The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 May 56.6 Appointed Héctor Sabatino Cardelli Bishop of Concordia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

61.4 Ordained Bishop Maurizio Galli † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired Adolfo Gerstner † Bishop of Concordia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Ordained Bishop Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M. Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

65.7 Installed James Francis Stafford Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

3 May 60.9 Ordained Bishop Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Thignica Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

48.4 Ordained Bishop Gílio Felício Titular Bishop of Illiberi Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

4 May 64.4 Died Gehard Jakob † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

59.2 Succeeded Jesús Moliné Labarte Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Died Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea † Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

5 May 56.6 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

56.6 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

49.3 Appointed George Vance Murry, S.J. Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

50.0 Appointed Joseph Nathaniel Perry Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

50.0 Appointed Joseph Nathaniel Perry Titular Bishop of Lead Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 May 73.5 Retired Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Died John Joseph † Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan

70.1 Resigned Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. † Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

8 May 48.4 Ordained Bishop Juan Alberto Puiggari Titular Bishop of Turuzi Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

9 May 35.8 Ordained Deacon Juan Gómez Deacon of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

66.3 Died Teodor Majkowicz † Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland

32.0 Ordained Priest Vincent Nguyên Manh Hieu Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

57.5 Appointed Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

57.5 Appointed Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas Titular Bishop of Tagaria Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

60.3 Ordained Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. Titular Bishop of Molicunza Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

62.0 Appointed José Sótero Valero Ruz † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

62.0 Appointed José Sótero Valero Ruz † Titular Bishop of Alba Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

10 May 43.9 Ordained Bishop Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic Bishop

44.0 Ordained Bishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Titular Bishop of Caliabria Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

11 May 60.2 Died Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † Archbishop of Tours, France

12 May 56.0 Appointed Ronald Michael Gilmore Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

64.7 Resigned Stanley Girard Schlarman Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 May 57.2 Died Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

15 May 38.2 Perpetual Vows Inácio Saúre, I.M.C. Member of Consolata Missionaries Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique

17 May 55.4 Ordained Bishop Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes † Titular Bishop of Elvas Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

64.6 Installed Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

37.6 Ordained Priest Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Priest of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Bishop of Ajaccio, France

70.4 Ordained Bishop Raymond Razakarinvony Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

74.4 Installed Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

18 May 62.0 Appointed Ramón Godinez Flores † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

73.3 Resigned Rafael Muñoz Núñez † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México Bishop Emeritus

19 May 29.2 Ordained Priest Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc Priest of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines Vicar Apostolic

20 May 48.6 Appointed Ludwig Schick Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

48.6 Appointed Ludwig Schick Titular Bishop of Auzia Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

21 May 76.9 Died Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania

22 May 52.5 Appointed Thomas Dabre Bishop of Vasai, India Bishop of Poona, India

45.7 Appointed Marie-Daniel Dadiet Auxiliary Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

45.7 Appointed Marie-Daniel Dadiet Titular Bishop of Sitipa Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

49.9 Incardinated Felix Anthony Machado Priest of Vasai, India Bishop

49.3 Appointed Prakash Mallavarapu Bishop of Cuddapah, India Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India

60.7 Appointed Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi Titular Bishop of Sululos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

23 May 86.4 Died Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India

39.8 Ordained Priest John Balthasar Brungardt Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA

57.5 Appointed Michele De Rosa Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Antonio Sozzo Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco

24 May 65.6 Ordained Bishop Charles Caruana † Bishop of Gibraltar Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

71.4 Installed Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

45.7 Ordained Bishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

26 May 55.7 Appointed José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D. Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

79.9 Died Sauveur Casanova † Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France

52.0 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

52.0 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

52.0 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

27 May 33.2 Incardinated Onécimo Alberton Priest of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

43.9 Appointed Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

55.6 Appointed Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

43.5 Appointed Mauro Aparecido dos Santos Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

81.8 Died Eric Gerard Perkins † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

55.6 Appointed Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

30 May 38.0 Ordained Priest Gerard William Battersby Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop

26.5 Ordained Priest Dariusz Buras Priest of Tarnów, Poland Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan

46.9 Ordained Bishop Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru

67.7 Installed Salvatore De Giorgi Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

69.1 Appointed José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

73.6 Retired Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

84.5 Died José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

31 May 30.5 Ordained Priest José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz † Priest of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México

