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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 Emeritus 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	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	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 Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
	32.3	Ordained Deacon	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Deacon of Angers, France	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Zsolt Marton	Priest of Vác, Hungary	Bishop
	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 (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) 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 Gaborone, Botswana
	48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Bishop of Gaborone, 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
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Michele Tomasi	Priest of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
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 Emeritus 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 Emeritus
	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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