The Year of Our Lord 2000

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 80.3 Died Donaldo Chávez Núñez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

1 May 60.0 Installed Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

61.7 Installed Raúl Omar Rossi † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

3 May 50.5 Ordained Bishop Mansueto Bianchi Bishop of Volterra, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

42.6 Appointed Maurício Grotto de Camargo Coadjutor Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

80.3 Died John Joseph O’Connor † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

7 May 50.0 Ordained Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich Bishop of Puno, Peru

48.3 Ordained Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil

39.8 Ordained Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan Titular Bishop of Zallata Bishop of Mouila, Gabon

60.5 Ordained Bishop Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

40.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene Bishop of Oyem, Gabon

53.2 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Zielski Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil

8 May 81.4 Died Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

10 May 47.7 Appointed Gervais Banshimiyubusa Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop

61.8 Appointed Anthony Joseph Burgess Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Bishop

76.1 Retired Peter Takaaki Hirayama Bishop of Oita, Japan Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Antonino Migliore Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

45.0 Appointed Dominic Ryōji Miyahara Bishop of Oita, Japan Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

65.2 Appointed Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan

61.4 Resigned Paul Kazuhiro Mori Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

69.9 Appointed Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

73.6 Resigned Raphaël Nguyên Van Diêp † Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long, Viet Nam Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Thomas Nguyên Văn Tân Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long, Viet Nam Bishop

45.8 Appointed Thomas Pulloppillil Bishop of Bongaigaon, India

58.4 Appointed Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia

47.2 Appointed Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop of Saitama, Japan

66.7 Appointed Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed John Thattumkal, S.S.C. Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

11 May 68.1 Appointed Edward Michael Egan Archbishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 May 58.1 Installed Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

85.4 Died Wladyslaw Miziolek † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

13 May 53.2 Appointed Jurij Bizjak Auxiliary Bishop of Koper, Slovenia Bishop

53.2 Appointed Jurij Bizjak Titular Bishop of Gergis Bishop of Koper, Slovenia

52.7 Appointed Domenico Caliandro Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

56.6 Appointed Andrej Glavan Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

56.6 Appointed Andrej Glavan Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

58.7 Appointed Vito De Grisantis † Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

61.9 Appointed Jonas Kauneckas Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

61.9 Appointed Jonas Kauneckas Titular Bishop of Forconium Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

49.0 Ordained Bishop Angelo Spinillo Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy Bishop of Aversa, Italy

57.4 Appointed Anton Stres, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

57.4 Appointed Anton Stres, C.M. Titular Bishop of Poetovium Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

62.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Verucchi Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

14 May 60.3 Ordained Bishop Claude Pierre Charles Schockert Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

16 May 57.8 Appointed Bernard César Augustin Barsi Archbishop of Monaco

77.2 Retired Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec † Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Marcel Germain Perrier Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

77.6 Retired Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. † Archbishop of Monaco Archbishop Emeritus

17 May 54.0 Appointed José Luis Mollaghan Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina

75.8 Retired Abelardo Francisco Silva † Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

18 May 66.3 Resigned José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R. Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Adalberto Martínez Flores Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay Bishop of Paraguay, Military

49.6 Incardinated Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero Priest of San Lorenzo, Paraguay Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay

19 May 75.2 Died Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

69.6 Died Gerardo Tomás Farrell † Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

20 May 56.0 Ordained Bishop Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. Titular Bishop of Octabia Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

54.4 Ordained Bishop Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M. Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy

51.5 Appointed Carlos Humberto Malfa Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina

47.8 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Valentinetti Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy

46.5 Ordained Bishop Jan Franciszek Watroba Titular Bishop of Bisica Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

22 May 62.6 Installed Daniel Francis Walsh Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

23 May 83.1 Died José Pedro da Silva † Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal

61.4 Appointed Rainer Klug Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

61.4 Appointed Rainer Klug Titular Bishop of Ala Miliaria Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

47.4 Appointed Patrick Le Gal Bishop of France, Military Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

24 May 69.0 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

69.0 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

69.0 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Delegate to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

