The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 56.2 Resigned Jean-François Cuvelier, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 May 68.8 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Ferrandina † Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

52.4 Ordained Bishop William Aloysius Griffin † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

47.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Pronti † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

57.1 Ordained Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Thinis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda

Born James Vernon Weisgerber Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2 May Born José Luis Amezcua Melgoza Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

78.0 Died Nicola Jezzoni † Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

4 May 54.6 Ordained Bishop Louis Liagre † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

40.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục † Titular Bishop of Saesina Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

Appointed Michael Augustin O’Connor, O.P. † Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China Prefect Emeritus

5 May 72.7 Died Giorgio Francesco Delrio † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

6 May Born Ildefonso Obama Obono Archbishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

7 May 37.3 Appointed Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Coadjutor Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop

37.3 Appointed Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia Bishop of Talca, Chile

8 May 51.3 Ordained Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Titular Bishop of Hippos Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

Born Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

10 May Born Anthony Joseph O’Connell † Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

13 May Born Iván Antonio Marín López Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia

14 May 45.0 Appointed Albini Lafortune † Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

34.0 Appointed Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde † Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

15 May 57.2 Ordained Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. † Bishop of León, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

52.6 Ordained Bishop Michal Buzalka † Titular Bishop of Cone Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia

22.5 Ordained Priest Vittorio Ottaviani † Priest of L’Aquila, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo † Priest of Cochabamba, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

71.9 Appointed Hermann Joseph Sträter † Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

16 May 56.4 Appointed Gaetano Cicognani † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Born Emerson John Moore † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

42.4 Appointed Antonio Santin † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 May Born Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F. Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

53.0 Ordained Bishop William Francis Murphy † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

18 May 50.7 Died Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

20 May 47.2 Appointed Alexandre Digard, O.F.M. † Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China Prefect Emeritus

21 May 35.9 Appointed Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia

35.9 Appointed Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Hermonthis Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia

33.8 Appointed Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. † Prefect of Shaowu [Shaowu], China

Appointed Jacob Jan Kusters, M.S.F. † Prefect of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia Prefect Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. † Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China

83.1 Resigned Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Pedro Paulo Santos Songco † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

64.2 Succeeded Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam

62.6 Resigned Herbert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. † Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China Superior Emeritus

22 May Born Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia

23 May 66.9 Died Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

28.6 Ordained Priest Dominique-Marie Ðình Ðức Trụ † Priest Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam

Born Patrick Iteka † Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

58.9 Appointed Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

58.9 Appointed Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † Titular Bishop of Lebessus Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

24 May 43.1 Appointed Czesław Kaczmarek † Bishop of Kielce, Poland

36.0 Ordained Bishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga † Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

25 May Born Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

26 May 29.3 Ordained Priest Ignacio Arbulú Pineda † Priest Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

39.2 Appointed Bernard William Griffin † Titular Bishop of Appia Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

39.2 Appointed Bernard William Griffin † Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

42.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Citharizum Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

26.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph McDonough † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

34.8 Appointed Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

28 May 57.6 Appointed John Henry King † Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Bishop

57.6 Appointed John Henry King † Titular Bishop of Opus Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

73.6 Appointed Gusztáv Károly Majláth † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

73.6 Retired Gusztáv Károly Majláth † Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Succeeded Adolfo Vorbuchner † Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

29 May Born Max John Rodrigues Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan

30 May 54.1 Died Igino Maria Serci Vaquer † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy

49.3 Appointed Tihamér Tóth † Coadjutor Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary Bishop

49.3 Appointed Tihamér Tóth † Titular Bishop of Olbia Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

31 May 60.7 Ordained Bishop Réginald (Zénon) Duprat, O.P. † Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Felix Herrmann, O.F.M. † Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation Prefect Emeritus

Jun 25.2 First Vows Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

1 Jun Born Carlo Caffarra † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

2 Jun Born Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. Bishop Emeritus of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

3 Jun 51.1 Appointed Joseph László Lombos, O.F.M. † Prefect of Baojing [Paoking, Shaoyang], China

4 Jun 25.3 Ordained Priest Leonard Philip Cowley † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Hilary Baumann Hacker † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

5 Jun 57.5 Ordained Bishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece

25.2 Ordained Priest Wilfrid Emmett Doyle † Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

65.5 Ordained Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

6 Jun Born Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel Archbishop Emeritus of Raipur, India

60.1 Died St. Raphael Guizar Valencia † Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México

Born Jonas Kauneckas Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania

7 Jun 57.4 Ceased Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. † Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

8 Jun Born Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

9 Jun 49.7 Appointed Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

10 Jun 44.1 Appointed Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Cubango in Angola Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola

37.7 Appointed John Angel Romaniello, M.M. † Prefect of Guilin [Kweilin], China Prefect Emeritus

11 Jun 27.3 Ordained Priest Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

25.2 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)

26.4 Ordained Priest John A. Choi Jae-seon † Priest of Pusan, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

24.7 Ordained Priest Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop of Kayes, Mali

59.2 Installed Rafael Lira Infante † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

25.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Louis André Ouellette † Priest of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

