The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 48.1 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Romero Pose † Titular Bishop of Turuda Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

2 May 72.5 Died Severin Pernek † Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

3 May 73.1 Resigned Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans † Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Died François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Bishop of Créteil, France

4 May 119.6 Beatified Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso † Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain

5 May 94.0 Died Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines

6 May 70.2 Died Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

7 May 80.8 Retired Jaime Luiz Coelho Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

60.3 Installed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

59.2 Appointed Jacques Ishaq Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

53.6 Appointed Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J. Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

8 May 56.8 Installed Guillermo José Garlatti Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

9 May 38.6 Appointed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India

38.6 Appointed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India

10 May 60.2 Succeeded Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

71.7 Retired James Patrick Mahoney † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed Ramiro Moliner Inglés Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

75.4 Retired Paul Hisao Yasuda Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

11 May 56.2 Ordained Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Saldae Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

13 May 42.4 Appointed Fernando María Bargalló Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

89.4 Died André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

14 May 50.2 Ordained Bishop John 'Oke Afareha Titular Bishop of Mina Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

77.7 Died Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

50.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Christopher Collins Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

57.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph O. Egerega Titular Bishop of Tanudaia Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria

66.2 Succeeded Paulo Lopes de Faria Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

72.7 Retired Geraldo Majela Reis † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

17 May 75.4 Retired Ignazio Cannavò Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Marek Jedraszewski Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

48.2 Appointed Marek Jedraszewski Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

66.3 Appointed Giovanni Marra Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

18 May 62.5 Ordained Bishop Wenceslas Compaoré Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso

49.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

20 May 51.2 Appointed Gerald Almeida Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop

45.2 Appointed Peter Louis Cakü Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar Bishop

45.2 Appointed Peter Louis Cakü Titular Bishop of Abidda Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

52.9 Appointed Nicolas Djomo Lola Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

66.3 Appointed Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

51.4 Appointed Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia

21 May 57.1 Appointed Décio Pereira † Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

22 May 83.4 Died Cornelius Michael Power † Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

24 May 75.4 Retired Salvatore Cassisa Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

42.1 Ordained Bishop Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez Titular Bishop of Sitifis Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela

57.5 Ordained Bishop Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny Bishop of Blois, France

56.2 Ordained Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Naha, Japan

61.6 Appointed Pio Vittorio Vigo Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Bishop of Acireale, Italy

25 May 63.7 Appointed Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. Prefect of the Vatican Library Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

55.1 Ordained Bishop Mário Rino Sivieri Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil

26 May 50.5 Appointed Adolfo González Montes Bishop of Avila, Spain Bishop of Almería, Spain

28 May 47.4 Appointed Carlos Aguiar Retes Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

45.2 Appointed Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México

47.5 Appointed Eugenijus Bartulis Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

52.6 Appointed Jonas Boruta, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

52.6 Appointed Jonas Boruta, S.J. Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

53.4 Appointed Martin Drennan Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

53.4 Appointed Martin Drennan Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

53.0 Appointed Raymond W. Field Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

53.0 Appointed Raymond W. Field Titular Bishop of Árd Mór Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

39.5 Appointed Rimantas Norvila Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

39.5 Appointed Rimantas Norvila Titular Bishop of Castrum Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

77.8 Retired Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes † Bishop of Texcoco, México, México Bishop Emeritus

30 May 60.2 Appointed Peter Joseph Connors Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

66.6 Resigned Ronald Austin Mulkearns Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop

31 May 54.1 Ordained Bishop Angelo Fagiani Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed José Isidro Guerrero Macías Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

70.3 Appointed Alfredo Magarotto Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30.1 Ordained Priest Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez Priest of Chulucanas, Peru Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trujillo, Peru

