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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Herman Guinto Abcede, R.C.J.	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Freitag	Titular Bishop of Guzabeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	John Edward Keehner, Jr.	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	80.4	Appointed	Donald Joseph Kettler	Administrator of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
	53.7	Ceased	Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner	Administrator of Daet, Philippines	Bishop-Elect of Pagadian, Philippines
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Fabian Toppo	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
	60.2	Installed	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
2 May	89.4	Died	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	79.2	Died	Esteban Escudero Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Gerard Percy	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
3 May	59.9	Installed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
	58.3	Installed	André Guèye	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
	48.8	Installed	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
	78.0	Ceased	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Apostolic Administrator of Cumaná, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Román Idígoras	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Guy Mukasa Sanon	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
4 May	83.0	Died	Gerald Thomas Walsh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
7 May	60.8	Installed	Michael George McGovern	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
8 May	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Mel Murphy	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
	69.6	Appointed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	69.6	Elected	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 May	62.9	Confirmed	Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C.	Dean of the Roman Rota
	60.1	Confirmed	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	65.3	Confirmed	Maximino Caballero Ledo	Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Gregg Michael Caggianelli	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	78.8	Confirmed	Michael Felix Czerny, S.J.	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	77.6	Confirmed	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	64.7	Confirmed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	62.8	Confirmed	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	73.7	Confirmed	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	69.5	Confirmed	Claudio Gugerotti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	67.4	Confirmed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
	91.5	Died	John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
	75.1	Confirmed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	51.7	Confirmed	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
	73.1	Confirmed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	59.4	Confirmed	José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
	59.2	Appointed	Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B.	Administrator of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	70.3	Confirmed	Pietro Parolin	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	50.2	Confirmed	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	75.1	Confirmed	Arthur Roche	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	68.5	Confirmed	Paolo Ruffini	Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
	77.3	Confirmed	Marcello Semeraro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	67.8	Confirmed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	73.4	Confirmed	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
10 May	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo Benítez Martínez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Caazapá, Paraguay
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Estêvão Ângelo Fernando	Bishop of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique
	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I.	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
11 May	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	John Carvalho	Bishop of Ajmer, India
	80.7	Ceased	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Apostolic Administrator of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jaipur, India
	56.6	Installed	Guy Mukasa Sanon	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
13 May	75.9	Ceased	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Apostolic Administrator of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Sahaya Thatheus Thomas	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
14 May	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A.	Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles Duval, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
15 May	45.8	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Callao, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	45.8	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Babra	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Callao, Peru
16 May	59.6	Appointed	Dave Dean Capucao	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
	75.8	Retired	Bernardino Cruz Cortez	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	76.4	Ceased	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Apostolic Administrator of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Installed	Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
17 May	63.1	Installed	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru
18 May	69.6	Installed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Luigi Spiga	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
	63.1	Installed	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
19 May	72.6	Died	Joseph Ponniah †	Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
20 May	65.2	Appointed	Luigi Bianco	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	65.2	Appointed	Luigi Bianco	Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	58.3	Ceased	Albert A. Kenney	Administrator of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Priest
	57.9	Installed	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	62.1	Appointed	Jean Pelletier	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop-Elect
	60.2	Resigned	Edmar Perón	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	65.9	Appointed	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
21 May	59.2	Appointed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Bishop of Créteil, France
	68.2	Resigned	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Bishop of Viviers, France
	76.9	Retired	Salvador Giménez Valls	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Daniel Palau Valero	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop-Elect
22 May	75.4	Retired	Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M.	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	72.9	Installed	Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	75.7	Retired	Markus Büchel	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Ceffalia	Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus
	67.5	Appointed	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.	Archbishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.6	Appointed	Beat Grögli	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop-Elect
