The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 45.8 Appointed Peter Wu Junwei † Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

1 May 53.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand

67.5 Succeeded Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

45.3 Ordained Bishop Binay Kandulna Titular Bishop of Auzegera Bishop of Khunti, India

74.9 Retired Patrick O’Donoghue † Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

2 May 76.8 Died George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

50.5 Ordained Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

58.9 Installed Ismael Rueda Sierra Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia

3 May 56.2 Installed José Moreira Bastos Neto † Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

4 May 59.7 Appointed Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

77.2 Retired Alexius Obabu Makozi † Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

5 May 52.9 Installed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Bishop of Oakland, California, USA Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

41.5 Selected Amel Shamon Nona Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia

65.6 Appointed Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

65.6 Appointed Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Titular Bishop of Sinitis Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

7 May 75.6 Retired Bernard Joseph Harrington Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

43.6 Appointed Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

43.6 Appointed Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Afufenia Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

61.5 Resigned Zacharias Cenita Jimenez † Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México

63.8 Appointed Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México

63.3 Succeeded John Michael Quinn Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

44.0 Appointed Cyril Vasil’, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

44.0 Appointed Cyril Vasil’, S.J. Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

8 May 69.9 Ceased Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India Archbishop of Verapoly, India

48.1 Appointed Marcelo Daniel Colombo Bishop of Orán, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

60.3 Appointed Joseph Kariyil Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

89.5 Died Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

50.3 Ordained Bishop Giovane Pereira de Melo Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil

52.7 Appointed Selvister Ponnumuthan Bishop of Punalur, India

51.1 Ordained Bishop José Slaby, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Esquel, Argentina

58.8 Resigned John Thattumkal, S.S.C. Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

9 May 48.4 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

46.1 Appointed Paul Kariuki Njiru Bishop of Embu, Kenya Bishop of Wote, Kenya

10 May 52.1 Installed Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy Bishop of Saint-Denis, France Archbishop of Strasbourg, France

11 May 52.0 Appointed Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D. Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop of Bhopal, India

57.4 Appointed Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. Bishop of Jhabua, India Bishop of Udaipur, India

12 May 52.4 Ordained Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam

13 May 75.7 Retired Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré † Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

14 May 80.3 Retired Michael Michai Kitbunchu Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris † Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

57.9 Appointed Harold Anthony Perera Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

15 May 45.7 Ordained Bishop Rodolfo Luís Weber Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

16 May 56.1 Installed Marian Buczek Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Vincent Mojwok Nyiker † Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Ignatius Wang Chung Chang Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Resigned François-Xavier Yombandje Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

17 May 50.5 Ordained Bishop François Michel Pierre Kalist Bishop of Limoges, France Archbishop of Clermont, France

46.0 Ordained Bishop Marcellin Randriamamonjy Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

20 May 60.0 Appointed Joseph Robert Cistone † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

21 May 60.9 Appointed Salvador Giménez Valls Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop of Lleida, Spain

45.1 Ordained Bishop Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Vazari Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

63.5 Installed Vincent Gerard Nichols Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

22 May 63.0 Appointed William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P. Administrator of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23 May 48.4 Installed Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

80.6 Died Joseph Marie Louis Duval † Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

24 May 46.1 Installed Stephan Ackermann Bishop of Trier, Germany

51.8 Ordained Bishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Titular Bishop of Hilta Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

65.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Lortie Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

50.3 Installed Giovane Pereira de Melo Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil

56.3 Ordained Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Bergé, Madagascar Bishop

50.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Spiteri Titular Archbishop of Serta Apostolic Nuncio to México

61.2 Ordained Bishop Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 May 66.3 Appointed Nikola Nino Kekić Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Slavomir Miklovš † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

39.9 Selected Bashar Matti Warda, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

26 May 65.9 Installed Robert Joseph Cunningham Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.1 Appointed Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Apostolic Administrator of Bangui, Central African Republic Cardinal, Archbishop

54.9 Resigned Paulin Pomodimo Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic Archbishop Emeritus

27 May 48.6 Appointed John Oliver Barres Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

76.1 Retired Edward Peter Cullen † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

91.1 Died Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta † Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain

51.0 Appointed Lee Anthony Piché Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Lee Anthony Piché Titular Bishop of Tamata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