1 Jun 84.1 Died Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras

2 Jun 94.9 Died Carlo Manziana, C.O. † Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

3 Jun 60.5 Appointed Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop

84.0 Died Michele Mincuzzi † Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

4 Jun 49.4 Succeeded Paul Choi Duk-ki Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

75.0 Retired Angelo Kim Nam-su † Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

60.6 Appointed John Rawsthorne Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain

6 Jun 59.1 Ordained Bishop Iván Antonio Marín López Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

7 Jun 57.4 Appointed Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria

47.6 Appointed Antoine Nabil Andari Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

47.6 Appointed Antoine Nabil Andari Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

58.2 Appointed Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

48.9 Ordained Bishop Juan García Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

8 Jun 39.5 Succeeded Virgil Bercea Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

78.1 Died Vasile Hossu † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

10 Jun 66.9 Died Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

52.0 Ordained Bishop Christie Albert Macaluso Titular Bishop of Grass Valley Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

11 Jun 69.1 Resigned Louis Edward Gelineau Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

67.3 Succeeded Robert Edward Mulvee Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

70.2 Appointed Jozef Zlatnanský Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other Secretary Emeritus

70.2 Appointed Jozef Zlatnanský Titular Bishop of Mons Faliscus Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

13 Jun 66.3 Appointed Armindo Lopes Coelho Bishop of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Júlio Tavares Rebimbas Bishop of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

14 Jun 64.2 Appointed Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Thomas D'Souza Bishop of Bagdogra, India

64.9 Appointed Paul Francis Duffy, O.M.I. Bishop of Mongu, Zambia

52.4 Ordained Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

50.2 Ordained Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.5 Appointed Stephen Lepcha Bishop of Darjeeling, India

43.0 Appointed Julius Marandi Bishop of Dumka, India

75.8 Retired Boleslaw Pylak Archbishop of Lublin, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

49.8 Incardinated Clement Tirkey Priest of Bagdogra, India Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

49.6 Appointed Felix Toppo, S.J. Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

48.8 Appointed Józef Miroslaw Zycinski Archbishop of Lublin, Poland

15 Jun 54.0 Ordained Bishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

42.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka Bishop of Kyoto, Japan

17 Jun 59.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

18 Jun 76.2 Retired Cleto Bellucci Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Benito Gennaro Franceschetti † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

55.9 Ordained Bishop Jacques Behnan Hindo Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

60.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre Nguyên Van Nho † Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam

19 Jun 58.0 Appointed Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

64.6 Resigned Fernando Sáenz Lacalle Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

20 Jun 83.0 Died Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

46.0 Appointed Georg Müller, SS.CC. Prelate of Trondheim, Norway

46.0 Appointed Michele Seccia Bishop of San Severo, Italy Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy

21 Jun 67.0 Ordained Bishop Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

52.7 Ordained Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J. Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

68.1 Resigned Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed César Ramón Ortega Herrera Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Venezuela Bishop

22 Jun 60.3 Installed Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

39.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Maria Renz Titular Bishop of Rucuma Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

23 Jun 62.4 Appointed Gilberto Fernández Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Gilberto Fernández Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

24 Jun 53.1 Ordained Bishop Joji Govindu Bishop of Nalgonda, India

66.8 Appointed Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos † Bishop of Colombia, Military Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Appointed Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos † Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military

46.0 Appointed Romulo Geolina Valles Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines

46.7 Appointed Thomas Gerard Wenski Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

46.7 Appointed Thomas Gerard Wenski Titular Bishop of Kearney Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

25 Jun 53.9 Appointed John Raymond Gaydos Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

76.6 Retired Michael Francis McAuliffe † Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

26 Jun 56.6 Ordained Bishop Anthony Giroux Meagher † Titular Bishop of Dura Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

64.7 Died Thomas Joseph Murphy † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

27 Jun 84.3 Died Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

28 Jun 76.4 Retired Packiam Arokiaswamy † Bishop of Tanjore, India Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Installed Fernando María Bargalló Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

75.0 Retired Federico O. Escaler, S.J. Prelate of Ipil, Philippines Prelate Emeritus

52.5 Appointed Oswald Gracias Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India Cardinal, Archbishop

52.5 Appointed Oswald Gracias Titular Bishop of Bladia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

67.3 Ordained Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Succeeded Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J. Prelate of Ipil, Philippines Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