44.8 Ordained Bishop Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Tabunia Bishop of Ełk, Poland

57.1 Ordained Bishop José Francisco Sanches Alves Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal

26.0 Ordained Priest Antoni Vadell Ferrer Priest of Mallorca, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

1 Jun 77.8 Died Luigi Maverna † Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

64.1 Ordained Bishop Néstor Hugo Navarro Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

52.3 Ordained Bishop Donald Joseph Thériault Bishop of Canada, Military Bishop Emeritus

2 Jun 57.0 Appointed Robert Nugent Lynch Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

65.6 Resigned Joseph Keith Symons Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

4 Jun 69.4 Appointed Walter Brandmüller President of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, President Emeritus

6 Jun 69.5 Appointed Giuseppe Agostino † Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

55.1 Appointed Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

51.2 Ordained Bishop John Ha Tiong Hock Titular Bishop of Canapium Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia

60.4 Succeeded Giuseppe Molinari Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

78.1 Retired Karel Otčenášek † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Mario Peressin † Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Nuncio to Israel Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

75.1 Retired Dino Trabalzini † Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest James Sean Wall Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

7 Jun 75.8 Installed Lorenzo Antonetti † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

61.8 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

36.8 Ordained Bishop Clemens Pickel Titular Bishop of Chusira Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation

8 Jun 68.3 Selected Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

9 Jun 83.5 Died Agostino Casaroli † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

10 Jun 41.1 Appointed Mariusz Leszczyński Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

41.1 Appointed Mariusz Leszczyński Titular Bishop of Bassiana Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

12 Jun 68.3 Confirmed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

13 Jun 51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

53.8 Appointed Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

75.3 Retired José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

75.9 Retired Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. † Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

14 Jun 43.4 Ordained Bishop Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga Titular Bishop of Utimmira Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Jun 79.6 Retired Giovanni Cheli † President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus

68.2 Appointed Stephen Fumio Hamao † President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus

68.2 Resigned Stephen Fumio Hamao † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

16 Jun 86.7 Retired Isidore Borecky † Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

67.4 Resigned Roman Danylak † Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

56.9 Ordained Bishop François Lapierre, P.M.E. Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

17 Jun 93.8 Died John Joseph Carberry † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

18 Jun 49.6 Ordained Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Bishop of Cubao, Philippines

19 Jun 56.0 Appointed Jesús García Burillo Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain

56.0 Appointed Jesús García Burillo Titular Bishop of Basti Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain

66.9 Appointed Giuseppe Malandrino Bishop of Noto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Salvatore Nicolosi † Bishop of Noto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

72.2 Resigned Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Appointed Štefan Vrablec † Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Appointed Štefan Vrablec † Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia

20 Jun 45.3 Ordained Bishop Anuar Battisti Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

32.3 Ordained Deacon Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado Deacon of Angers, France Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

82.6 Died Vittorio Ottaviani † Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

47.5 Ordained Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

21 Jun 84.7 Died Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

46.6 Ordained Bishop Canísio Klaus Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

48.9 Ordained Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

34.4 Ordained Priest Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro, Tanzania

56.9 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23 Jun 76.0 Retired Alfredo Guillermo Disandro † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Ordained Bishop Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas Titular Bishop of Tagaria Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

61.8 Appointed Roberto Rodríguez Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina

24 Jun 46.2 Appointed Mario Antonio Cargnello Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina Archbishop

75.7 Appointed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

75.7 Retired Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

65.4 Appointed Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montevergine, Italy Abbot Emeritus

70.1 Appointed François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

53.7 Appointed Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. † Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

25 Jun 76.1 Retired Bernardin Gantin † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

76.1 Retired Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

72.7 Appointed Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

72.7 Appointed Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

75.3 Retired Thomas Kevin O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26 Jun 55.0 Appointed Héctor Rubén Aguer Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus

89.7 Died Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina

27 Jun 43.5 Ordained Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

44.6 Appointed Vincent Barwa Bishop of Purnea, India Bishop of Simdega, India

62.1 Appointed Adriano Caprioli Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Joseph Coutts Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

53.0 Appointed John Martin Darko † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

89.9 Died Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

59.5 Appointed Zef Gashi, S.D.B. Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Died João Aloysio Hoffmann † Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

