The Year of Our Lord 2019

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 52.4 Succeeded Oscar Cantú Bishop of San Jose in California, USA

64.9 Appointed Derek Fernandes Bishop of Belgaum, India

73.8 Resigned Patrick Joseph McGrath † Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

2 May 88.6 Died Roland Aboujaoudé † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

65.1 Installed Joseph Vincent Brennan Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

61.0 Installed Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

55.0 Appointed Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Loja, Ecuador Bishop

3 May 76.0 Retired Luigi Antonio Cantafora Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Installed Michael Mulhall Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

61.3 Appointed Giuseppe Schillaci Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

4 May 56.9 Ordained Bishop John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana

58.5 Appointed Andrea Bellandi Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

60.5 Appointed Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

60.5 Appointed Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv. Apostolic Administrator of Ales-Terralba, Italy Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

51.8 Ordained Bishop Andris Kravalis, I.N.D.V. Titular Bishop of Migirpa Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

70.2 Resigned Luigi Moretti Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Joan Planellas i Barnosell Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

75.2 Retired Jaume Pujol Balcells Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

77.2 Retired Ignazio Sanna Archbishop of Oristano, Italy President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

6 May 75.3 Retired Antonio Buoncristiani Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Augusto Paolo Lojudice Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

7 May 54.0 Appointed Michael Router Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

54.0 Appointed Michael Router Titular Bishop of Lugmad Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

8 May 56.0 Appointed Gianfranco Gallone Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

56.3 Died Antoine Koné † Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire

50.4 Ordained Bishop Fidelis Bautista Layog Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

9 May 89.7 Died David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

52.1 Ordained Bishop Patrick S. Eluke Titular Bishop of Photice Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

10 May 65.8 Resigned Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt

54.2 Appointed Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. Apostolic Administrator of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

78.6 Died Domenico Padovano † Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

91.0 Died Paul-Werner Scheele † Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

49.9 Appointed Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara) Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

11 May 59.2 Appointed José Armando Álvarez Cano Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México

50.9 Ordained Bishop Sebastián Chico Martínez Titular Bishop of Valliposita Bishop of Jaén, Spain

51.9 Installed Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

57.7 Appointed Jorge Estrada Solórzano Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México

56.9 Appointed António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal

76.0 Retired Amândio José Tomás Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

12 May 52.4 Ordained Bishop Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C. Bishop of Tete, Mozambique

55.3 Installed Paolo Giulietti Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

50.4 Ordained Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako Bishop of Menongue, Angola

53.5 Installed Renatus Leonard Nkwande Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania

98.9 Died Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

13 May 54.4 Appointed Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C. Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.4 Ordained Bishop Tymon Tytus Chmielecki Titular Archbishop of Tres Tabernae Apostolic Nuncio

14 May 95.1 Died Urbano José Allgayer † Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

52.0 Appointed Dennis Cabanada Villarojo Bishop of Malolos, Philippines

15 May 75.3 Retired Franco Agostinelli Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Succeeded Gilson Andrade da Silva Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

58.4 Appointed Peter Baldacchino Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

75.0 Retired Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

62.3 Died Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † Bishop of Astorga, Spain

80.3 Died Gabriel Mmole † Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania

58.9 Appointed João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

64.9 Appointed Giovanni Nerbini Bishop of Prato, Italy

52.3 Appointed José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil

16 May 68.2 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan Titular Bishop of Rusicade Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

83.4 Died Emmanuel Alex Mapunda † Bishop Emeritus of Mbinga, Tanzania

17 May 94.3 Died Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Egara

58.1 Appointed Shyamal Bose Coadjutor Bishop of Baruipur, India Bishop

73.0 Appointed Orlando Brandes Apostolic Administrator of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.4 Resigned Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C. Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 May 50.1 Installed Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M. Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil

61.6 Appointed Philippe André Yves Marsset Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

61.6 Appointed Philippe André Yves Marsset Titular Bishop of Thibica Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

19 May 86.9 Died Jan Bagiński † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland

89.2 Died Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

43.3 Solemn Vows Stephan Lipke, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

54.2 Installed Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20 May 73.4 Appointed Pierre Bürcher Apostolic Administrator of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland

77.0 Retired Vitus Huonder † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador

53.4 Appointed José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre Titular Bishop of Maronana Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador

72.0 Resigned Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I. Bishop of Helsinki, Finland Bishop Emeritus

21 May 55.1 Appointed Louis Corriveau Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

71.4 Installed Wilton Daniel Gregory Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

74.4 Resigned Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

61.0 Succeeded Raymond Poisson Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

78.5 Ceased Donald William Wuerl Apostolic Administrator of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 May 54.4 Appointed Edson Batista de Mello Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

67.6 Ordained Bishop Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia

53.1 Appointed Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile Priest

53.1 Appointed Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz Titular Bishop-Elect of Tanudaia Priest of Santiago de Chile

65.7 Appointed Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

65.7 Appointed Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Sesta Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

23 May 46.3 Appointed Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan

81.7 Died Joseph Devine † Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain

24 May 76.9 Retired Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

87.1 Died Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

49.4 Ordained Bishop Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F. Prelate of Isabela, Philippines

63.9 Appointed Robert Dwayne Gruss Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

67.0 Appointed Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Tanger, Morocco Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

58.2 Appointed Szymon Stułkowski Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland Bishop of Płock, Poland

58.2 Appointed Szymon Stułkowski Titular Bishop of Tabalta Bishop of Płock, Poland

25 May 66.0 Appointed Antonio Arcari Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco Apostolic Nuncio

66.9 Appointed Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

80.8 Died Joseph Anthony Galante † Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA

66.6 Ceased Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. Apostolic Administrator of Soroti, Uganda Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda

48.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach Bishop of Soroti, Uganda

73.0 Resigned Luigi Pezzuto Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco Apostolic Nuncio

61.6 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio

61.6 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio

61.9 Ceased Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

57.6 Appointed Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen Permanent Observer to United Nations Environment Program and Human Settlements Program Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

26 May 54.5 Ceased Pio Hipunyati Apostolic Administrator of Menongue, Angola Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola

50.4 Installed Leopoldo Ndakalako Bishop of Menongue, Angola

27 May 85.0 Died Kevin Joseph Aje † Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

29 May 56.3 Appointed Gaspard Béby Gnéba Apostolic Administrator of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire

30 May 62.6 Appointed Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

84.8 Died Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

72.7 Died Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Witbank, South Africa

31 May 74.8 Retired Tommaso Ghirelli Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Giovanni Mosciatti Bishop of Imola, Italy