81.5 Died Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

57.9 Installed Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

54.5 Ordained Bishop Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B. Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia Archbishop

61.4 Died Nino Marzoli, C. R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

97.3 Died Alberico Semeraro † Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy

62.2 Appointed Marko Sopi † Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia

25 May 60.8 Appointed Mile Bogovic Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia

26 May 77.8 Died Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

27 May 57.0 Ordained Bishop Miklós Beer Titular Bishop of Caeciri Bishop of Vác, Hungary

64.6 Installed Francesco Marinelli Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Antonysamy Susairaj, M.E.P. Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia

45.6 Ordained Bishop Józef Szamocki Titular Bishop of Clypia Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland

28 May 49.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin Titular Bishop of Usinaza Bishop of Le Havre, France

79.8 Died Vincentas Sladkevicius, M.I.C. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

62.5 Appointed Enrique Troncoso Troncoso Bishop of Melipilla, Chile

31 May 53.7 Appointed Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

70.0 Appointed José Carlos Melo, C.M. Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop

53.0 Appointed Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

44.4 Ordained Bishop Jaime Soto Titular Bishop of Segia Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

2 Jun 50.6 Appointed Gregory Michael Aymond Coadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

63.9 Appointed Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

52.6 Appointed Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa Bishop

52.6 Appointed Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana Titular Bishop of Altinum Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa

50.8 Ordained Bishop Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León Titular Bishop of Vardimissa Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

56.7 Appointed Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D. Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA

50.2 Appointed Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) † Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

63.5 Appointed Théodore-Adrien Sarr Cardinal, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal

79.3 Retired Hyacinthe Thiandoum † Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

3 Jun 72.4 Appointed Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop Emeritus

77.1 Died Paul Huynh Dông Các † Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhon, Viet Nam

59.4 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Schäffler Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil Bishop

47.9 Appointed Orazio Soricelli Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

62.5 Installed Giuseppe Verucchi Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

4 Jun 73.2 Installed Eduardo Martínez Somalo Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

82.8 Died Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

6 Jun 71.2 Succeeded José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Anton Losinger Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

43.3 Appointed Anton Losinger Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

73.2 Resigned Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Archbishop of Lille, France

7 Jun 67.3 Appointed Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

42.4 Succeeded Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Lwena, Angola Archbishop of Lubango, Angola

77.1 Retired Antônio Maria Mucciolo † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

72.2 Resigned José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † Bishop of Lwena, Angola Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Leonard James Wall † Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

62.1 Appointed James Vernon Weisgerber Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

9 Jun 69.0 Appointed Arthé Guimond † Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

10 Jun 44.9 Ordained Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni Bishop of N’Dali, Benin

49.6 Ordained Bishop Fidèle Agbatchi Archbishop of Parakou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus

70.5 Died John Brewer † Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

46.3 Ordained Bishop Clet Feliho Bishop of Kandi, Benin

55.3 Appointed George Kocherry Titular Archbishop of Othona Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

55.3 Appointed George Kocherry Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

55.3 Appointed George Kocherry Apostolic Nuncio to Togo Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

91.5 Died José del Carmen Valle Gallardo † Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile

11 Jun 50.9 Ordained Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

12 Jun 57.1 Succeeded Héctor Rubén Aguer Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

75.0 Retired Carlos Walter Galán Barry † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

56.7 Ordained Bishop Andrej Glavan Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

13 Jun 53.8 Ordained Bishop Hipólito Reyes Larios Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

14 Jun 50.6 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México

63.7 Appointed Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Jun 88.6 Died Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. † Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Superior General Emeritus of Other

16 Jun 87.6 Died Théophile Jean Dahi † Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

17 Jun 39.2 Appointed Jorge Solórzano Pérez Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

39.2 Appointed Jorge Solórzano Pérez Titular Bishop of Theuzi Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

63.8 Appointed Elio Tinti Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

18 Jun 59.4 Installed Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

63.9 Installed Claudio Baggini Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Ordained Bishop Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. Titular Bishop of Avioccala Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

