The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 58.0 Ceased Simona Brambilla, M. C. Superior General of Suore Missionarie della Consolata Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

1 May 51.0 Ordained Bishop Marcelo Antônio da Silva Titular Bishop of Tabaicara Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

58.5 Succeeded Richard Garth Henning Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

61.3 Appointed Joseph Huỳnh Văn Sỹ Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

77.2 Retired Joseph Karikkassery Bishop of Kottapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria

53.0 Appointed Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri Titular Bishop of Gurza Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria

52.0 Ordained Bishop Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia

75.0 Retired Thomas Joseph Tobin Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Alex Joseph Vadakumthala Apostolic Administrator of Kottapuram, India Bishop of Kannur, India

2 May 91.5 Died Helmut Krätzl † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

76.2 Retired Smaragde Mbonyintege Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda

3 May 54.6 Appointed Andrea Andreozzi Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

63.2 Installed Victor Barnuevo Bendico Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines

57.9 Appointed Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S. Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

68.1 Appointed John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M. Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan

61.0 Ordained Bishop Claude Lamoureux Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

75.2 Retired Armando Trasarti Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 May 61.0 Appointed Firmino David Bishop of Sumbe, Angola

5 May 75.4 Retired Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique Archbishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired John Atcherley Dew Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

55.1 Succeeded João Carlos Hatoa Nunes Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique

56.0 Succeeded Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

46.8 Appointed Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi

46.8 Appointed Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda Titular Bishop of Catrum Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi

6 May 68.3 Ceased David Kamau Ng’ang’a Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru, Kenya Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya

63.3 Appointed Luis Alberto Migone Repetto Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

63.3 Appointed Luis Alberto Migone Repetto Titular Bishop of Amaura Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

55.4 Ordained Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya

50.2 Ordained Bishop Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

209.9 Beatified Bl. Jacinto Vera y Durán † Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay

7 May 55.4 Installed Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste

77.9 Died Patrick Joseph McGrath † Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA

9 May 90.1 Died Edward Peter Cullen † Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

10 May 78.1 Died Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés † Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba

48.4 Appointed Aurélio Pinto de Sousa Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

Appointed Girma Tesfaye Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte, Ethiopia Priest

63.9 Appointed Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. Bishop of Balasore, India

11 May 52.2 Ordained Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

54.0 Ceased Daniel Lotfy Khella Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

57.5 Appointed Thibault Verny Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France

76.6 Died Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan † Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

13 May 50.7 Ordained Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou Bishop of Lokossa, Benin

53.7 Appointed Honoré Beugré Dakpa Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire

56.9 Appointed Gerardo Díaz Vázquez Bishop of Colima, México

75.0 Retired Allwyn D’Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Ordained Bishop Bob John Hassan Koroma Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone

47.3 Appointed Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

47.3 Appointed Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.6 Appointed Carlos Alberto Santos García Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

46.6 Appointed Carlos Alberto Santos García Titular Bishop of Tamada Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

14 May 78.0 Died Guerrino Riccardo Brusati † Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

51.4 Installed Bob John Hassan Koroma Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone

86.7 Died Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

66.3 Ceased Natale Paganelli, S.X. Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

15 May 77.6 Died Valentin Pozaić, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia

16 May 70.0 Retired Antonio Arcari Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco Apostolic Nuncio

58.7 Ordained Bishop Pierre Kiều Công Tùng Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

58.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Mengoli Bishop of San Severo, Italy

69.4 Ceased Joseph Nguyễn Năng Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

50.5 Appointed Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador

18 May 59.8 Appointed Piergiorgio Bertoldi Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

59.8 Appointed Piergiorgio Bertoldi Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

99.6 Died Giuseppe Casale † Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

72.5 Appointed Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

52.9 Ordained Bishop Peter Lê Tấn Lợi Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam

63.2 Installed Pierre-Yves Michel Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

19 May 59.4 Appointed Juan Carlos Ares Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Appointed Roland Paris Buyagan Administrator of Baguio, Philippines

60.7 Appointed Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

49.9 Appointed Jean Michaël Durhône Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

81.8 Retired Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

50.3 Appointed Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona Titular Bishop of Dragonara Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

20 May 62.7 Installed Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h Archbishop of Lille, France

21 May 48.9 Installed Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

56.3 Installed Jean-Pierre Vuillemin Bishop of Le Mans, France

59.4 Installed Nélio Domingos Zortea Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

22 May 60.9 Ordained Bishop Álvaro Mon Peréz, C.Ss.R. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia

64.9 Appointed Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin Apostolic Nuncio to Oman Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

23 May 77.5 Retired Paul Joseph Bradley Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Edward Mark Lohse Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

89.2 Died Alojz Tkáč † Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia

24 May 57.3 Confirmed Sabri Anar Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

52.5 Appointed Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile

65.5 Appointed Ruperto Cruz Santos Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines

75.0 Retired Michael Joseph Fitzgerald Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Ricardo Hoepers Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

52.4 Appointed Ricardo Hoepers Titular Bishop of Thysdrus Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

65.2 Appointed Kenneth Michael Howell Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

79.3 Retired Robert Michael McGuckin Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Francisco Mendoza de Leon Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Installed John Rodrigues Bishop of Poona, India Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India

25 May 66.4 Ceased Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

68.8 Appointed Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. Administrator of Jataí, Goias, Brazil Bishop

56.1 Ordained Bishop Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla Bishop of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt

26 May 78.0 Retired Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Ordained Bishop Claudio Pablo Castricone Titular Bishop of Castra Nova Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina

54.7 Appointed Joaquim Proença Dionísio Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

54.7 Appointed Joaquim Proença Dionísio Titular Bishop of Parthenia Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

60.0 Appointed Michele Di Tolve Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

60.0 Appointed Michele Di Tolve Titular Bishop of Horrea Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

55.1 Appointed Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

49.3 Appointed Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

49.3 Appointed Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz Titular Bishop of Vita Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

75.4 Retired Mario Aurelio Poli Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

27 May 66.6 Appointed Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg, France Bishop of Metz, France

75.0 Retired John Atcherley Dew Bishop of New Zealand, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

58.5 Ordained Bishop Teodoro León Muñoz Titular Bishop of Mentesa Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

56.0 Appointed Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. Bishop of New Zealand, Military Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

66.0 Resigned Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez Titular Bishop of Egabro Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

53.9 Confirmed Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara) Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

59.4 Ordained Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi Titular Bishop of Rutabo Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa

28 May 97.8 Died Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan

67.1 Ordained Bishop Joachim Walder Titular Bishop of Legia Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl, India

29 May 87.7 Died Victor Benito Galeone † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

68.6 Appointed Jesús Rico García, H.S.O.D. Bishop of Ávila, Spain

30 May 73.0 Appointed George Leo Thomas Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

31 May 51.3 Appointed João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

44.5 Appointed Fabián Alberto Belay Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Priest

44.5 Appointed Fabián Alberto Belay Titular Bishop of Aguntum Priest of Rosario, Argentina

76.6 Retired Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Henry Eikhlein Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

57.1 Appointed Ernesto José Fernández Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

57.1 Appointed Ernesto José Fernández Titular Bishop of Deultum Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

55.3 Succeeded Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

66.7 Appointed Juraci Gomes de Oliveira Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil

58.2 Installed Giuseppe Mengoli Bishop of San Severo, Italy

61.3 Succeeded Maurice Nyunt Wai Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar

57.0 Ordained Bishop John Panamthottathil, C.M.I. Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

73.0 Resigned Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

81.5 Appointed Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador

74.8 Retired Raymond Saw Po Ray Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Wiktor Paweł Skworc Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

