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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	86.0	Died	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
	89.0	Died	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 May	50.0	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
4 May	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop of Ecuador, Military
5 May	55.6	Appointed	João Bergese †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop
7 May	81.7	Died	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	75.3	Retired	Raymond James Vonesh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 May	52.1	Appointed	José Alves da Costa, D.C.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	40.7	Appointed	Janis Bulis	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia
	64.8	Appointed	Janis Cakuls	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	65.9	Appointed	Carlos Walter Galán Barry †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Titular Archbishop of Cebarades	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.3	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.3	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.3	Appointed	Abraham Kattumana †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	60.5	Appointed	Janis Pujats	Cardinal, Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
	47.6	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J.	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	52.5	Appointed	Sigitas Tamkevicius, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Archbishop
	52.5	Appointed	Sigitas Tamkevicius, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	62.5	Appointed	Juozas Tunaitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	62.5	Appointed	Juozas Tunaitis	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
11 May	81.0	Died	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana
	75.1	Retired	Eugène Moke Motsüri	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I.	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 May	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C.	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
14 May	68.4	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Dimino	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.4	Appointed	Joseph Thomas Dimino	Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
	76.3	Retired	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B.	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
	77.5	Resigned	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.6	Appointed	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.6	Appointed	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
15 May	71.4	Resigned	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	89.3	Died	André Lefèbvre, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.9	Succeeded	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J.	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	47.7	Appointed	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
	70.2	Died	Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
16 May	67.8	Succeeded	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	67.8	Died	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
17 May	54.1	Appointed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
18 May	75.7	Retired	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	81.4	Died	Nicholas Thomas Elko †	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Franco Festorazzi	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Pier Luigi Mazzoni	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
	45.5	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
	51.3	Appointed	Agostino Superbo	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
19 May	52.0	Ordained Bishop	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B.	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Sigitas Tamkevicius, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Juozas Tunaitis	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 May	64.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I.	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
	53.2	Appointed	Denis Kiwanuka Lote	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
21 May	76.6	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Świątek	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 May	60.2	Appointed	Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Eurico dos Santos Veloso	Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 May	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz	Bishop of Grodno, Belarus
	69.3	Retired	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	67.3	Resigned	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	67.6	Appointed	Achille Silvestrini	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
25 May	62.4	Appointed	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
26 May	28.7	Ordained Priest	Pierre-André Dumas	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
28 May	59.4	Appointed	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C.	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	63.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Titular Bishop of Hortanum (Horta)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
31 May	54.0	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto	Titular Archbishop of Vannida	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	54.0	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	54.0	Appointed	Félix del Blanco Prieto	Apostolic Delegate to Angola	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	64.2	Appointed	Rómulo García †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Jorge Mayer	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.6	Installed	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	38.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ngô Quang Kiêt	Priest of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam	Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
1 Jun	60.8	Appointed	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Resigned	Roger Joseph Bourrat †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop of Toluca, México, México
	56.0	Succeeded	Bellino Giusto Ghirard	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Janis Pujats	Cardinal, Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
2 Jun	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger	Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France
	149.4	Beatified	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	73.3	Appointed	Ignacy Tokarczuk	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
3 Jun	94.0	Died	James Joseph Gerrard †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
4 Jun	56.5	Appointed	Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	48.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	48.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	75.4	Retired	Albino Mensa †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Jun	40.3	Appointed	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	40.3	Appointed	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	72.5	Appointed	Wladyslaw Jedruszuk †	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
	73.3	Appointed	Edward Kisiel †	Bishop of Białystok, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
	50.1	Appointed	Edward Ozorowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Robles Ortega	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
6 Jun	61.0	Appointed	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins	Bishop of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	45.0	Appointed	Johannes Kreidler	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
	45.0	Appointed	Johannes Kreidler	Titular Bishop of Edistiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
7 Jun	61.2	Appointed	Benjamin J. Almoneda	Bishop of Daet, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Francis Némé Baïssari	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	57.7	Appointed	Francis Némé Baïssari	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	50.3	Appointed	Paul Youssef Matar	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	50.3	Appointed	Paul Youssef Matar	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Jun	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Juraj Jezerinac	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza	Bishop of Croatia, Military
11 Jun	77.6	Died	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
12 Jun	92.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	51.3	Appointed	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
	67.9	Installed	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	55.8	Appointed	Felipe Fernández García	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Damián Iguacén Borau	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Stephen John Kocisko †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jun	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
	68.1	Died	Pietro Rossano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Christophe Zoa	Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Auxiliary Bishop
16 Jun	67.6	Resigned	Ivan Choma †	Bishop of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Titular Bishop of Patara
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Werth, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
17 Jun	41.6	Appointed	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
	56.0	Appointed	Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
	64.3	Appointed	Paul Lokiru Kalanda	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	63.1	Resigned	Serapio Bwemi Magambo †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Resigned	Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	43.6	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	33.9	Ordained Priest	Otto Separy	Priest of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
18 Jun	79.7	Died	Julijonas Steponavicius †	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 Jun	78.6	Died	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
21 Jun	66.9	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22 Jun	77.3	Retired	Piotr Bednarczyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Installed	João Bergese †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	79.3	Retired	Józef Benedykt Kurpas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Jan Styrna	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
	50.4	Appointed	Jan Styrna	Titular Bishop of Aquipendium	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
23 Jun	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
	34.9	Ordained Priest	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
24 Jun	75.1	Retired	Adalberto Almeida y Merino †	Archbishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Janis Bulis	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia
	57.8	Succeeded	José Fernández Arteaga	Archbishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
	80.8	Died	Franz Hengsbach †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	52.3	Installed	James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
25 Jun	68.8	Ordained Bishop	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	56.0	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
26 Jun	54.9	Appointed	James Moriarty	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	54.9	Appointed	James Moriarty	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
27 Jun	66.4	Died	Roger Joseph Bourrat †	Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
28 Jun	74.9	Appointed	Fiorenzo Angelini	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	74.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Fiorenzo Angelini	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	68.0	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	68.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	67.0	Appointed	Edward Idris Cassidy	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	67.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Edward Idris Cassidy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	70.7	Appointed	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	70.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	73.7	Appointed	Cahal Brendan Daly	Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
	73.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Cahal Brendan Daly	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
	80.5	Appointed	Guido Del Mestri †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	80.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Guido Del Mestri †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	89.5	Appointed	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
	89.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
	60.6	Appointed	Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	60.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	67.4	Appointed	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
	67.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
	89.9	Appointed	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	89.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei †	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	69.1	Appointed	Pio Laghi	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Pio Laghi	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
	54.7	Appointed	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	54.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	55.3	Appointed	Roger Michael Mahony	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Roger Michael Mahony	Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	69.2	Appointed	Virgilio Noè	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	69.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Virgilio Noè	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	64.6	Appointed	Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo †	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	64.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	67.9	Appointed	Antonio Quarracino †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Quarracino †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	60.4	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Ruini	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	71.3	Appointed	José Tomás Sánchez	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	71.3	Elevated to Cardinal	José Tomás Sánchez	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	66.5	Appointed	Giovanni Saldarini	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	66.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Saldarini	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	59.0	Appointed	Henri Schwery	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Henri Schwery	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	63.6	Appointed	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	55.4	Appointed	Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky	Cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
	79.1	Appointed	Alexandru Todea †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	79.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Alexandru Todea †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	63.3	Died	Atilano Vidal Núñez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
29 Jun	29.5	Ordained Priest	Soane Patita Paini Mafi	Priest of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Manzella	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Marchió	Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Eric de Moulins-Beaufort	Priest of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
	63.6	Appointed	Angelo Sodano	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Superbo	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
30 Jun	68.8	Resigned	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus

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