57.1 Appointed Peter Michiaki Nakamura Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan Archbishop

57.1 Appointed Peter Michiaki Nakamura Titular Bishop of Fesseë Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

67.2 Appointed Joseph Thykkattil Bishop of Gwalior, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	52.4	Succeeded	Oscar Cantú	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
64.9	Appointed	Derek Fernandes	Bishop of Belgaum, India
73.8	Resigned	Patrick Joseph McGrath †	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	88.6	Died	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
65.1	Installed	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
61.0	Installed	Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
55.0	Appointed	Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Loja, Ecuador	Bishop
3 May	76.0	Retired	Luigi Antonio Cantafora	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Installed	Michael Mulhall	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
61.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Schillaci	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
4 May	56.9	Ordained Bishop	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
58.5	Appointed	Andrea Bellandi	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv.	Apostolic Administrator of Ales-Terralba, Italy	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Andris Kravalis, I.N.D.V.	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
70.2	Resigned	Luigi Moretti	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Joan Planellas i Barnosell	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
75.2	Retired	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
77.2	Retired	Ignazio Sanna	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
6 May	75.3	Retired	Antonio Buoncristiani	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Augusto Paolo Lojudice	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
7 May	54.0	Appointed	Michael Router	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
54.0	Appointed	Michael Router	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
8 May	56.0	Appointed	Gianfranco Gallone	Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay
56.3	Died	Antoine Koné †	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
9 May	89.7	Died	David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick S. Eluke	Titular Bishop of Photice	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
10 May	65.8	Resigned	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
54.2	Appointed	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Apostolic Administrator of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
78.6	Died	Domenico Padovano †	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
91.0	Died	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
49.9	Appointed	Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
11 May	59.2	Appointed	José Armando Álvarez Cano	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Chico Martínez	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
51.9	Installed	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
57.7	Appointed	Jorge Estrada Solórzano	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
56.9	Appointed	António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal
76.0	Retired	Amândio José Tomás	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
12 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C.	Bishop of Tete, Mozambique
55.3	Installed	Paolo Giulietti	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Ndakalako	Bishop of Menongue, Angola
53.5	Installed	Renatus Leonard Nkwande	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
98.9	Died	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
13 May	54.4	Appointed	Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C.	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Tymon Tytus Chmielecki	Titular Archbishop of Tres Tabernae	Apostolic Nuncio
14 May	95.1	Died	Urbano José Allgayer †	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.0	Appointed	Dennis Cabanada Villarojo	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
15 May	75.3	Retired	Franco Agostinelli	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Succeeded	Gilson Andrade da Silva	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
58.4	Appointed	Peter Baldacchino	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
75.0	Retired	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
62.3	Died	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
80.3	Died	Gabriel Mmole †	Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania
58.9	Appointed	João Inácio Müller, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64.9	Appointed	Giovanni Nerbini	Bishop of Prato, Italy
52.3	Appointed	José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
16 May	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
83.4	Died	Emmanuel Alex Mapunda †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbinga, Tanzania
17 May	94.3	Died	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Egara
58.1	Appointed	Shyamal Bose	Coadjutor Bishop of Baruipur, India	Bishop
73.0	Appointed	Orlando Brandes	Apostolic Administrator of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.4	Resigned	Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 May	50.1	Installed	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
61.6	Appointed	Philippe André Yves Marsset	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
61.6	Appointed	Philippe André Yves Marsset	Titular Bishop of Thibica	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
19 May	86.9	Died	Jan Bagiński †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
89.2	Died	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
43.3	Solemn Vows	Stephan Lipke, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
54.2	Installed	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 May	73.4	Appointed	Pierre Bürcher	Apostolic Administrator of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
77.0	Retired	Vitus Huonder †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador
53.4	Appointed	José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre	Titular Bishop of Maronana	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador
72.0	Resigned	Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I.	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland	Bishop Emeritus
21 May	55.1	Appointed	Louis Corriveau	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
71.4	Installed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
74.4	Resigned	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
61.0	Succeeded	Raymond Poisson	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
78.5	Ceased	Donald William Wuerl	Apostolic Administrator of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 May	54.4	Appointed	Edson Batista de Mello	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
67.6	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
53.1	Appointed	Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile	Priest
53.1	Appointed	Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz	Titular Bishop-Elect of Tanudaia	Priest of Santiago de Chile
65.7	Appointed	Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
65.7	Appointed	Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Sesta	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
23 May	46.3	Appointed	Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok	Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
81.7	Died	Joseph Devine †	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
24 May	76.9	Retired	Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
87.1	Died	Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F.	Prelate of Isabela, Philippines
63.9	Appointed	Robert Dwayne Gruss	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
67.0	Appointed	Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Tanger, Morocco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
58.2	Appointed	Szymon Stułkowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
58.2	Appointed	Szymon Stułkowski	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Płock, Poland
25 May	66.0	Appointed	Antonio Arcari	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio
66.9	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I.	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
80.8	Died	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
66.6	Ceased	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Soroti, Uganda	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Eciru Oliach	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
73.0	Resigned	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio
61.6	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio
61.6	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio
61.9	Ceased	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
57.6	Appointed	Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen	Permanent Observer to United Nations Environment Program and Human Settlements Program	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
26 May	54.5	Ceased	Pio Hipunyati	Apostolic Administrator of Menongue, Angola	Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola
50.4	Installed	Leopoldo Ndakalako	Bishop of Menongue, Angola
27 May	85.0	Died	Kevin Joseph Aje †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria
29 May	56.3	Appointed	Gaspard Béby Gnéba	Apostolic Administrator of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
30 May	62.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.	Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
84.8	Died	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
72.7	Died	Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
31 May	74.8	Retired	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Giovanni Mosciatti	Bishop of Imola, Italy
57.1	Appointed	Peter Michiaki Nakamura	Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Archbishop
57.1	Appointed	Peter Michiaki Nakamura	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
67.2	Appointed	Joseph Thykkattil	Bishop of Gwalior, India

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