75.0 Solemn Vows Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	58.0	Ceased	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Superior General of Suore Missionarie della Consolata	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
1 May	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo Antônio da Silva	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58.5	Succeeded	Richard Garth Henning	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
61.3	Appointed	Joseph Huỳnh Văn Sỹ	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
77.2	Retired	Joseph Karikkassery	Bishop of Kottapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria
53.0	Appointed	Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo	Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
75.0	Retired	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Alex Joseph Vadakumthala	Apostolic Administrator of Kottapuram, India	Bishop of Kannur, India
2 May	91.5	Died	Helmut Krätzl †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
76.2	Retired	Smaragde Mbonyintege	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
3 May	54.6	Appointed	Andrea Andreozzi	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
63.2	Installed	Victor Barnuevo Bendico	Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines
57.9	Appointed	Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S.	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
68.1	Appointed	John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Claude Lamoureux	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
75.2	Retired	Armando Trasarti	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	61.0	Appointed	Firmino David	Bishop of Sumbe, Angola
5 May	75.4	Retired	Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	John Atcherley Dew	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
55.1	Succeeded	João Carlos Hatoa Nunes	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
56.0	Succeeded	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
46.8	Appointed	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
46.8	Appointed	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
6 May	68.3	Ceased	David Kamau Ng’ang’a	Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru, Kenya	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
63.3	Appointed	Luis Alberto Migone Repetto	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
63.3	Appointed	Luis Alberto Migone Repetto	Titular Bishop of Amaura	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Cleophas Oseso Tuka	Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
209.9	Beatified	Bl. Jacinto Vera y Durán †	Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
7 May	55.4	Installed	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno	Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
77.9	Died	Patrick Joseph McGrath †	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA
9 May	90.1	Died	Edward Peter Cullen †	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
10 May	78.1	Died	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés †	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
48.4	Appointed	Aurélio Pinto de Sousa	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
	Appointed	Girma Tesfaye	Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte, Ethiopia	Priest
63.9	Appointed	Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.	Bishop of Balasore, India
11 May	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
54.0	Ceased	Daniel Lotfy Khella	Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
57.5	Appointed	Thibault Verny	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
76.6	Died	Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan †	Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
13 May	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Coffi Roger Anoumou	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
53.7	Appointed	Honoré Beugré Dakpa	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire
56.9	Appointed	Gerardo Díaz Vázquez	Bishop of Colima, México
75.0	Retired	Allwyn D’Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Bob John Hassan Koroma	Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone
47.3	Appointed	Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
47.3	Appointed	Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.6	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Santos García	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
46.6	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Santos García	Titular Bishop of Tamada	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
14 May	78.0	Died	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †	Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.4	Installed	Bob John Hassan Koroma	Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone
86.7	Died	Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
66.3	Ceased	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
15 May	77.6	Died	Valentin Pozaić, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia
16 May	70.0	Retired	Antonio Arcari	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Kiều Công Tùng	Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mengoli	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
69.4	Ceased	Joseph Nguyễn Năng	Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
50.5	Appointed	Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
18 May	59.8	Appointed	Piergiorgio Bertoldi	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
59.8	Appointed	Piergiorgio Bertoldi	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
99.6	Died	Giuseppe Casale †	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
72.5	Appointed	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Lê Tấn Lợi	Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
63.2	Installed	Pierre-Yves Michel	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
19 May	59.4	Appointed	Juan Carlos Ares	Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
	Appointed	Roland Paris Buyagan	Administrator of Baguio, Philippines
60.7	Appointed	Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida	Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
49.9	Appointed	Jean Michaël Durhône	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
81.8	Retired	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona	Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
50.3	Appointed	Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona	Titular Bishop of Dragonara	Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
20 May	62.7	Installed	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h	Archbishop of Lille, France
21 May	48.9	Installed	Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo	Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
56.3	Installed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Bishop of Le Mans, France
59.4	Installed	Nélio Domingos Zortea	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
22 May	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Álvaro Mon Peréz, C.Ss.R.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
64.9	Appointed	Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin	Apostolic Nuncio to Oman	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
23 May	77.5	Retired	Paul Joseph Bradley	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Edward Mark Lohse	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
89.2	Died	Alojz Tkáč †	Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia
24 May	57.3	Confirmed	Sabri Anar	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
52.5	Appointed	Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile
65.5	Appointed	Ruperto Cruz Santos	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines
75.0	Retired	Michael Joseph Fitzgerald	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Ricardo Hoepers	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
52.4	Appointed	Ricardo Hoepers	Titular Bishop of Thysdrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
65.2	Appointed	Kenneth Michael Howell	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
79.3	Retired	Robert Michael McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Francisco Mendoza de Leon	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Installed	John Rodrigues	Bishop of Poona, India	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India
25 May	66.4	Ceased	Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe	Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
68.8	Appointed	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Administrator of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Bishop
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla	Bishop of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt
26 May	78.0	Retired	Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Pablo Castricone	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina
54.7	Appointed	Joaquim Proença Dionísio	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
54.7	Appointed	Joaquim Proença Dionísio	Titular Bishop of Parthenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
60.0	Appointed	Michele Di Tolve	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
60.0	Appointed	Michele Di Tolve	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
49.3	Appointed	Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
49.3	Appointed	Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz	Titular Bishop of Vita	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
75.4	Retired	Mario Aurelio Poli	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27 May	66.6	Appointed	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot	Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg, France	Bishop of Metz, France
75.0	Retired	John Atcherley Dew	Bishop of New Zealand, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro León Muñoz	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
56.0	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Bishop of New Zealand, Military	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
66.0	Resigned	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez	Titular Bishop of Egabro	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
53.9	Confirmed	Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi	Titular Bishop of Rutabo	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
28 May	97.8	Died	Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
67.1	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Walder	Titular Bishop of Legia	Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl, India
29 May	87.7	Died	Victor Benito Galeone †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
68.6	Appointed	Jesús Rico García, H.S.O.D.	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
30 May	73.0	Appointed	George Leo Thomas	Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
31 May	51.3	Appointed	João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
44.5	Appointed	Fabián Alberto Belay	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Priest
44.5	Appointed	Fabián Alberto Belay	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Priest of Rosario, Argentina
76.6	Retired	Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Henry Eikhlein	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
57.1	Appointed	Ernesto José Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
57.1	Appointed	Ernesto José Fernández	Titular Bishop of Deultum	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
55.3	Succeeded	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
66.7	Appointed	Juraci Gomes de Oliveira	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil
58.2	Installed	Giuseppe Mengoli	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
61.3	Succeeded	Maurice Nyunt Wai	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
57.0	Ordained Bishop	John Panamthottathil, C.M.I.	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
73.0	Resigned	Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
81.5	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
74.8	Retired	Raymond Saw Po Ray	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
75.0	Solemn Vows	Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O.	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

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