	52.2	Appointed	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	65.6	Appointed	Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	58.3	Appointed	Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
23 May		Appointed	Paul Kavanagh	Administrator of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	61.9	Installed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
	71.8	Retired	Ivo Scapolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
	66.0	Installed	Richard William Smith	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	88.2	Died	John George Vlazny †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
24 May	86.7	Died	Nestor Celestial Cariño †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
	67.9	Succeeded	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
	69.6	Installed	Jesús Fernández González	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	David Koudougou	Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
	68.7	Installed	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Stella Maris	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	75.5	Retired	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.9	Appointed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	50.4	Installed	Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru
25 May	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Riccardo Battocchio	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Josaphat Jackson Bududu	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	72.2	Installed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Archbishop of Calicut, India
26 May	93.1	Died	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
27 May	56.9	Installed	William Shawn McKnight	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	75.9	Ceased	Joseph Fred Naumann	Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nguyễn Quang Ðĩnh	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	65.9	Appointed	Renzo Pegoraro	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
	76.2	Retired	František Rábek	Bishop of Slovakia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Alexander Rivera Vielma	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop-Elect
	60.5	Appointed	Pavol Šajgalík, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Slovakia, Military	Bishop-Elect
	67.3	Installed	John Francis Sherrington	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
28 May	49.9	Appointed	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
	65.5	Appointed	Alejandro Pablo Benna	Bishop of Morón, Argentina
	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Charland, O.F.M.	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
	54.1	Appointed	Clésio Facco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
	51.5	Appointed	Brice Armand Ibombo	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop-Elect
	67.6	Appointed	Raúl Martín	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
	75.5	Retired	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Jorge Vázquez	Bishop of Morón, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	80.1	Died	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
29 May	56.9	Appointed	Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro	Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	89.4	Died	Roberto Gomes Guimarães †	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	67.3	Installed	Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
30 May	66.7	Died	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
	57.9	Appointed	Pedro Bismarck Chau	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	57.9	Appointed	Pedro Bismarck Chau	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	75.0	Retired	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
	100.0	Died	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	69.5	Appointed	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
	78.1	Appointed	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Apostolic Administrator of Colombia, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
	77.1	Retired	Gregory James Studerus	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 May	62.5	Installed	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Kanmurum Anipu, M. Afr.	Bishop of Maradi, Niger
	79.1	Retired	José Figueroa Gómez	Bishop of Granada en Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano	Bishop of Granada en Colombia	Bishop-Elect
	48.1	Succeeded	Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	75.8	Retired	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun	62.6	Died	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid †	Bishop of Colombia, Military
2 Jun	99.4	Died	John Robert Gorman †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	65.7	Appointed	Robert Alan Kurwicki	Administrator of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
4 Jun	66.3	Appointed	Mark Anthony Eckman	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	75.7	Retired	David Allen Zubik	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	53.7	Appointed	Simon Peter Engurait	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop-Elect
6 Jun	58.0	Installed	Arkadiusz Okroj	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
	51.6	Appointed	Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	51.6	Appointed	Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Garba	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Braga, Portugal
	66.2	Appointed	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
	78.0	Retired	Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	70.6	Ceased	Józef Szamocki	Apostolic Administrator of Toruń, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
7 Jun	79.0	Died	José Luis Mollaghan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
	62.4	Appointed	Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel	Bishop of Jullundur, India	Bishop-Elect
8 Jun	86.1	Died	Lawrence Eugene Brandt †	Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	70.9	Resigned	Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B.	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	88.7	Died	Antioco Piseddu †	Bishop Emeritus of Lanusei, Italy
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
13 Jun	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Sonatan Kisku	Titular Bishop of Zarna	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Dumka, India
	51.8	Installed	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
14 Jun	67.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop-Elect
	63.8	Installed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Mario e Compagni Martiri	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	81.3	Ceased	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Ósmar Pedro López Benítez	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop-Elect
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Carlos Paiva	Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
	51.7	Installed	Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
15 Jun	67.9	Installed	Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop-Elect of Huesca, Spain
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Éric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop-Elect
	81.3	Ceased	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
18 Jun	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Sáinz Márquez	Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
22 Jun	45.3	Installed	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
27 Jun	62.0	Installed	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
28 Jun	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop-Elect

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