Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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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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