22.8 Ordained Priest Alessandro Piazza † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

57.2 Appointed Francis Joseph Tief † Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Kansas, USA

57.2 Resigned Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

73.1 Died Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P. † Prefect Emeritus of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador

26.3 Ordained Priest Louis-Albert Vachon † Priest of Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard † Priest Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

12 Jun 24.9 Ordained Priest Francis Anthony Marrocco † Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop

13 Jun 70.8 Ordained Bishop Hilarin (Josef) Felder, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras

61.6 Appointed Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Titular Bishop of Sophene Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

61.6 Resigned Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed Carl Maria Antonius Splett † Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

14 Jun 52.5 Appointed Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebela Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China

52.5 Appointed Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China

62.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka

56.7 Appointed Terence Bernard McGuire † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

37.7 Appointed Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Ambanja, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

44.9 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.9 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Andropolis Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

48.3 Appointed Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. † Bishop of Cuttack, India Bishop Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.8 Appointed Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Philae Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17 Jun 56.4 Appointed Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. † Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos Prefect Emeritus

18 Jun Born Salvatore Boccaccio † Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

71.9 Died Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ninghsia, China Vicar Apostolic

19 Jun 26.3 Final Vows George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † Member of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

25.5 Ordained Priest Joseph A. Carroll † Priest of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. † Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, eSwatini

23.9 Ordained Priest Patrick Lennon † Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

20 Jun 51.4 Ordained Bishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Risinium Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada

21 Jun 26.3 First Vows Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Member of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Born José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. † Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México

24 Jun Born Victor Adibe Chikwe † Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

Born Felix Alaba Adeosin Job Archbishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria

25.6 Ordained Priest Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

25 Jun 79.9 Appointed Timothy J. Corbett † Titular Bishop of Vita Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

79.9 Retired Timothy J. Corbett † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Marian Duś † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Born Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

35.7 Ordained Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Menelaites Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

26 Jun 33.4 Ordained Priest Jan Cieński † Priest of Lviv, Ukraine Bishop

24.5 Ordained Priest Julius Gábriš † Priest of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia

26.6 Ordained Priest Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. † Priest of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Superior General Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Luigi Maffeo † Priest Archbishop of Italy, Military

23.3 Ordained Priest Costante Maltoni † Priest Apostolic Nuncio

24.0 Ordained Priest Rudolf Schmid † Priest of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Jun 73.2 Died Francisco Alberti † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

Born Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

28 Jun Born Annetto Depasquale † Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

Born Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India

Born Antoine Ganyé Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

29 Jun 30.1 Ordained Priest Mario Brini † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

26.3 Entered Richard Finn, S.M.A. † Member of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria

27.3 Ordained Priest Bruno Bernard Heim † Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

24.1 Ordained Priest Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

22.6 Ordained Priest Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois † Priest of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France

24.1 Ordained Priest Ugo Poletti † Priest of Novara, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru

23.7 Ordained Priest Mario Rossi † Priest Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Mario Schierano † Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

27.3 Ordained Priest Francesco Sanmartino † Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Ordained Bishop Tihamér Tóth † Titular Bishop of Olbia Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

58.5 Ordained Bishop Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) † Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

25.4 Ordained Deacon Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † Deacon of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop

24.5 Ordained Priest Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

30 Jun 39.3 Ordained Bishop Bernard William Griffin † Titular Bishop of Appia Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	56.2	Resigned	Jean-François Cuvelier, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 May	68.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Ferrandina †	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
52.4	Ordained Bishop	William Aloysius Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pronti †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
57.1	Ordained Bishop	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
	Born	James Vernon Weisgerber		Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2 May		Born	José Luis Amezcua Melgoza		Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
78.0	Died	Nicola Jezzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
4 May	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis Liagre †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †	Titular Bishop of Saesina	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
	Appointed	Michael Augustin O’Connor, O.P. †	Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China	Prefect Emeritus
5 May	72.7	Died	Giorgio Francesco Delrio †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
6 May		Born	Ildefonso Obama Obono		Archbishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
7 May	37.3	Appointed	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop
37.3	Appointed	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Bishop of Talca, Chile
8 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
	Born	Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †		Bishop of Oran, Algeria
10 May		Born	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †		Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
13 May		Born	Iván Antonio Marín López		Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
14 May	45.0	Appointed	Albini Lafortune †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
34.0	Appointed	Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde †	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
15 May	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †	Bishop of León, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Michal Buzalka †	Titular Bishop of Cone	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Priest of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Priest of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
71.9	Appointed	Hermann Joseph Sträter †	Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
16 May	56.4	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	Born	Emerson John Moore †		Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
42.4	Appointed	Antonio Santin †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 May		Born	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.		Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
53.0	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
18 May	50.7	Died	Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
20 May	47.2	Appointed	Alexandre Digard, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China	Prefect Emeritus
21 May	35.9	Appointed	Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
35.9	Appointed	Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hermonthis	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
33.8	Appointed	Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. †	Prefect of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
	Appointed	Jacob Jan Kusters, M.S.F. †	Prefect of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
83.1	Resigned	Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Pedro Paulo Santos Songco †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
64.2	Succeeded	Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
62.6	Resigned	Herbert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. †	Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Superior Emeritus
22 May		Born	Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
23 May	66.9	Died	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
28.6	Ordained Priest	Dominique-Marie Ðình Ðức Trụ †	Priest	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
	Born	Patrick Iteka †		Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
58.9	Appointed	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
58.9	Appointed	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Titular Bishop of Lebessus	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
24 May	43.1	Appointed	Czesław Kaczmarek †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
36.0	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
25 May		Born	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.		Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
26 May	29.3	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Priest	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
39.2	Appointed	Bernard William Griffin †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
39.2	Appointed	Bernard William Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Citharizum	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
26.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
34.8	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
28 May	57.6	Appointed	John Henry King †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
57.6	Appointed	John Henry King †	Titular Bishop of Opus	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
73.6	Appointed	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
73.6	Retired	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Succeeded	Adolfo Vorbuchner †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
29 May		Born	Max John Rodrigues		Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
30 May	54.1	Died	Igino Maria Serci Vaquer †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
49.3	Appointed	Tihamér Tóth †	Coadjutor Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop
49.3	Appointed	Tihamér Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Olbia	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
31 May	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Réginald (Zénon) Duprat, O.P. †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Felix Herrmann, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation	Prefect Emeritus
Jun	25.2	First Vows	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
1 Jun		Born	Carlo Caffarra †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
2 Jun		Born	Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
3 Jun	51.1	Appointed	Joseph László Lombos, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Baojing [Paoking, Shaoyang], China
4 Jun	25.3	Ordained Priest	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Hilary Baumann Hacker †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
5 Jun	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece
25.2	Ordained Priest	Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
6 Jun		Born	Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel		Archbishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
60.1	Died	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	Born	Jonas Kauneckas		Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
7 Jun	57.4	Ceased	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
8 Jun		Born	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
9 Jun	49.7	Appointed	Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
10 Jun	44.1	Appointed	Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Cubango in Angola	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola
37.7	Appointed	John Angel Romaniello, M.M. †	Prefect of Guilin [Kweilin], China	Prefect Emeritus
11 Jun	27.3	Ordained Priest	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
25.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
26.4	Ordained Priest	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Priest of Pusan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
24.7	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Kayes, Mali
59.2	Installed	Rafael Lira Infante †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
25.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Louis André Ouellette †	Priest of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
22.8	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Piazza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
57.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Tief †	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Kansas, USA
57.2	Resigned	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
73.1	Died	Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador
26.3	Ordained Priest	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Priest of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard †	Priest	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
12 Jun	24.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Anthony Marrocco †	Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop
13 Jun	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Hilarin (Josef) Felder, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras
61.6	Appointed	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
61.6	Resigned	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	Carl Maria Antonius Splett †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
14 Jun	52.5	Appointed	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebela	Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
52.5	Appointed	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China	Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
62.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
56.7	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
37.7	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
44.9	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.9	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Andropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
48.3	Appointed	Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India	Bishop Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.8	Appointed	Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Philae	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jun	56.4	Appointed	Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos	Prefect Emeritus
18 Jun		Born	Salvatore Boccaccio †		Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
71.9	Died	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ninghsia, China	Vicar Apostolic
19 Jun	26.3	Final Vows	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph A. Carroll †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Manzini, eSwatini
23.9	Ordained Priest	Patrick Lennon †	Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
21 Jun	26.3	First Vows	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	Born	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
24 Jun		Born	Victor Adibe Chikwe †		Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
	Born	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job		Archbishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria
25.6	Ordained Priest	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
25 Jun	79.9	Appointed	Timothy J. Corbett †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
79.9	Retired	Timothy J. Corbett †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Marian Duś †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	Born	Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
35.7	Ordained Bishop	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Menelaites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Jun	33.4	Ordained Priest	Jan Cieński †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop
24.5	Ordained Priest	Julius Gábriš †	Priest of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
26.6	Ordained Priest	Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Superior General Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maffeo †	Priest	Archbishop of Italy, Military
23.3	Ordained Priest	Costante Maltoni †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Schmid †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	73.2	Died	Francisco Alberti †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	Born	Pietro Sambi †		Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
28 Jun		Born	Annetto Depasquale †		Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	Born	Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
	Born	Antoine Ganyé		Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
29 Jun	30.1	Ordained Priest	Mario Brini †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
26.3	Entered	Richard Finn, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria
27.3	Ordained Priest	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
24.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
22.6	Ordained Priest	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois †	Priest of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ugo Poletti †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
23.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Rossi †	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Mario Schierano †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
27.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Sanmartino †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Tihamér Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Olbia	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) †	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Deacon of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop
24.5	Ordained Priest	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Jun	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard William Griffin †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

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