28 May 81.7 Died Roger Louis Kaffer † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

30 May 51.0 Ordained Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Zica Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua

31 May 66.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Ambia Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

Jun 42.7 Selected Joseph Cai Bingrui Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

1 Jun 44.6 Appointed Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N. Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

75.3 Retired Enzo Dieci Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Guerino Di Tora Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Guerino Di Tora Titular Bishop of Zuri Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

57.8 Appointed Giuseppe Marciante Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

57.8 Appointed Giuseppe Marciante Titular Bishop of Thagora Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

2 Jun 73.8 Appointed Fortunato Baldelli † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian) Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

66.4 Ceased Bohdan Benjamin Lysykanych Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian) Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

76.8 Retired James Francis Stafford Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

75.7 Died Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot † Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

3 Jun 66.9 Appointed Henri Coudray, S.J. Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Henri Coudray, S.J. Titular Bishop of Silli Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo, Chad

76.9 Retired Elden Francis Curtiss Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed George Joseph Lucas Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

4 Jun 83.2 Died Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

5 Jun 63.6 Installed Paul Joseph Bradley Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Ordained Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

6 Jun 49.2 Ordained Bishop Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Oliver Dashe Doeme Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria

48.6 Ordained Bishop José Mazuelos Pérez Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

7 Jun 63.0 Ordained Bishop Adriano Tessarollo Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Jun 55.7 Appointed Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway Bishop of Oslo, Norway

58.0 Resigned Georg Müller, SS.CC. † Prelate of Trondheim, Norway Prelate Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Timothy Christian Senior Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

49.2 Appointed Timothy Christian Senior Titular Bishop of Floriana Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

9 Jun 62.1 Appointed Terence John Gerard Brady Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

51.8 Appointed Otto Separy Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

57.1 Resigned Christopher Henry Toohey Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Bishop Emeritus

10 Jun 64.9 Installed Robert James Carlson Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Archbishop Emeritus

84.1 Died Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia

66.8 Resigned José Refugio Mercado Díaz † Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

100.3 Died Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ † Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam

11 Jun 63.1 Installed Adriano Tessarollo Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

12 Jun 59.5 Appointed Gregory Michael Aymond Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

76.5 Retired Alfred Clifton Hughes Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Archbishop Emeritus

13 Jun 53.9 Appointed Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández Bishop of Melo, Uruguay Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay

77.9 Retired Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. Bishop of Melo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Krzysztof Nitkiewicz Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

60.4 Appointed Victor Selvino Arenhart † Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

14 Jun 87.5 Died Khalil Abi-Nader † Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

89.0 Died Ignacio Ortuzar Rojas † Priest of Santiago de Chile

44.1 Ordained Bishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

15 Jun 57.2 Appointed Thomas Löhr Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

57.2 Appointed Thomas Löhr Titular Bishop of Diana Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

75.3 Retired Gerhard Pieschl Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Jun 81.4 Died Emmanuel Constant † Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti

65.9 Appointed Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. Titular Archbishop of Oregon City Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

65.9 Appointed Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

57.5 Ordained Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. Bishop of Jhabua, India Bishop of Udaipur, India

76.5 Retired Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

62.0 Appointed Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I. Bishop of Helsinki, Finland Bishop Emeritus

17 Jun 65.8 Ordained Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Titular Bishop of Sinitis Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

18 Jun 67.7 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio

59.3 Appointed Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

52.9 Ordained Bishop Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U. Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

55.5 Appointed Christopher Charles Prowse Bishop of Sale, Australia Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

75.1 Retired Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

87.3 Retired Jožef Smej † Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

19 Jun 75.4 Retired Luca Brandolini, C.M. Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. Titular Bishop of Usinaza Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

51.5 Appointed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

55.8 Appointed Maurizio Malvestiti Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Bishop of Lodi, Italy

63.0 Appointed Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

46.1 Ordained Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa † Titular Bishop of Acufida Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

53.8 Appointed Stephen Tjephe † Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar Bishop

53.8 Appointed Stephen Tjephe † Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar

20 Jun 95.4 Died Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

52.7 Ordained Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles † Titular Bishop of Calama Bishop of Soacha, Colombia

57.3 Appointed Gilberto Gómez González Bishop of Abancay, Peru

49.0 Appointed Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D. Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

