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

47.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

64.5 Installed Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Ján Orosch Titular Bishop of Semina Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia

58.4 Installed Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop of Chimbote, Peru Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Ordained Bishop Fausto Tardelli Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

45.4 Ordained Bishop Stanislav Zvolenský Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna Archbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia

3 May 73.9 Resigned Gérard Drainville † Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop Robert William Finn Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

89.9 Died Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji † Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]

39.2 Appointed Artur Grzegorz Miziński Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

39.2 Appointed Artur Grzegorz Miziński Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

62.9 Appointed José de Queirós Alves, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Huambo, Angola Archbishop Emeritus

68.2 Appointed Eugène Tremblay Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

43.5 Appointed Socrates Buenaventura Villegas Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

4 May 86.7 Died Michael He Jinmin † Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China

69.6 Succeeded Matthew Hu Xiande † Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China

74.0 Died James Anthony Toppo † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

5 May 54.6 Appointed Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. † Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira † Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

6 May 53.3 Appointed Jean-Luc Brunin Bishop of Ajaccio, France Bishop of Le Havre, France

50.7 Appointed Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno Coadjutor Bishop of Grenoble, France Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

7 May 40.4 Ordained Bishop Matthias Du Jiang Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]

59.9 Appointed Joseph Walter Estabrook † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

59.9 Appointed Joseph Walter Estabrook † Titular Bishop of Flenucleta Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

60.2 Appointed Richard Brendan Higgins Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Richard Brendan Higgins Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

8 May 60.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † Bishop of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas Bishop of Osorno, Chile Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

48.9 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina

30.0 Ordained Priest Jesús Vidal Chamorro Priest of Madrid, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

62.0 Ceased Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

9 May 66.5 Installed Alberto Maria Careggio Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Ordained Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt

63.6 Died Agustín Otero Largacha, O.A.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

10 May 58.3 Appointed Mario Zenari Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

11 May 86.4 Died Antônio Pedro Misiara † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 May 51.6 Appointed Marie-Daniel Dadiet † Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. † Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

71.2 Appointed Rafael Llano Cifuentes † Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Paulo Francisco Machado Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

51.5 Appointed Paulo Francisco Machado Titular Bishop of Caliabria Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

55.8 Appointed Filippo Santoro Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

13 May 54.5 Appointed José Aníbal Casasola Sosa † Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala

14 May 59.5 Appointed Ramon Cabrera Argüelles Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

79.5 Retired Joseph Satoshi Fukahori † Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Richard Joseph Gagnon Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

52.8 Installed Robert Joseph McManus Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

69.1 Appointed Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed José Francisco Oliveros † Bishop of Malolos, Philippines

75.7 Retired Lawrence Khai Saen-Phon-On † Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † Bishop of Niigata, Japan Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed Emmanuel Celeste Trance Coadjutor Bishop of Catarman, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

15 May 59.4 Died Kevin Michael Britt † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

50.8 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop José Porunnedom Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India

16 May 63.7 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Fabio D’Onorio, O.S.B. Titular Bishop of Minturnae Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

58.7 Installed Alberto Tanasini † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus

94.8 Died Augustin Zhao Jingnong † Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China

18 May 60.9 Ordained Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

49.3 Appointed Martin David Holley Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

49.3 Appointed Martin David Holley Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

80.5 Retired Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

83.2 Died Hyacinthe Thiandoum † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal

19 May 77.7 Retired Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. † Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

20 May 50.9 Installed Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt

76.9 Died Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon † Archbishop Emeritus of Rabat, Morocco

21 May 74.8 Retired David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

63.6 Appointed Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

63.6 Appointed Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato † Titular Bishop of Jamestown Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

61.7 Appointed John Walter Flesey Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed John Walter Flesey Titular Bishop of Allegheny Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

60.3 Appointed Vicente Jiménez Zamora Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

75.8 Retired Charles James McDonnell † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

46.6 Appointed Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Succuba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

75.6 Retired Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. † Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

22 May 55.6 Ordained Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Ordained Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba Bishop of Łowicz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

