The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

May

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

56.2 Ceased Guilherme Porto Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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 Gerhard 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

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

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 Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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

6 May 73.5 Resigned 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

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

32.0 Ordained Priest Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu 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

16 May 28.0 First Vows Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Kotido, Uganda

24.6 First Vows Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

71.7 Ceased Marian Franciszek Jaworski † Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine

51.0 Installed Markijan Trofym’yak Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

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 (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop of Lyon, France

70.5 Ceased José Gonçalves Heleno † Apostolic Administrator of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

50.0 Installed Emanuel Messias de Oliveira Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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 Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

48.6 Appointed Ludwig Schick Titular Bishop of Auzia Archbishop Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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

28.1 Incardinated Thomas D’Souza Priest of Vasai, India Bishop-Elect

49.9 Incardinated Felix Anthony Machado Priest of Vasai, India Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Prakash Mallavarapu Bishop of Cuddapah, India Archbishop Emeritus 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

32.9 Ordained Priest Stephen Douglas Parkes Priest of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

56.0 Appointed Antonio Sozzo Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica Apostolic Nuncio

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 Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Deacon Visvaldas Kulbokas Deacon of Telšiai, Lithuania Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

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 Emeritus 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

52.0 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria Apostolic Nuncio

52.0 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia Apostolic Nuncio

27 May 33.2 Incardinated Onécimo Alberton Priest of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, 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

29 May 30.5 Ordained Priest Steven John Maekawa, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

30 May 38.0 Ordained Priest Gerard William Battersby Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

26.5 Ordained Priest Dariusz Buras Priest of Tarnów, Poland Apostolic Administrator Emeritus 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

24.8 Ordained Priest Jacek Grzybowski Priest of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

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

25.3 Ordained Priest Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora Priest of Juticalpa, Honduras Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

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

24.5 Ordained Priest Kryspin Witold Dubiel Priest of Przemyśl, Poland Apostolic Nuncio to Angola

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

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
56.2	Ceased	Guilherme Porto	Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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	Gerhard 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
56.6	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
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	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Titular Bishop of Lead	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 May	73.5	Resigned	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
66.3	Died	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
32.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu	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
16 May	28.0	First Vows	Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda
24.6	First Vows	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
71.7	Ceased	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine
51.0	Installed	Markijan Trofym’yak	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
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 (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
70.5	Ceased	José Gonçalves Heleno †	Apostolic Administrator of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.0	Installed	Emanuel Messias de Oliveira	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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 Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
48.6	Appointed	Ludwig Schick	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Archbishop Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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
28.1	Incardinated	Thomas D’Souza	Priest of Vasai, India	Bishop-Elect
49.9	Incardinated	Felix Anthony Machado	Priest of Vasai, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Archbishop Emeritus 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
32.9	Ordained Priest	Stephen Douglas Parkes	Priest of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
56.0	Appointed	Antonio Sozzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Nuncio
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 Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Deacon	Visvaldas Kulbokas	Deacon of Telšiai, Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
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 Emeritus 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
52.0	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio
52.0	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio
27 May	33.2	Incardinated	Onécimo Alberton	Priest of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, 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
29 May	30.5	Ordained Priest	Steven John Maekawa, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
30 May	38.0	Ordained Priest	Gerard William Battersby	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
26.5	Ordained Priest	Dariusz Buras	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus 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
24.8	Ordained Priest	Jacek Grzybowski	Priest of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
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
25.3	Ordained Priest	Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora	Priest of Juticalpa, Honduras	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
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
24.5	Ordained Priest	Kryspin Witold Dubiel	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
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

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