49.7 Appointed Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss Bishop of Tanjore, India

38.2 Appointed Pascal N'Koué Bishop of Natitingou, Benin

41.0 Appointed François-Xavier Yombandje Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

29 Jun 47.5 Ordained Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

47.6 Ordained Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

48.3 Ordained Bishop Marek Jedraszewski Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

57.2 Ordained Bishop Damian Kyaruzi Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania

39.6 Ordained Bishop Rimantas Norvila Titular Bishop of Castrum Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

30 Jun 65.9 Appointed Robert Anthony Brucato Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Appointed Robert Anthony Brucato Titular Bishop of Temuniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

62.3 Appointed Lorenzo Chiarinelli Bishop of Viterbo, Italy

50.5 Succeeded Thomas Christopher Collins Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

75.1 Resigned John Charles Reiss Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

78.2 Retired Raymond Roy † Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Succeeded John Mortimer Fourette Smith Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

75.7 Retired Fiorino Tagliaferri † Bishop of Viterbo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
2 May	72.5	Died	Severin Pernek †	Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
3 May	73.1	Resigned	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Died	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Créteil, France
4 May	119.6	Beatified	Bl. Florentino Asensio Barroso †	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
5 May	94.0	Died	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
6 May	70.2	Died	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
7 May	80.8	Retired	Jaime Luiz Coelho	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
60.3	Installed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
59.2	Appointed	Jacques Ishaq	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
53.6	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J.	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 May	56.8	Installed	Guillermo José Garlatti	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
9 May	38.6	Appointed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
38.6	Appointed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
10 May	60.2	Succeeded	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
71.7	Retired	James Patrick Mahoney †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
75.4	Retired	Paul Hisao Yasuda	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
11 May	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
13 May	42.4	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
89.4	Died	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
14 May	50.2	Ordained Bishop	John 'Oke Afareha	Titular Bishop of Mina	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
77.7	Died	Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Christopher Collins	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph O. Egerega	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria
66.2	Succeeded	Paulo Lopes de Faria	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
72.7	Retired	Geraldo Majela Reis †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
17 May	75.4	Retired	Ignazio Cannavò	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Marek Jedraszewski	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
48.2	Appointed	Marek Jedraszewski	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
66.3	Appointed	Giovanni Marra	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
18 May	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslas Compaoré	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
20 May	51.2	Appointed	Gerald Almeida	Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop
45.2	Appointed	Peter Louis Cakü	Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar	Bishop
45.2	Appointed	Peter Louis Cakü	Titular Bishop of Abidda	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
52.9	Appointed	Nicolas Djomo Lola	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
66.3	Appointed	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
51.4	Appointed	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
21 May	57.1	Appointed	Décio Pereira †	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 May	83.4	Died	Cornelius Michael Power †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
24 May	75.4	Retired	Salvatore Cassisa	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny	Bishop of Blois, France
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Naha, Japan
61.6	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
25 May	63.7	Appointed	Raffaele Farina, S.D.B.	Prefect of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Mário Rino Sivieri	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
26 May	50.5	Appointed	Adolfo González Montes	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Almería, Spain
28 May	47.4	Appointed	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
45.2	Appointed	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
47.5	Appointed	Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
52.6	Appointed	Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
52.6	Appointed	Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
53.4	Appointed	Martin Drennan	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.4	Appointed	Martin Drennan	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.0	Appointed	Raymond W. Field	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
53.0	Appointed	Raymond W. Field	Titular Bishop of Árd Mór	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
39.5	Appointed	Rimantas Norvila	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
39.5	Appointed	Rimantas Norvila	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
77.8	Retired	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	60.2	Appointed	Peter Joseph Connors	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
66.6	Resigned	Ronald Austin Mulkearns	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop
31 May	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Fagiani	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	José Isidro Guerrero Macías	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
70.3	Appointed	Alfredo Magarotto	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30.1	Ordained Priest	Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez	Priest of Chulucanas, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trujillo, Peru
1 Jun	84.1	Died	Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
2 Jun	94.9	Died	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