29.1 Ordained Priest Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould Priest of Tunis, Tunisia Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia

25.0 Ordained Priest Maciej Małyga Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

67.9 Installed Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria

25.5 Ordained Priest Adrian Put Priest of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

47.1 Appointed Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Tabasco, México

57.3 Appointed Emil Paul Tscherrig Apostolic Nuncio to Korea Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

24 May 73.5 Resigned Leonard Anthony Boyle † Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed John Atcherley Dew Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.1 Installed Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

46.6 Ceased Maurício Grotto de Camargo Apostolic Administrator of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

25 May 53.8 Ordained Bishop Kevin John Dunn † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

26 May 51.9 Appointed Sérgio Krzywy Bishop of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

27 May 82.4 Retired Carlo Furno † Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

72.5 Appointed Bernard Francis Law † Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus

75.1 Retired Mario Francesco Pompedda † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

79.7 Died Geraldo Majela Reis † Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.1 Appointed Agostino Vallini Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

64.1 Appointed Agostino Vallini Archbishop (Personal Title) Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

28 May 66.2 Ordained Bishop John Cunningham † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

26.6 Ordained Priest Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde Priest Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

29 May 64.1 Appointed Giuseppe Andrich Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Installed Ivo Baldi Gaburri † Prelate of Huarí, Peru Bishop of Huarí, Peru

72.4 Died Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. † Bishop of Roraima, Brazil

62.3 Ordained Bishop Mario Giordana Titular Archbishop of Minora Apostolic Nuncio

86.0 Died Rafael González Moralejo † Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

49.0 Ordained Bishop Marcel Madila Basanguka Titular Bishop of Gigthi Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

33.7 Ordained Priest Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Auxiliary Bishop

57.1 Ordained Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez Titular Bishop of Gypsaria Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

74.4 Ceased Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. † Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

64.4 Appointed Lucio Soravito de Franceschi † Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30 May 58.4 Installed Piero Coccia Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

39.2 Ordained Bishop Artur Grzegorz Miziński Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

86.1 Died Gérard Ngoy Kabwe † Bishop Emeritus of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

67.2 Died Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines

64.9 Installed Claudio Stagni Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Installed Fausto Tardelli Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

31 May 54.9 Appointed Bernardino Cruz Cortez Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Prelate of Infanta, Philippines

