The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 54.0 Appointed Raymond Poisson Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

54.0 Appointed Raymond Poisson Titular Bishop of Gegi Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

51.3 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

2 May 75.1 Retired Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Appointed Raymond Francis Chappetto Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Appointed Raymond Francis Chappetto Titular Bishop of Citium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

50.0 Ordained Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México

54.3 Succeeded Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

65.4 Appointed Paul Robert Sanchez Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Paul Robert Sanchez Titular Bishop of Coeliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

66.0 Ordained Bishop George Arthur Sheltz † Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

3 May 41.3 Ordained Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna Titular Bishop of Scebatiana Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria

52.3 Appointed Antoni Dziemianko Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

75.9 Died František Tondra † Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia

4 May 57.0 Appointed James Romen Boiragi Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh

73.9 Died Anthony Joseph O’Connell † Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

5 May 52.0 Ordained Bishop Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. Titular Bishop of Absa Salla Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

6 May 73.3 Died Félix Kouadjo † Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire

7 May 75.1 Retired Onésimo Cepeda Silva † Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México Bishop Emeritus

8 May 89.5 Died William Aquin Carew † Apostolic Nuncio

61.1 Appointed Stephen Robson Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

61.1 Appointed Stephen Robson Titular Bishop of Tunnuna Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

9 May 45.7 Appointed Roque Costa Souza Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

45.7 Appointed Roque Costa Souza Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

31.0 Ordained Deacon Andriy Khimyak Deacon of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop

10 May 80.4 Retired Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

80.4 Retired Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

75.5 Retired Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo Bishop of Buga, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed José Roberto Ospina Leongómez Bishop of Buga, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

68.4 Appointed Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.4 Appointed Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

11 May 63.6 Installed Mark Benedict Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

12 May 44.9 Ordained Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito Titular Bishop of Zallata Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

40.7 Ordained Deacon Simon Peter Engurait Deacon of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Bishop

49.0 Appointed Andrzej Jeż Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

57.6 Ordained Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

72.9 Ceased Salvatore Nunnari Apostolic Administrator of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

56.1 Appointed Donato Oliverio Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

53.8 Appointed Orlando Roa Barbosa Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop

53.8 Appointed Orlando Roa Barbosa Titular Bishop of Nasbinca Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia

13 May 62.8 Installed Adriano Ciocca Vasino Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

53.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

63.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Milito Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

106.1 Died Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện † Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

67.8 Ceased Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

14 May 47.5 Appointed Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic

79.5 Retired Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. † Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Ordained Bishop David John Malloy Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

68.2 Appointed Robert Michael McGuckin Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia Bishop Emeritus

42.1 Appointed Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

45.1 Appointed Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

64.8 Appointed Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

72.9 Appointed Dimitrios Salachas † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

42.2 Appointed Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic Bishop

15 May 59.2 Appointed Varghese Chakkalakal Bishop of Calicut, India Archbishop of Calicut, India

59.2 Appointed Varghese Chakkalakal Apostolic Administrator of Kannur, India Archbishop of Calicut, India

54.1 Appointed Roberto Calara Mallari Bishop of San Jose, Philippines Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

77.2 Retired Thomas Kwaku Mensah † Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana

16 May 66.0 Installed Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

61.0 Installed William Edward Lori Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

73.1 Ceased Edwin Frederick O’Brien Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

48.1 Selected Joseph Yue Fusheng Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China

17 May 47.7 Appointed Vincent Dollmann Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

47.7 Appointed Vincent Dollmann Titular Bishop of Cursola Archbishop of Cambrai, France

58.9 Installed Willem Jacobus Eijk Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

18 May 64.7 Ordained Bishop Liam Stephen Cary Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

54.9 Appointed Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick Titular Bishop of Aradi Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

19 May 80.6 Died Isak Doera † Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia

68.9 Removed Francesco Micciché Bishop of Trapani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

79.1 Retired Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † Archbishop of Malanje, Angola Archbishop Emeritus

79.7 Appointed Alessandro Plotti † Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

65.5 Appointed Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Malanje, Angola

46.1 Appointed Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola Archbishop of Huambo, Angola

46.1 Appointed Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa Archbishop of Huambo, Angola

20 May 76.6 Installed Santos Abril y Castelló Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

65.0 Installed João Bráz de Aviz Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

41.5 Ordained Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea

21 May 61.5 Appointed Alessandro D’Errico Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia Apostolic Nuncio

24 May 88.5 Died Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China

25 May 52.9 Appointed Alfred Adewale Martins Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

75.9 Retired Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26 May 54.1 Appointed Dieudonné Espoir Atangana Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

53.3 Ordained Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

65.2 Appointed Jurij Bizjak Bishop of Koper, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Abraham Kome Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon

76.0 Retired Metod Pirih † Bishop of Koper, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus

27 May 53.3 Installed Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

69.3 Installed Domenico Calcagno Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

41.5 Installed Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea

28 May 43.5 Appointed Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero † Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

43.5 Appointed Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero † Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

58.9 Appointed Médard Léopold Ouédraogo Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso

58.9 Appointed Médard Léopold Ouédraogo Titular Bishop of Sutunurca Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso

64.0 Appointed Philippe Rukamba Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda

29 May 61.6 Appointed Samuel Joseph Aquila Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

75.9 Retired Edward Urban Kmiec † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Appointed Richard Joseph Malone Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 May 46.0 Appointed Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Selected Thaddeus Ma Daqin Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

31 May 77.5 Retired Jesús María de Jesús Moya Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

70.4 Appointed Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

67.4 Appointed Benedetto Tuzia Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	54.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
54.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Weisenburger	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
2 May	75.1	Retired	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México
54.3	Succeeded	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
65.4	Appointed	Paul Robert Sanchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Paul Robert Sanchez	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
66.0	Ordained Bishop	George Arthur Sheltz †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
3 May	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
52.3	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
75.9	Died	František Tondra †	Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia
4 May	57.0	Appointed	James Romen Boiragi	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh
73.9	Died	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
5 May	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
6 May	73.3	Died	Félix Kouadjo †	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
7 May	75.1	Retired	Onésimo Cepeda Silva †	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	89.5	Died	William Aquin Carew †	Apostolic Nuncio
61.1	Appointed	Stephen Robson	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
61.1	Appointed	Stephen Robson	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
9 May	45.7	Appointed	Roque Costa Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
45.7	Appointed	Roque Costa Souza	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
31.0	Ordained Deacon	Andriy Khimyak	Deacon of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
10 May	80.4	Retired	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
80.4	Retired	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
75.5	Retired	Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
68.4	Appointed	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.4	Appointed	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
11 May	63.6	Installed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
12 May	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
40.7	Ordained Deacon	Simon Peter Engurait	Deacon of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop
49.0	Appointed	Andrzej Jeż	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Claver Malgo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
72.9	Ceased	Salvatore Nunnari	Apostolic Administrator of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
56.1	Appointed	Donato Oliverio	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
53.8	Appointed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop
53.8	Appointed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
13 May	62.8	Installed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Milito	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
106.1	Died	Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện †	Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
67.8	Ceased	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
14 May	47.5	Appointed	Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
79.5	Retired	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Ordained Bishop	David John Malloy	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
68.2	Appointed	Robert Michael McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
42.1	Appointed	Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A.	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
45.1	Appointed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
64.8	Appointed	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri	Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
72.9	Appointed	Dimitrios Salachas †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
42.2	Appointed	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic	Bishop
15 May	59.2	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Bishop of Calicut, India	Archbishop of Calicut, India
59.2	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Apostolic Administrator of Kannur, India	Archbishop of Calicut, India
54.1	Appointed	Roberto Calara Mallari	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
77.2	Retired	Thomas Kwaku Mensah †	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
16 May	66.0	Installed	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
61.0	Installed	William Edward Lori	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
73.1	Ceased	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
48.1	Selected	Joseph Yue Fusheng	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
17 May	47.7	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
47.7	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Titular Bishop of Cursola	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
58.9	Installed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
18 May	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Liam Stephen Cary	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
54.9	Appointed	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
19 May	80.6	Died	Isak Doera †	Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
68.9	Removed	Francesco Micciché	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre †	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
79.7	Appointed	Alessandro Plotti †	Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
65.5	Appointed	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
46.1	Appointed	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
46.1	Appointed	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
20 May	76.6	Installed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
65.0	Installed	João Bráz de Aviz	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
21 May	61.5	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio
24 May	88.5	Died	Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
25 May	52.9	Appointed	Alfred Adewale Martins	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
75.9	Retired	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 May	54.1	Appointed	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
65.2	Appointed	Jurij Bizjak	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Abraham Kome	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
76.0	Retired	Metod Pirih †	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	53.3	Installed	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
69.3	Installed	Domenico Calcagno	Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
41.5	Installed	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
28 May	43.5	Appointed	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
43.5	Appointed	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
58.9	Appointed	Médard Léopold Ouédraogo	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
58.9	Appointed	Médard Léopold Ouédraogo	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
64.0	Appointed	Philippe Rukamba	Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
29 May	61.6	Appointed	Samuel Joseph Aquila	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
75.9	Retired	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Richard Joseph Malone	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	46.0	Appointed	Jeremias Antônio de Jesus	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Selected	Thaddeus Ma Daqin	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
31 May	77.5	Retired	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Appointed	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Appointed	Benedetto Tuzia	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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