The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 51.1 Ordained Bishop Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Arua, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

2 May 37.6 Appointed Alfred Bengsch † Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany Cardinal, Bishop

37.6 Appointed Alfred Bengsch † Titular Bishop of Tubia Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany

4 May 62.7 Succeeded Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

87.0 Died Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente † Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France

7 May 34.7 Ordained Bishop Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Titular Bishop of Verinopolis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27.5 Ordained Priest William Benedict Friend Priest of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

35.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Lawson Howze Priest Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

70.3 Died Crisanto Luque Sánchez † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

64.5 Died Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé † Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

9 May 39.7 Appointed José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranho, Brazil Bishop of Ischia, Italy

42.6 Appointed Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Centenaria Bishop of Ischia, Italy

10 May Born Jean-Marie Benoît Balla Oweng Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

Born Almeida Kanda (Canda) Cangola Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola

11 May 42.7 Ordained Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar † Titular Bishop of Zapara Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines

14 May 48.2 Appointed Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Mouila, Gabon Bishop Emeritus

64.8 Appointed Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

15 May 79.1 Appointed Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Abaradira Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania

79.1 Retired Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

72.0 Appointed William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † Titular Archbishop of Lemnus Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

72.0 Resigned William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Venedictos Printesis † Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

16 May 54.9 Appointed Giuseppe Bonacini † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

54.4 Appointed John Joseph Maguire † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed John Joseph Maguire † Titular Bishop of Antiphrae Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

17 May 24.3 Ordained Priest Gilberto Fernández Priest of Miami, Florida, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

47.4 Ordained Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Ordained Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena † Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 May 67.5 Appointed Luis Concha Córdoba † Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.9 Ordained Bishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † Titular Bishop of Lycaonia Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

45.0 Ordained Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † Titular Bishop of Zerta Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay

19 May 67.5 Appointed Luis Concha Córdoba † Bishop of Colombia, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

Born Sergio Alfredo Fenoy Rosario Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

28.1 Ordained Priest Eugene John Gerber Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Ordained Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy † Titular Bishop of Sergentza Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

20 May 44.5 Appointed Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Apostolic Internuncio to China Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

61.8 Appointed Henryk Grzondziel † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

61.8 Appointed Henryk Grzondziel † Titular Bishop of Athribis Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

54.5 Appointed Georges Jacquot † Coadjutor Bishop of Gap, France Archbishop of Marseille, France

54.5 Appointed Georges Jacquot † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Archbishop of Marseille, France

21 May 46.7 Appointed Frans Janssen, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Frans Janssen, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Coeliana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia

80.0 Died Jan Remiger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

23 May 23.6 Ordained Priest Bruno Bertagna Priest Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

25.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Ludger Dupré Priest of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

36.0 Ordained Priest René Henry Gracida Priest of Miami, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Edmund F. McCaffrey, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA

52.2 Appointed Giuseppe Paupini † Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

26.5 Ordained Priest Anthony Michael Pilla Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

80.5 Appointed Ferdinand Piontek † Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany

80.5 Appointed Ferdinand Piontek † Titular Bishop of Barca Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany

26.8 Ordained Priest Tiago Postma † Priest of Haarlem, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

75.1 Appointed Jesús Villareal y Fierro † Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

24 May 26.6 Ordained Priest Charles Caruana Priest of Gibraltar, Gibraltar Bishop

58.8 Ordained Bishop Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Sais Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt

22.9 Ordained Priest Jean-Claude Turcotte Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop

Born José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz Zacatecas Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

27 May 48.9 Succeeded Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

75.8 Died José María García Graín, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

48.7 Appointed Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

28 May 66.9 Died Jan Stepa † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Edward Troy Priest of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

29 May Appointed Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. † Prefect of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso Prefect Emeritus

30 May 25.8 Ordained Priest William Leo Higi Priest of Lafayette in Indiana, USA Bishop

46.0 Appointed Othon Motta † Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Matthew Francis Ustrzycki Priest of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31 May Born Vlado Košic Družbinec Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

51.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Hyllarima Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

39.3 Ordained Bishop Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

1 Jun 73.9 Died Angelo Ficarra † Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy

Born Alfred Adewale Martins Abeokuta Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria

66.6 Died William Theodore Mulloy † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

4 Jun 63.2 Appointed John Burke † Bishop of Simla, India Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India

45.9 Appointed Angelo Innocent Fernandes † Coadjutor Archbishop of Delhi, India Archbishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Angelo Innocent Fernandes † Titular Archbishop of Novae Patrae Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India

5 Jun 31.4 Ordained Priest Auguste Nobou † Priest of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

71.3 Appointed Bernard James Sheil † Titular Archbishop of Selge Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Jun 38.7 Appointed Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

38.7 Appointed Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

75.3 Died Carlo Falcinelli † Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

28.0 Ordained Priest Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

25.8 Ordained Priest Bernard Joseph Harrington Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA

27.4 Ordained Priest John Joseph Nevins Priest of Miami, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA

7 Jun Born Matthew Ishaya Audu Rafin-Pa Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria

41.0 Ordained Bishop Costanzo Micci † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Bishop of Fano, Italy

23.7 Ordained Priest Stefan Moskwa † Priest of Przemyśl, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

46.4 Appointed Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † Bishop of Angers, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

10 Jun Born Bernardito Cleopas Auza Talibon, Philippines Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

61.3 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Titular Archbishop of Viminacium Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

61.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

67.6 Died Giobbe (Job) Chen Chi-ming, C.M. † Bishop of Chengting [Zhengding], China

11 Jun 37.8 Ordained Bishop Alfred Bengsch † Titular Bishop of Tubia Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany

44.5 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

46.5 Appointed Michel Ntuyahaga † Vicar Apostolic of Usumbura, Burundi Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

46.5 Appointed Michel Ntuyahaga † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

49.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada

Born Daniel Edward Thomas Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

13 Jun 60.4 Appointed Johann Lenhardt † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

60.4 Appointed Johann Lenhardt † Titular Bishop of Carystus Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

39.0 Appointed Luis Munive Escobar † Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México Bishop Emeritus

14 Jun 24.2 Ordained Priest István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. † Priest of Zakon Świętego Pawła Pierwszego Pustelnika Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary

22.9 Ordained Priest Claudio Baggini Priest Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest John Kevin Boland Priest of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop

Born Hervé Gaschignard Saint-Nazaire Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

15 Jun Born Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal Mukkoor Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

16 Jun 50.1 Appointed Lino Zanini † Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

50.1 Appointed Lino Zanini † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

17 Jun Born Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière Lyon Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

18 Jun 47.4 Appointed Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Born Jeno Schönberger Turulung Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

20 Jun 40.6 Appointed Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

73.8 Retired Manoel Könner, S.V.D. † Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil Prelate Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas † Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Manuel Pereira da Costa † Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

45.7 Appointed Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório † Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

21 Jun 25.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Cassidy Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland

44.5 Installed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

69.8 Appointed Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

42.7 Ordained Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Centenaria Bishop of Ischia, Italy

42.4 Ordained Bishop Venedictos Printesis † Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Ordained Bishop Paolo Savino † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

22 Jun 61.5 Ordained Bishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

58.7 Appointed Bernhard Schräder † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

58.7 Appointed Bernhard Schräder † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

24 Jun 80.6 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Piontek † Titular Bishop of Barca Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany

27 Jun 48.3 Appointed Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sololá, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

28 Jun 24.3 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Anfossi Priest Bishop of Aosta, Italy

34.0 Ordained Priest Barthélémy Batantu † Priest of Brazzaville, Congo Archbishop Emeritus

68.0 Died Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. † Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

23.1 Ordained Priest Adriano Caprioli Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Renato Corti Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Marco Ferrari Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest Gervasio Gestori Priest Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy

24.4 Ordained Priest Juliusz Paetz Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland

64.8 Died Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

24.3 Ordained Priest Salim Sayegh Priest of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine Auxiliary Bishop

23.1 Ordained Priest Stanislaw Stefanek, S. Chr. Priest of Other Bishop of Łomża, Poland

27.1 Ordained Priest Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

29 Jun 23.1 Ordained Priest Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini Priest Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

55.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Bonacini † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

39.8 Ordained Bishop José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro † Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.6 Ordained Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia

23.6 Ordained Priest Francisco Clavel Gil Priest of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop

24.4 Ordained Priest Paul Iby Priest of Burgenland, Austria Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria

54.5 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Maguire † Titular Bishop of Antiphrae Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