54.9 Appointed Bernardino Cruz Cortez Titular Bishop of Bladia Prelate of Infanta, Philippines

84.0 Died Ciriaco Scanzillo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

69.8 Appointed Antonio Vacca † Apostolic Administrator of Sassari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	62.6	Installed	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
91.7	Died	Francis James Harrison †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrews Thazhath	Titular Bishop of Aptuca	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
2 May	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Ricardo da Silva †	Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Installed	Giovanni Dettori	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
73.5	Died	Salvatore Isgró †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kallarangatt	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
64.5	Installed	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ján Orosch	Titular Bishop of Semina	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia
58.4	Installed	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Zvolenský	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Archbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
3 May	73.9	Resigned	Gérard Drainville †	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Robert William Finn	Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
89.9	Died	Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji †	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
39.2	Appointed	Artur Grzegorz Miziński	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
39.2	Appointed	Artur Grzegorz Miziński	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
62.9	Appointed	José de Queirós Alves, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
68.2	Appointed	Eugène Tremblay	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
43.5	Appointed	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
4 May	86.7	Died	Michael He Jinmin †	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
69.6	Succeeded	Matthew Hu Xiande †	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
74.0	Died	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
5 May	54.6	Appointed	Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
6 May	53.3	Appointed	Jean-Luc Brunin	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop of Le Havre, France
50.7	Appointed	Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno	Coadjutor Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
7 May	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Du Jiang	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
59.9	Appointed	Joseph Walter Estabrook †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
59.9	Appointed	Joseph Walter Estabrook †	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
60.2	Appointed	Richard Brendan Higgins	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Richard Brendan Higgins	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
8 May	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P.	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
30.0	Ordained Priest	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
62.0	Ceased	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
9 May	66.5	Installed	Alberto Maria Careggio	Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
63.6	Died	Agustín Otero Largacha, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
10 May	58.3	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
11 May	86.4	Died	Antônio Pedro Misiara †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 May	51.6	Appointed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
71.2	Appointed	Rafael Llano Cifuentes †	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Paulo Francisco Machado	Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.5	Appointed	Paulo Francisco Machado	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55.8	Appointed	Filippo Santoro	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
13 May	54.5	Appointed	José Aníbal Casasola Sosa †	Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala
14 May	59.5	Appointed	Ramon Cabrera Argüelles	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B.	Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
79.5	Retired	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Richard Joseph Gagnon	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
52.8	Installed	Robert Joseph McManus	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
69.1	Appointed	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	José Francisco Oliveros †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
75.7	Retired	Lawrence Khai Saen-Phon-On †	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	Emmanuel Celeste Trance	Coadjutor Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
15 May	59.4	Died	Kevin Michael Britt †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	José Porunnedom	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
16 May	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Fabio D’Onorio, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
58.7	Installed	Alberto Tanasini †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
94.8	Died	Augustin Zhao Jingnong †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
18 May	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
49.3	Appointed	Martin David Holley	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
49.3	Appointed	Martin David Holley	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
80.5	Retired	Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
83.2	Died	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
19 May	77.7	Retired	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
20 May	50.9	Installed	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
76.9	Died	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabat, Morocco
21 May	74.8	Retired	David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
63.6	Appointed	Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
63.6	Appointed	Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato †	Titular Bishop of Jamestown	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
61.7	Appointed	John Walter Flesey	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	John Walter Flesey	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
60.3	Appointed	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
75.8	Retired	Charles James McDonnell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh	Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
46.6	Appointed	Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez	Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Succuba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
75.6	Retired	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
22 May	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramón José Aponte Fernández	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba	Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
29.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould	Priest of Tunis, Tunisia	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia
25.0	Ordained Priest	Maciej Małyga	Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
67.9	Installed	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
25.5	Ordained Priest	Adrian Put	Priest of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
47.1	Appointed	Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Tabasco, México
57.3	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
24 May	73.5	Resigned	Leonard Anthony Boyle †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	John Atcherley Dew	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.1	Installed	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
46.6	Ceased	Maurício Grotto de Camargo	Apostolic Administrator of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 May	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Kevin John Dunn †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26 May	51.9	Appointed	Sérgio Krzywy	Bishop of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
27 May	82.4	Retired	Carlo Furno †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
72.5	Appointed	Bernard Francis Law †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
79.7	Died	Geraldo Majela Reis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.1	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
64.1	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 May	66.2	Ordained Bishop	John Cunningham †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
26.6	Ordained Priest	Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde	Priest	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
29 May	64.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Andrich	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Installed	Ivo Baldi Gaburri †	Prelate of Huarí, Peru	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
72.4	Died	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
62.3	Ordained Bishop	Mario Giordana	Titular Archbishop of Minora	Apostolic Nuncio
86.0	Died	Rafael González Moralejo †	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Madila Basanguka	Titular Bishop of Gigthi	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
33.7	Ordained Priest	Evelio Menjivar-Ayala	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
57.1	Ordained Bishop	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
74.4	Ceased	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
64.4	Appointed	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	58.4	Installed	Piero Coccia	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
39.2	Ordained Bishop	Artur Grzegorz Miziński	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
86.1	Died	Gérard Ngoy Kabwe †	Bishop Emeritus of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
67.2	Died	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
64.9	Installed	Claudio Stagni	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Installed	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
31 May	54.9	Appointed	Bernardino Cruz Cortez	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
54.9	Appointed	Bernardino Cruz Cortez	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
84.0	Died	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
69.8	Appointed	Antonio Vacca †	Apostolic Administrator of Sassari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

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