43.8 Appointed Philip Huang Chao-ming Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

43.8 Appointed Philip Huang Chao-ming Titular Bishop of Lamphua Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

67.2 Appointed Víctor Manuel López Forero Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

66.2 Appointed Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

38.3 Ordained Priest Guido Iván Minda Chalá Priest of Ibarra, Ecuador Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

45.7 Appointed Constancio Miranda Wechmann Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México Archbishop of Chihuahua, México

48.9 Appointed Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana Bishop of Francistown, Botswana

48.9 Appointed Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Pauzera Bishop of Francistown, Botswana

75.7 Retired Domenico Pecile † Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Petar Perkolic † Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

49.8 Appointed Giuseppe Petrocchi Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

51.6 Appointed Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

46.8 Appointed Lucas Kalfa Sanou Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso

26.9 Ordained Priest Júlio César Souza de Jesus Priest of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

43.9 Appointed Victor Henry Thakur Bishop of Bettiah, India Archbishop of Raipur, India

33.3 Incardinated Fulgence Aloysius Tigga Priest of Bettiah, India Bishop of Raiganj, India

62.1 Ordained Bishop José Sótero Valero Ruz † Titular Bishop of Alba Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

32.6 Ordained Priest Thibault Verny Priest of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop

46.4 Appointed Norman King’oo Wambua Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya Bishop of Machakos, Kenya

54.5 Appointed Jean Zerbo Cardinal, Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

28 Jun 30.2 Ordained Priest António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Priest of Chimoio, Mozambique Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique

28.0 Ordained Priest Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

29 Jun 38.3 Ordained Priest Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali Priest Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

66.5 Installed Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.1 Ordained Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India

48.0 Ordained Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India

50.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry Titular Bishop of Lead Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

34.0 Ordained Priest Stephan Turnovszky Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Auxiliary Bishop

30 Jun 61.6 Appointed Tod David Brown Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.1 Retired Michel Hakim, B.S. † Archbishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. Bishop of Hinche, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

79.6 Retired Léonard Pétion Laroche † Bishop of Hinche, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Resigned Marc Leclerc † Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Resigned Norman Francis McFarland † Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Patrick Joseph McGrath Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop

54.3 Appointed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

47.6 Appointed John Charles Wester Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

47.6 Appointed John Charles Wester Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 May	56.6	Appointed	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M.	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
65.7	Installed	James Francis Stafford	Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
3 May	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Gílio Felício	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 May	64.4	Died	Gehard Jakob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
59.2	Succeeded	Jesús Moliné Labarte	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Died	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
5 May	56.6	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
56.6	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
49.3	Appointed	George Vance Murry, S.J.	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
50.0	Appointed	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.0	Appointed	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Titular Bishop of Lead	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 May	73.5	Retired	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Died	John Joseph †	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
70.1	Resigned	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
9 May	35.8	Ordained Deacon	Juan Gómez	Deacon of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
66.3	Died	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
32.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Nguyên Manh Hieu	Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
57.5	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
57.5	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
60.3	Ordained Bishop	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
62.0	Appointed	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
62.0	Appointed	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
10 May	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic	Bishop
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 May	60.2	Died	Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Tours, France
12 May	56.0	Appointed	Ronald Michael Gilmore	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
64.7	Resigned	Stanley Girard Schlarman	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 May	57.2	Died	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
15 May	38.2	Perpetual Vows	Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
17 May	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes †	Titular Bishop of Elvas	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
64.6	Installed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
37.6	Ordained Priest	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Priest of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
70.4	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Razakarinvony	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
74.4	Installed	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
18 May	62.0	Appointed	Ramón Godinez Flores †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
73.3	Resigned	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Bishop Emeritus
19 May	29.2	Ordained Priest	Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc	Priest of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic
20 May	48.6	Appointed	Ludwig Schick	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
48.6	Appointed	Ludwig Schick	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
21 May	76.9	Died	Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania
22 May	52.5	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Bishop of Vasai, India	Bishop of Poona, India
45.7	Appointed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet	Auxiliary Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
49.9	Incardinated	Felix Anthony Machado	Priest of Vasai, India	Bishop
49.3	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
60.7	Appointed	Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Titular Bishop of Sululos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan
23 May	86.4	Died	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
39.8	Ordained Priest	John Balthasar Brungardt	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
57.5	Appointed	Michele De Rosa	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Antonio Sozzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
24 May	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles Caruana †	Bishop of Gibraltar	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho	Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
71.4	Installed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm.	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
26 May	55.7	Appointed	José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D.	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
79.9	Died	Sauveur Casanova †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
52.0	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
52.0	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
52.0	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
27 May	33.2	Incardinated	Onécimo Alberton	Priest of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
43.9	Appointed	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
55.6	Appointed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
43.5	Appointed	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos	Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
81.8	Died	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
55.6	Appointed	Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	38.0	Ordained Priest	Gerard William Battersby	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
26.5	Ordained Priest	Dariusz Buras	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
67.7	Installed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
69.1	Appointed	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
73.6	Retired	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
84.5	Died	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
31 May	30.5	Ordained Priest	José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz †	Priest of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
57.1	Ordained Bishop	José Francisco Sanches Alves	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
26.0	Ordained Priest	Antoni Vadell Ferrer	Priest of Mallorca, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
1 Jun	77.8	Died	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Donald Joseph Thériault	Bishop of Canada, Military	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	57.0	Appointed	Robert Nugent Lynch	Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
65.6	Resigned	Joseph Keith Symons	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	69.4	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	President of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, President Emeritus
6 Jun	69.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
55.1	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
51.2	Ordained Bishop	John Ha Tiong Hock	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
60.4	Succeeded	Giuseppe Molinari	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
78.1	Retired	Karel Otčenášek †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Mario Peressin †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
75.1	Retired	Dino Trabalzini †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	James Sean Wall	Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
7 Jun	75.8	Installed	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Clemens Pickel	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
8 Jun	68.3	Selected	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	83.5	Died	Agostino Casaroli †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
10 Jun	41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
12 Jun	68.3	Confirmed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun	51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
53.8	Appointed	Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
75.9	Retired	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
14 Jun	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Jun	79.6	Retired	Giovanni Cheli †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
68.2	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
68.2	Resigned	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
16 Jun	86.7	Retired	Isidore Borecky †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Resigned	Roman Danylak †	Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
56.9	Ordained Bishop	François Lapierre, P.M.E.	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	93.8	Died	John Joseph Carberry †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
18 Jun	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop of Cubao, Philippines
19 Jun	56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
66.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Malandrino	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
72.2	Resigned	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
20 Jun	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Anuar Battisti	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
32.3	Ordained Deacon	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Deacon of Angers, France	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
82.6	Died	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
21 Jun	84.7	Died	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Canísio Klaus	Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
34.4	Ordained Priest	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro, Tanzania
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Jun	76.0	Retired	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
61.8	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
24 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop
75.7	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
75.7	Retired	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
65.4	Appointed	Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
53.7	Appointed	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Jun	76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
72.7	Appointed	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
72.7	Appointed	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
75.3	Retired	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Jun	55.0	Appointed	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
89.7	Died	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
27 Jun	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Kizito Bahujimihigo	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
44.6	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
62.1	Appointed	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Joseph Coutts	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
53.0	Appointed	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
89.9	Died	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
59.5	Appointed	Zef Gashi, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B.	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
67.2	Appointed	Víctor Manuel López Forero	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
66.2	Appointed	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
38.3	Ordained Priest	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Priest of Ibarra, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
45.7	Appointed	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
75.7	Retired	Domenico Pecile †	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Petar Perkolic †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
46.8	Appointed	Lucas Kalfa Sanou	Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso
26.9	Ordained Priest	Júlio César Souza de Jesus	Priest of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
43.9	Appointed	Victor Henry Thakur	Bishop of Bettiah, India	Archbishop of Raipur, India
33.3	Incardinated	Fulgence Aloysius Tigga	Priest of Bettiah, India	Bishop of Raiganj, India
62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
32.6	Ordained Priest	Thibault Verny	Priest of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
46.4	Appointed	Norman King’oo Wambua	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
54.5	Appointed	Jean Zerbo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
28 Jun	30.2	Ordained Priest	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Priest of Chimoio, Mozambique	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
28.0	Ordained Priest	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
29 Jun	38.3	Ordained Priest	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Priest	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
66.5	Installed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Titular Bishop of Lead	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
34.0	Ordained Priest	Stephan Turnovszky	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Jun	61.6	Appointed	Tod David Brown	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.1	Retired	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
79.6	Retired	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Resigned	Marc Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Resigned	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph McGrath	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop
54.3	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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