31.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

33.9 Ordained Priest Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar

26.6 Ordained Priest Augusto José Zini Filho † Priest Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

30 Jun 57.6 Appointed Adolf Bolte † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	37.6	Appointed	Alfred Bengsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop
37.6	Appointed	Alfred Bengsch †	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
4 May	62.7	Succeeded	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
87.0	Died	Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente †	Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
7 May	34.7	Ordained Bishop	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.5	Ordained Priest	William Benedict Friend	Priest of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
35.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lawson Howze	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
70.3	Died	Crisanto Luque Sánchez †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
64.5	Died	Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé †	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
9 May	39.7	Appointed	José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
42.6	Appointed	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
10 May		Born	Jean-Marie Benoît Balla	Oweng	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
	Born	Almeida Kanda (Canda)	Cangola	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola
11 May	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
14 May	48.2	Appointed	Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
15 May	79.1	Appointed	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
79.1	Retired	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Appointed	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
72.0	Resigned	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Venedictos Printesis †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
16 May	54.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Bonacini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
54.4	Appointed	John Joseph Maguire †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	John Joseph Maguire †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
17 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Gilberto Fernández	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena †	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 May	67.5	Appointed	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Titular Bishop of Lycaonia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
19 May	67.5	Appointed	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	Born	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Rosario	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
28.1	Ordained Priest	Eugene John Gerber	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Titular Bishop of Sergentza	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
20 May	44.5	Appointed	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Apostolic Internuncio to China	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
61.8	Appointed	Henryk Grzondziel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
61.8	Appointed	Henryk Grzondziel †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
54.5	Appointed	Georges Jacquot †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Marseille, France
54.5	Appointed	Georges Jacquot †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop of Marseille, France
21 May	46.7	Appointed	Frans Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Frans Janssen, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
80.0	Died	Jan Remiger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
23 May	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bruno Bertagna	Priest	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
25.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Ludger Dupré	Priest of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
36.0	Ordained Priest	René Henry Gracida	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Edmund F. McCaffrey, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Paupini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
26.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Michael Pilla	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
80.5	Appointed	Ferdinand Piontek †	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
80.5	Appointed	Ferdinand Piontek †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
26.8	Ordained Priest	Tiago Postma †	Priest of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
75.1	Appointed	Jesús Villareal y Fierro †	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
24 May	26.6	Ordained Priest	Charles Caruana	Priest of Gibraltar, Gibraltar	Bishop
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sais	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
22.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Claude Turcotte	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop
	Born	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz	Zacatecas	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
27 May	48.9	Succeeded	Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
75.8	Died	José María García Graín, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
48.7	Appointed	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
28 May	66.9	Died	Jan Stepa †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Edward Troy	Priest of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
29 May		Appointed	Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. †	Prefect of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso	Prefect Emeritus
30 May	25.8	Ordained Priest	William Leo Higi	Priest of Lafayette in Indiana, USA	Bishop
46.0	Appointed	Othon Motta †	Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Matthew Francis Ustrzycki	Priest of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 May		Born	Vlado Košic	Družbinec	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hyllarima	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun	73.9	Died	Angelo Ficarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
	Born	Alfred Adewale Martins	Abeokuta	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria
66.6	Died	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
4 Jun	63.2	Appointed	John Burke †	Bishop of Simla, India	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
45.9	Appointed	Angelo Innocent Fernandes †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Delhi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Angelo Innocent Fernandes †	Titular Archbishop of Novae Patrae	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
5 Jun	31.4	Ordained Priest	Auguste Nobou †	Priest of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
71.3	Appointed	Bernard James Sheil †	Titular Archbishop of Selge	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Jun	38.7	Appointed	Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
38.7	Appointed	Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
75.3	Died	Carlo Falcinelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
28.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
25.8	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
27.4	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Nevins	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
7 Jun		Born	Matthew Ishaya Audu	Rafin-Pa	Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Costanzo Micci †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Bishop of Fano, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Stefan Moskwa †	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
46.4	Appointed	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Bishop of Angers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
10 Jun		Born	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Talibon, Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
61.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
61.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
67.6	Died	Giobbe (Job) Chen Chi-ming, C.M. †	Bishop of Chengting [Zhengding], China
11 Jun	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Bengsch †	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
46.5	Appointed	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Vicar Apostolic of Usumbura, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
46.5	Appointed	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada
	Born	Daniel Edward Thomas	Philadelphia	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Jun	60.4	Appointed	Johann Lenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
60.4	Appointed	Johann Lenhardt †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
39.0	Appointed	Luis Munive Escobar †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jun	24.2	Ordained Priest	István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †	Priest of Zakon Świętego Pawła Pierwszego Pustelnika	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
22.9	Ordained Priest	Claudio Baggini	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	John Kevin Boland	Priest of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop
	Born	Hervé Gaschignard	Saint-Nazaire	Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
15 Jun		Born	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Mukkoor	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
16 Jun	50.1	Appointed	Lino Zanini †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
50.1	Appointed	Lino Zanini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
17 Jun		Born	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière	Lyon	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
18 Jun	47.4	Appointed	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	Born	Jeno Schönberger	Turulung	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
20 Jun	40.6	Appointed	Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
73.8	Retired	Manoel Könner, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
45.7	Appointed	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun	25.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Cassidy	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
44.5	Installed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
69.8	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
42.7	Ordained Bishop	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Venedictos Printesis †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Savino †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
22 Jun	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
58.7	Appointed	Bernhard Schräder †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
58.7	Appointed	Bernhard Schräder †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
24 Jun	80.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Piontek †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
27 Jun	48.3	Appointed	Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sololá, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
28 Jun	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Anfossi	Priest	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
34.0	Ordained Priest	Barthélémy Batantu †	Priest of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
68.0	Died	Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
23.1	Ordained Priest	Adriano Caprioli	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Renato Corti	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Marco Ferrari	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Gervasio Gestori	Priest	Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy
24.4	Ordained Priest	Juliusz Paetz	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
64.8	Died	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
24.3	Ordained Priest	Salim Sayegh	Priest of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop
23.1	Ordained Priest	Stanislaw Stefanek, S. Chr.	Priest of Other	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
27.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
29 Jun	23.1	Ordained Priest	Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini	Priest	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Bonacini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
39.8	Ordained Bishop	José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
23.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco Clavel Gil	Priest of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop
24.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Iby	Priest of Burgenland, Austria	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria
54.5	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Maguire †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
31.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
33.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
26.6	Ordained Priest	Augusto José Zini Filho †	Priest	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Jun	57.6	Appointed	Adolf Bolte †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany

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