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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru	Titular Bishop of Civitate	Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Frans Daneels, O. Praem.	Titular Bishop of Bita	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	76.6	Retired	José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R.	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama	Prelate Emeritus
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Léon Kalenga Badikebele †	Titular Archbishop of Magnetum	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	59.6	Appointed	Gerardo Melgar Viciosa	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
	50.2	Appointed	Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R.	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
2 May	46.6	Appointed	Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	75.0	Retired	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	45.3	Appointed	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	61.1	Succeeded	John Clayton Nienstedt	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 May	84.0	Died	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Petru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Media	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Sithembele Anton Sipuka	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
7 May	84.9	Died	Donald William Montrose †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
	52.2	Appointed	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	52.2	Appointed	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
8 May	48.9	Appointed	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Titular Archbishop of Suacia	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
	48.9	Appointed	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Adam Bałabuch	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
	87.3	Confirmed	Paul Liu Jing-he †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	52.5	Appointed	Ambrose Madtha †	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
	52.5	Appointed	Ambrose Madtha †	Titular Archbishop of Naissus	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
	33.1	Ordained Priest	Basilio Mamani Quispe	Priest of La Paz, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop
9 May	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
	85.1	Died	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
10 May	73.4	Appointed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	45.3	Succeeded	Murray Chatlain	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	75.5	Retired	Denis Croteau, O.M.I.	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	63.3	Installed	Oswald Gracias	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a “Corviale”	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
11 May	73.6	Installed	Paul Josef Cordes †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Piscibus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Auxiliary Bishop
	54.1	Converted	Bawai (Ashur) Soro	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
12 May	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
13 May	86.0	Died	Bernardin Gantin †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	59.0	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Nuncio
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	John Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A.	Bishop of Kano, Nigeria
14 May	60.8	Appointed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Salazar Villagrana	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Tamba Charles	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone
15 May	57.4	Appointed	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
	57.4	Appointed	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
	75.4	Retired	Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo †	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Appointed	Alceste Catella	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	29.1	Ordained Priest	Jose Maria Garcia Maldonado	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Adair José Guimarães	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
	61.9	Installed	Francesco Montenegro	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Guido Zendron	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
18 May	74.8	Installed	Augusto Alves da Rocha	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	96.8	Died	[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] †	Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
19 May	71.3	Resigned	Prospero Nale Arellano †	Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Michael Gerard Duca	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
	52.5	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Titular Archbishop of Italica	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
	52.5	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
	51.7	Appointed	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
	43.3	Appointed	Joseph Zhang Xianwang	Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
20 May	60.4	Appointed	Christophe Dufour	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P.	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 May	53.0	Appointed	Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	45.3	Appointed	Philip Eduard Roger Dickmans	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
	50.1	Appointed	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	50.1	Appointed	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	98.6	Died	John Aloysius Morgan †	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
	46.3	Appointed	Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	46.3	Appointed	Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort	Titular Bishop of Cresima	Archbishop of Reims, France
	49.3	Appointed	Thierry Marie Scherrer	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
22 May	33.5	Solemn Vows	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
	84.0	Died	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
	47.8	Appointed	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	47.8	Confirmed	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
23 May	74.6	Appointed	John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	56.8	Appointed	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio
	69.4	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez †	Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Installed	Angelo Comastri	Cardinal-Deacon of San Salvatore in Lauro	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	65.4	Appointed	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	71.3	Appointed	Paolo De Nicolò	Titular Bishop of Mariana in Corsica	Official Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	62.0	Appointed	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ponniah	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
	75.8	Died	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Dimitrios Salachas †	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
	78.8	Retired	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.1	Installed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	71.3	Appointed	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Official Emeritus
	71.3	Appointed	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli	Titular Archbishop of Minturnae	Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
25 May	75.8	Installed	James Francis Stafford	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	54.2	Installed	Guido Zendron	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
26 May	75.7	Retired	Blaise-Ernest Morand	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr.	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	36.3	Ordained Priest	Tom Thomas Pattasseril, I.C.	Priest of Institute of Charity	Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
27 May	84.4	Died	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
28 May	44.6	Appointed	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
	65.5	Appointed	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Justice	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	53.6	Installed	Francisco Moreno Barrón	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
29 May	48.8	Appointed	Gerardo Alimane Alminaza	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines
	48.8	Appointed	Gerardo Alimane Alminaza	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines
	65.2	Installed	Richard Edmund Pates	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	53.1	Ordained Bishop	James Douglas Conley	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
	62.9	Installed	Stanisław Ryłko	Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
31 May	62.1	Appointed	Antonisamy Francis	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Ordained Priest	Brian Alan Nunes	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Eusebio Ramos Morales	Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
	44.3	Appointed	Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
1 Jun	71.5	Died	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
	61.8	Installed	Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military
2 Jun	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Cantú	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
3 Jun	96.4	Died	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
4 Jun	74.9	Retired	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz †	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.1	Appointed	Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado	Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	59.8	Appointed	Domingo Díaz Martínez	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Paul Ssemogerere	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
	66.9	Appointed	Joseph Jules Zerey	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Protosyncellus Emeritus
5 Jun	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Julio Parrilla Díaz	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Basil Taylor	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
6 Jun	75.9	Retired	Boutros Edmond Gemayel †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.1	Installed	Thomas John Rodi	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
7 Jun	71.5	Appointed	Ennio Antonelli	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	53.7	Appointed	Aldo Giordano †	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
8 Jun	78.7	Confirmed	Matthew Cao Xiangde †	Bishop	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
	45.5	Succeeded	Peter Fang Jianping	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	87.4	Retired	Paul Liu Jing-he †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Jun	54.5	Appointed	Manuel Aurelio Cruz	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	54.5	Appointed	Manuel Aurelio Cruz	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
10 Jun	86.2	Died	Elmar Maria Kredel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
	63.4	Appointed	Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jun	55.3	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller	Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.3	Appointed	Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jun	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Henry D’Souza	Bishop of Bellary, India
	61.0	Died	Victor Kindo †	Bishop of Jashpur, India
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Maury Buendía	Titular Archbishop of Italica	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
	71.3	Ordained Bishop	Paolo De Nicolò	Titular Bishop of Mariana in Corsica	Official Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
13 Jun	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Graham Rose	Bishop of Dundee, South Africa
14 Jun	94.6	Died	Charles Albert Buswell †	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
	34.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	67.0	Installed	Peter Joseph Kairo	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Alexander James Quinn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Petrus Boddeng Timang	Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Berenbrinker	Titular Bishop of Panatoria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
17 Jun	53.4	Appointed	Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas	Bishop of Angers, France
	56.8	Appointed	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	56.8	Appointed	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	Titular Archbishop of Vicohabentia	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	80.0	Retired	Elio Sgreccia †	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life	Cardinal, President Emeritus
18 Jun	53.0	Appointed	Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	56.9	Appointed	Đuro Gašparović	Bishop of Srijem, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus
	70.9	Appointed	Marin Srakić	Archbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jun	46.1	Appointed	Joseph Befe Ateba †	Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon
	60.9	Installed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
	52.2	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Titular Archbishop of Illici	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	52.2	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	52.2	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	52.2	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
21 Jun	92.0	Died	Adalberto Almeida y Merino †	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
	75.2	Retired	Michel Sabbah	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R.	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
	67.6	Succeeded	Fouad Boutros Twal	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma	Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
24 Jun	75.7	Retired	Rinaldo Fidel Brédice †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Omar Félix Colomé †	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Santiago Olivera	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina	Bishop of Argentina, Military
	74.9	Retired	Marcel Germain Perrier †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Mario Aurelio Poli	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 Jun	86.2	Died	Louis Kuehn †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
27 Jun	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	59.9	Appointed	Raymond Leo Burke	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	68.0	Resigned	Rogelio Esquivel Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Franz Grave †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	77.3	Retired	Camillo Ruini	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	77.3	Retired	Camillo Ruini	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	77.3	Retired	Camillo Ruini	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Ludger Schepers	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
	55.1	Appointed	Ludger Schepers	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
	68.1	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	68.1	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 Jun	51.9	Appointed	Basilio Athai	Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Archbishop
	51.9	Appointed	Basilio Athai	Titular Bishop of Tasaccora	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
	65.5	Installed	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Anthony Muheria	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	45.0	Appointed	Anthony Muheria	Apostolic Administrator of Embu, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	55.6	Appointed	Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	55.6	Appointed	Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Suas	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	83.1	Died	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
29 Jun	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Jean René Brouwet	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Alain Castet	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Alceste Catella	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	73.5	Temporary Vows	Noël Delaquis	Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
	84.2	Resigned	[Pius Jin Peixian] †	Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Edward Hiiboro Kussala	Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan
	39.4	Succeeded	Paul Pei Junmin	Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Noël Treanor †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
	97.0	Died	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
30 Jun	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	57.0	Laicized	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.
	53.0	Succeeded	Arnold Orowae	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
	74.1	Retired	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Juan del Río Martín †	Archbishop of Spain, Military

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