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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May		Born	Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R.	Jacutinga	Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †	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
3 May		Born	Vincenzo Pisanello	Galatina	Bishop of Oria, Italy
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 y Sánchez †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	64.5	Died	Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé †	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
8 May		Born	James Thoppil	Kottayam	Bishop of Kohima, India
9 May	39.7	Appointed	José Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †	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
12 May		Born	Mark Davies	Manchester	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	81.4	Died	Peter Janser, S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Indore, India
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
		Born	Charles Jude Scicluna	Toronto, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
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
	80.5	Appointed	Ferdinand de Piontek †	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
	80.5	Appointed	Ferdinand de Piontek †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
17 May		Born	Jojo Anand	Minjiutgarha-Kutungia	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
	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
		Born	Joseph Spiteri	Sliema, Malta	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
21 May	46.7	Appointed	Franz Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.7	Appointed	Franz Janssen, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
	80.0	Died	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
23 May	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bruno Bertagna	Priest	Vice President Emeritus 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
	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	Bishop Emeritus
	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 Emeritus
		Born	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz	Zacatecas	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
25 May	64.4	Appointed	Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †	Archbishop of Durango, 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 [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
28 May	66.9	Died	Jan Piotr 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 Emeritus
	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 Košić	Družbinec	Bishop of Sisak, Croatia
	79.2	Died	Jules Lecouvet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	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	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
	66.6	Died	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
2 Jun		Born	Michel Aoun	Dammour	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon
3 Jun		Born	Bonaventure Nahimana	Gisebuzi	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi
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
	73.3	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
	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 Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
	60.4	Appointed	Johann Lenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	60.4	Appointed	Johann Lenhardt †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	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	Job Chen Chi-ming (Ki-meng), C.M. †	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], 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
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Gehard Jakob †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	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
12 Jun		Born	Petar Antun Rajič	Toronto, Canada	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
13 Jun	39.0	Appointed	Luis Munive Escobar †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jun	24.2	Ordained Priest	István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †	Priest of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Claudio Baggini	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	John Kevin Boland	Priest of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Hervé Gaschignard	Saint-Nazaire	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
		Born	Benjamin S. Phiri	Chongololo	Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
		Born	Antonio Staglianò	Isola Capo Rizzuto	Bishop of Noto, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Paul Dennis Etienne	Tell City, IN	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
		Born	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Nedungadappally	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-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	Bishop of Nevers, France
18 Jun		Born	Jenő 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	Manuel Könner, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-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
		Born	Antonino Raspanti	Alcamo	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
	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
	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 de 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
28 Jun	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Anfossi	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Barthélémy Batantu †	Priest of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.0	Died	Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Adriano Caprioli	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Renato Corti	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Marco Ferrari	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus 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 of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Died	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Salim Sayegh	Priest of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Stefanek, S. Chr.	Priest of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants	Bishop Emeritus 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 Emeritus of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Bonacini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	José Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †	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 Emeritus 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
	72.5	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus