The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 77.6 Died Mathew Anikuzhikattil † Bishop Emeritus of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India

50.3 Appointed Mitja Leskovar Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of

50.3 Appointed Mitja Leskovar Titular Archbishop of Beneventum Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of

60.7 Appointed Ilson de Jesus Montanari Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

78.7 Appointed Beniamino Stella Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

62.8 Appointed Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Cardinal-Bishop of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

2 May 56.8 Ordained Bishop Krzysztof Chudzio Titular Bishop of Marazanae Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

3 May 51.3 Appointed Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

51.3 Appointed Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński Titular Archbishop of Limosano Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

4 May 59.1 Succeeded Shyamal Bose Bishop of Baruipur, India

71.4 Resigned Robert Daniel Conlon Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Appointed Salvadore Lobo Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

75.0 Retired Salvadore Lobo Bishop of Baruipur, India Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Cyprian Monis Bishop of Asansol, India Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Noel Andrew Rucastle Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

5 May 51.3 Appointed Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop

51.3 Appointed Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

6 May 57.1 Appointed Marcel Damphousse Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Archbishop

63.9 Appointed Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

57.1 Appointed Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil

68.4 Installed Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

53.9 Appointed Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

76.2 Appointed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

7 May 65.0 Resigned Joseph Robert Binzer Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.3 Succeeded Peter Jin Lugang Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

87.3 Died Eugenio Ravignani † Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy

98.8 Died Joseph Zhu Baoyu † Bishop Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

8 May 77.3 Retired Angelo Bagnasco Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Nicolás Baisi Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

75.1 Retired Marcelo Raúl Martorell † Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

9 May 77.9 Retired Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Ángel Luis Ríos Matos Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

11 May 49.9 Appointed Louis Tylka Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop

12 May 84.1 Died Felice Cece † Archbishop Emeritus of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

84.1 Died Renato Corti † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

58.9 Appointed Peter Michael Muhich † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

13 May 77.5 Retired Louis Chamniern Santisukniram Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

100.9 Died Gérard Dionne † Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

78.0 Appointed Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia, Bahrain Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

53.7 Appointed Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania

56.8 Appointed Anthony Weradet Chaiseri Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

14 May 80.1 Died Czesław Stanula, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

16 May 66.3 Appointed Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm. Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico

48.4 Installed Lindomar Rocha Mota Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil

52.1 Appointed Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

52.1 Appointed Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

17 May 70.5 Installed Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

18 May 88.6 Died Vincent Malone † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

19 May 63.4 Appointed Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M. Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA

21 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

53.3 Appointed Ante Jozić Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia

22 May 45.3 Appointed Adam Piotr Bab Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

45.3 Appointed Adam Piotr Bab Titular Bishop of Arna Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

23 May 76.4 Retired Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

67.7 Appointed Thomas Chung An-zu Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan

67.7 Appointed Thomas Chung An-zu Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan

54.7 Appointed Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia

76.5 Retired John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

93.0 Died Johann Weber † Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

25 May 85.9 Died Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

78.7 Ceased Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Adelaide, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia

61.6 Installed Patrick Michael O’Regan Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia

26 May 57.4 Appointed Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez Bishop of San Felipe, Chile

60.9 Appointed Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

51.8 Appointed László Kerekes Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

51.8 Appointed László Kerekes Titular Bishop of Tharros Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

60.7 Appointed Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Prelate of Illapel, Chile

60.7 Appointed Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez Titular Bishop of Magarmel Prelate of Illapel, Chile

88.6 Died Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga † Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

27 May 47.0 Appointed Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

47.0 Appointed Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho Titular Bishop of Segia Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

58.7 Appointed Jeová Elias Ferreira Bishop of Goiás, Brazil

67.4 Installed Antonio Mura Bishop of Lanusei, Italy Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

75.8 Retired Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Bishop of Goiás, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 May 61.9 Ceased Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

29 May 77.6 Retired Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia

61.9 Appointed Orlando Roa Barbosa Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia

30 May 73.9 Appointed Victor Abagna Mossa Archbishop of Owando, Congo Archbishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Jesús Castro Marte Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

72.0 Appointed Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Archbishop Emeritus

78.2 Retired Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed Michael Kalu Ukpong Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria Bishop

55.4 Appointed Michael Kalu Ukpong Titular Bishop of Igilgili Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria

31 May 46.5 Appointed Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. Bishop of Niigata, Japan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	77.6	Died	Mathew Anikuzhikattil †	Bishop Emeritus of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India
50.3	Appointed	Mitja Leskovar	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
50.3	Appointed	Mitja Leskovar	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
60.7	Appointed	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
78.7	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
62.8	Appointed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal-Bishop of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
2 May	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Krzysztof Chudzio	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
3 May	51.3	Appointed	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
51.3	Appointed	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Titular Archbishop of Limosano	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
4 May	59.1	Succeeded	Shyamal Bose	Bishop of Baruipur, India
71.4	Resigned	Robert Daniel Conlon	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Appointed	Salvadore Lobo	Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
75.0	Retired	Salvadore Lobo	Bishop of Baruipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Cyprian Monis	Bishop of Asansol, India	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Noel Andrew Rucastle	Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
5 May	51.3	Appointed	Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa	Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop
51.3	Appointed	Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
6 May	57.1	Appointed	Marcel Damphousse	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop
63.9	Appointed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
57.1	Appointed	Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
68.4	Installed	Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
53.9	Appointed	Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.2	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
7 May	65.0	Resigned	Joseph Robert Binzer	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.3	Succeeded	Peter Jin Lugang	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
87.3	Died	Eugenio Ravignani †	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy
98.8	Died	Joseph Zhu Baoyu †	Bishop Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
8 May	77.3	Retired	Angelo Bagnasco	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Nicolás Baisi	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
75.1	Retired	Marcelo Raúl Martorell †	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
9 May	77.9	Retired	Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J.	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Ángel Luis Ríos Matos	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
11 May	49.9	Appointed	Louis Tylka	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop
12 May	84.1	Died	Felice Cece †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
84.1	Died	Renato Corti †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
58.9	Appointed	Peter Michael Muhich †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
13 May	77.5	Retired	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
100.9	Died	Gérard Dionne †	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
78.0	Appointed	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia, Bahrain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
53.7	Appointed	Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa	Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
56.8	Appointed	Anthony Weradet Chaiseri	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
14 May	80.1	Died	Czesław Stanula, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
16 May	66.3	Appointed	Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm.	Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico
48.4	Installed	Lindomar Rocha Mota	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
52.1	Appointed	Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
52.1	Appointed	Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
17 May	70.5	Installed	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
18 May	88.6	Died	Vincent Malone †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
19 May	63.4	Appointed	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.	Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
21 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
53.3	Appointed	Ante Jozić	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
22 May	45.3	Appointed	Adam Piotr Bab	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
45.3	Appointed	Adam Piotr Bab	Titular Bishop of Arna	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
23 May	76.4	Retired	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
67.7	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
67.7	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
54.7	Appointed	Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
76.5	Retired	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
93.0	Died	Johann Weber †	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
25 May	85.9	Died	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
78.7	Ceased	Gregory O’Kelly, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Adelaide, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia
61.6	Installed	Patrick Michael O’Regan	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
26 May	57.4	Appointed	Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
60.9	Appointed	Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I.	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
51.8	Appointed	László Kerekes	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
51.8	Appointed	László Kerekes	Titular Bishop of Tharros	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
60.7	Appointed	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
60.7	Appointed	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Titular Bishop of Magarmel	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
88.6	Died	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga †	Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
27 May	47.0	Appointed	Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
47.0	Appointed	Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho	Titular Bishop of Segia	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
58.7	Appointed	Jeová Elias Ferreira	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
67.4	Installed	Antonio Mura	Bishop of Lanusei, Italy	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
75.8	Retired	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 May	61.9	Ceased	Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
29 May	77.6	Retired	Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B.	Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez	Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
61.9	Appointed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
30 May	73.9	Appointed	Victor Abagna Mossa	Archbishop of Owando, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Jesús Castro Marte	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
72.0	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
78.2	Retired	Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop
55.4	Appointed	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
31 May	46.5	Appointed	Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata, Japan

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