3 Jun	60.5	Appointed	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop
84.0	Died	Michele Mincuzzi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
4 Jun	49.4	Succeeded	Paul Choi Duk-ki	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
75.0	Retired	Angelo Kim Nam-su †	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	John Rawsthorne	Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain
6 Jun	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Iván Antonio Marín López	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
7 Jun	57.4	Appointed	Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria
47.6	Appointed	Antoine Nabil Andari	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
47.6	Appointed	Antoine Nabil Andari	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
58.2	Appointed	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan García Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
8 Jun	39.5	Succeeded	Virgil Bercea	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
78.1	Died	Vasile Hossu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
10 Jun	66.9	Died	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Christie Albert Macaluso	Titular Bishop of Grass Valley	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
11 Jun	69.1	Resigned	Louis Edward Gelineau	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
67.3	Succeeded	Robert Edward Mulvee	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
70.2	Appointed	Jozef Zlatnanský	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Secretary Emeritus
70.2	Appointed	Jozef Zlatnanský	Titular Bishop of Mons Faliscus	Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Jun	66.3	Appointed	Armindo Lopes Coelho	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jun	64.2	Appointed	Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Thomas D'Souza	Bishop of Bagdogra, India
64.9	Appointed	Paul Francis Duffy, O.M.I.	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Janvier Kataka Luvete	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.5	Appointed	Stephen Lepcha	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
43.0	Appointed	Julius Marandi	Bishop of Dumka, India
75.8	Retired	Boleslaw Pylak	Archbishop of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
49.8	Incardinated	Clement Tirkey	Priest of Bagdogra, India	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
49.6	Appointed	Felix Toppo, S.J.	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
48.8	Appointed	Józef Miroslaw Zycinski	Archbishop of Lublin, Poland
15 Jun	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
42.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan
17 Jun	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc	Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jun	76.2	Retired	Cleto Bellucci	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Benito Gennaro Franceschetti †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Behnan Hindo	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyên Van Nho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
19 Jun	58.0	Appointed	Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
64.6	Resigned	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
20 Jun	83.0	Died	Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
46.0	Appointed	Georg Müller, SS.CC.	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
46.0	Appointed	Michele Seccia	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
21 Jun	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
68.1	Resigned	Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B.	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	César Ramón Ortega Herrera	Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop
22 Jun	60.3	Installed	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
39.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Maria Renz	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
23 Jun	62.4	Appointed	Gilberto Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Gilberto Fernández	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
24 Jun	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Joji Govindu	Bishop of Nalgonda, India
66.8	Appointed	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military
46.0	Appointed	Romulo Geolina Valles	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
46.7	Appointed	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
46.7	Appointed	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Titular Bishop of Kearney	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
25 Jun	53.9	Appointed	John Raymond Gaydos	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
76.6	Retired	Michael Francis McAuliffe †	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jun	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
64.7	Died	Thomas Joseph Murphy †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
27 Jun	84.3	Died	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
28 Jun	76.4	Retired	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Bishop of Tanjore, India	Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Installed	Fernando María Bargalló	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Federico O. Escaler, S.J.	Prelate of Ipil, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop
52.5	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
67.3	Ordained Bishop	Oswald Georg Hirmer	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Succeeded	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Prelate of Ipil, Philippines	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
49.7	Appointed	Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss	Bishop of Tanjore, India
38.2	Appointed	Pascal N'Koué	Bishop of Natitingou, Benin
41.0	Appointed	François-Xavier Yombandje	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
29 Jun	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Marek Jedraszewski	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Damian Kyaruzi	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Rimantas Norvila	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
30 Jun	65.9	Appointed	Robert Anthony Brucato	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Appointed	Robert Anthony Brucato	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
62.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Chiarinelli	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy
50.5	Succeeded	Thomas Christopher Collins	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
75.1	Resigned	John Charles Reiss	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
78.2	Retired	Raymond Roy †	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Succeeded	John Mortimer Fourette Smith	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
75.7	Retired	Fiorino Tagliaferri †	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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