76.2 Retired Isidro Sala Ribera † Bishop of Abancay, Peru Bishop Emeritus

21 Jun 63.6 Ceased Antonio Cañizares Llovera Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

93.7 Died José Nicomedes Grossi † Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil

55.9 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Kallupura Bishop of Buxar, India Archbishop of Patna, India

65.4 Installed Braulio Rodríguez Plaza Archbishop of Toledo, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

51.3 Ordained Bishop Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás † Bishop of Namibe, Angola

23 Jun 79.5 Died John Fetsco, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada

24 Jun 58.4 Appointed José Benedito Simão † Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 Jun 57.5 Ordained Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

27 Jun 57.9 Appointed Fernando José Castro Aguayo Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela

57.9 Appointed Fernando José Castro Aguayo Titular Bishop of Ampora Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela

53.1 Appointed Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

53.1 Appointed Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae Bishop of Porto, Portugal

52.5 Ordained Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu Bishop of Muranga, Kenya

28 Jun 81.5 Died José María Guix Ferreres † Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain

52.8 Ordained Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan Bishop of Punalur, India

29 Jun 51.1 Ordained Bishop Lee Anthony Piché Titular Bishop of Tamata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

30 Jun 61.8 Appointed Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho

76.0 Retired Paul Khoarai † Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I. Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho

76.2 Retired Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	45.8	Appointed	Peter Wu Junwei †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
1 May	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
67.5	Succeeded	Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Binay Kandulna	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Bishop of Khunti, India
74.9	Retired	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	76.8	Died	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
58.9	Installed	Ismael Rueda Sierra	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
3 May	56.2	Installed	José Moreira Bastos Neto †	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
4 May	59.7	Appointed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
77.2	Retired	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	52.9	Installed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
41.5	Selected	Amel Shamon Nona	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
65.6	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
65.6	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
7 May	75.6	Retired	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.6	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
43.6	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
61.5	Resigned	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
63.8	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
63.3	Succeeded	John Michael Quinn	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
44.0	Appointed	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
44.0	Appointed	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
8 May	69.9	Ceased	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
48.1	Appointed	Marcelo Daniel Colombo	Bishop of Orán, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
60.3	Appointed	Joseph Kariyil	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
89.5	Died	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
52.7	Appointed	Selvister Ponnumuthan	Bishop of Punalur, India
51.1	Ordained Bishop	José Slaby, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
58.8	Resigned	John Thattumkal, S.S.C.	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
46.1	Appointed	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Bishop of Embu, Kenya	Bishop of Wote, Kenya
10 May	52.1	Installed	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
11 May	52.0	Appointed	Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D.	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
57.4	Appointed	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jhabua, India	Bishop of Udaipur, India
12 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
13 May	75.7	Retired	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
14 May	80.3	Retired	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris †	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
57.9	Appointed	Harold Anthony Perera	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
15 May	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 May	56.1	Installed	Marian Buczek	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Vincent Mojwok Nyiker †	Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Ignatius Wang Chung Chang	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Resigned	François-Xavier Yombandje	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	50.5	Ordained Bishop	François Michel Pierre Kalist	Bishop of Limoges, France	Archbishop of Clermont, France
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcellin Randriamamonjy	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
20 May	60.0	Appointed	Joseph Robert Cistone †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
21 May	60.9	Appointed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Lleida, Spain
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
63.5	Installed	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
22 May	63.0	Appointed	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Administrator of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 May	48.4	Installed	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
80.6	Died	Joseph Marie Louis Duval †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
24 May	46.1	Installed	Stephan Ackermann	Bishop of Trier, Germany
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Lortie	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
50.3	Installed	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Bergé, Madagascar	Bishop
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Spiteri	Titular Archbishop of Serta	Apostolic Nuncio to México
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 May	66.3	Appointed	Nikola Nino Kekić	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Slavomir Miklovš †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
39.9	Selected	Bashar Matti Warda, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 May	65.9	Installed	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.1	Appointed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Apostolic Administrator of Bangui, Central African Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop
54.9	Resigned	Paulin Pomodimo	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
27 May	48.6	Appointed	John Oliver Barres	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
76.1	Retired	Edward Peter Cullen †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
91.1	Died	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
51.0	Appointed	Lee Anthony Piché	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Lee Anthony Piché	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
28 May	81.7	Died	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
30 May	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Zica	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
31 May	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
Jun	42.7	Selected	Joseph Cai Bingrui	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
1 Jun	44.6	Appointed	Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N.	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
75.3	Retired	Enzo Dieci	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Guerino Di Tora	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Guerino Di Tora	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Marciante	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Marciante	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
2 Jun	73.8	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
66.4	Ceased	Bohdan Benjamin Lysykanych	Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
76.8	Retired	James Francis Stafford	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
75.7	Died	Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
3 Jun	66.9	Appointed	Henri Coudray, S.J.	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Henri Coudray, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Silli	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo, Chad
76.9	Retired	Elden Francis Curtiss	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	George Joseph Lucas	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
4 Jun	83.2	Died	Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
5 Jun	63.6	Installed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
6 Jun	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Oliver Dashe Doeme	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
48.6	Ordained Bishop	José Mazuelos Pérez	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
7 Jun	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Tessarollo	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jun	55.7	Appointed	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
58.0	Resigned	Georg Müller, SS.CC. †	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway	Prelate Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Timothy Christian Senior	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
49.2	Appointed	Timothy Christian Senior	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
9 Jun	62.1	Appointed	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
51.8	Appointed	Otto Separy	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
57.1	Resigned	Christopher Henry Toohey	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	64.9	Installed	Robert James Carlson	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
84.1	Died	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
66.8	Resigned	José Refugio Mercado Díaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
100.3	Died	Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
11 Jun	63.1	Installed	Adriano Tessarollo	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jun	59.5	Appointed	Gregory Michael Aymond	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
76.5	Retired	Alfred Clifton Hughes	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jun	53.9	Appointed	Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
77.9	Retired	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Krzysztof Nitkiewicz	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
60.4	Appointed	Victor Selvino Arenhart †	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
14 Jun	87.5	Died	Khalil Abi-Nader †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
89.0	Died	Ignacio Ortuzar Rojas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
15 Jun	57.2	Appointed	Thomas Löhr	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
57.2	Appointed	Thomas Löhr	Titular Bishop of Diana	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
75.3	Retired	Gerhard Pieschl	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Jun	81.4	Died	Emmanuel Constant †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
65.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.	Titular Archbishop of Oregon City	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
65.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jhabua, India	Bishop of Udaipur, India
76.5	Retired	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
62.0	Appointed	Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I.	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
18 Jun	67.7	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio
59.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
55.5	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Bishop of Sale, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
75.1	Retired	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
87.3	Retired	Jožef Smej †	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun	75.4	Retired	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
51.5	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
55.8	Appointed	Maurizio Malvestiti	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
63.0	Appointed	Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Soares da Costa †	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
53.8	Appointed	Stephen Tjephe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar	Bishop
53.8	Appointed	Stephen Tjephe †	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
20 Jun	95.4	Died	Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
52.7	Ordained Bishop	José Daniel Falla Robles †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
57.3	Appointed	Gilberto Gómez González	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
49.0	Appointed	Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
76.2	Retired	Isidro Sala Ribera †	Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun	63.6	Ceased	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
93.7	Died	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Kallupura	Bishop of Buxar, India	Archbishop of Patna, India
65.4	Installed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás †	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
23 Jun	79.5	Died	John Fetsco, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
24 Jun	58.4	Appointed	José Benedito Simão †	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Jun	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph McKenna	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
27 Jun	57.9	Appointed	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela
57.9	Appointed	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Titular Bishop of Ampora	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela
53.1	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
53.1	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
52.5	Ordained Bishop	James Maria Wainaina Kungu	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
28 Jun	81.5	Died	José María Guix Ferreres †	Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Selvister Ponnumuthan	Bishop of Punalur, India
29 Jun	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lee Anthony Piché	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
30 Jun	61.8	Appointed	Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
76.0	Retired	Paul Khoarai †	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
76.2	Retired	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho	Archbishop Emeritus

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