75.9 Died Josyf Holovach † Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

56.2 Ordained Bishop Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop

19 Jun 68.2 Installed Edward Michael Egan Archbishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Ordained Bishop Carlos María Franzini Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

20 Jun 70.7 Died Alan Basil de Lastic † Archbishop of Delhi, India

21 Jun 53.2 Appointed Marin Barišic Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia

78.1 Retired Ante Juric † Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

22 Jun 49.8 Ordained Bishop Denis Theurillat Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

23 Jun 46.2 Appointed Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

60.2 Appointed José Vicente Huertas Vargas Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

54.0 Ordained Bishop Antonino Migliore Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

79.9 Died Jerónimo José Podestá † Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda, Argentina

24 Jun 40.9 Appointed Alphonse Liguori Chaupa Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

40.9 Appointed Alphonse Liguori Chaupa Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

69.1 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

69.1 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

52.5 Installed Donato Negro Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

53.0 Appointed Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop

57.5 Ordained Bishop Anton Stres, C.M. Titular Bishop of Poetovium Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

64.5 Appointed Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

64.5 Appointed Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Thibilis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

25 Jun 50.0 Ordained Bishop John Thattumkal, S.S.C. Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

72.7 Died Austin Bernard Vaughan † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

26 Jun 58.8 Ordained Bishop Vito De Grisantis † Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

28 Jun 67.6 Died Anton Tamarut † Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia

29 Jun 76.3 Retired Rafael Bellido Caro † Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Bishop Emeritus

28.4 Ordained Priest Kęstutis Kėvalas Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania Auxiliary Bishop

61.5 Ordained Bishop Rainer Klug Titular Bishop of Ala Miliaria Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

52.7 Appointed Juan del Río Martín Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Archbishop of Spain, Military

30 Jun 66.4 Appointed Felipe Aguirre Franco Coadjutor Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Robert Lebel Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop

50.8 Appointed Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Titular Bishop of Elicroca Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

48.0 Ordained Bishop Orazio Soricelli Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	80.3	Died	Donaldo Chávez Núñez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
1 May	60.0	Installed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
61.7	Installed	Raúl Omar Rossi †	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
3 May	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Mansueto Bianchi	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
42.6	Appointed	Maurício Grotto de Camargo	Coadjutor Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
80.3	Died	John Joseph O’Connor †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
7 May	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich	Bishop of Puno, Peru
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.	Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil
39.8	Ordained Bishop	Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene	Bishop of Oyem, Gabon
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Zielski	Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
8 May	81.4	Died	Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
10 May	47.7	Appointed	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop
61.8	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Burgess	Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
76.1	Retired	Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Antonino Migliore	Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
45.0	Appointed	Dominic Ryōji Miyahara	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
65.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
61.4	Resigned	Paul Kazuhiro Mori	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.9	Appointed	Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
73.6	Resigned	Raphaël Nguyên Van Diêp †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Thomas Nguyên Văn Tân	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long, Viet Nam	Bishop
45.8	Appointed	Thomas Pulloppillil	Bishop of Bongaigaon, India
58.4	Appointed	Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J.	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
47.2	Appointed	Marcellino Taiji Tani	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop of Saitama, Japan
66.7	Appointed	Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	John Thattumkal, S.S.C.	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	68.1	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 May	58.1	Installed	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
85.4	Died	Wladyslaw Miziolek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
13 May	53.2	Appointed	Jurij Bizjak	Auxiliary Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop
53.2	Appointed	Jurij Bizjak	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia
52.7	Appointed	Domenico Caliandro	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
56.6	Appointed	Andrej Glavan	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
56.6	Appointed	Andrej Glavan	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
58.7	Appointed	Vito De Grisantis †	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
61.9	Appointed	Jonas Kauneckas	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
61.9	Appointed	Jonas Kauneckas	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Spinillo	Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
57.4	Appointed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
57.4	Appointed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Poetovium	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Verucchi	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 May	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Claude Pierre Charles Schockert	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
16 May	57.8	Appointed	Bernard César Augustin Barsi	Archbishop of Monaco
77.2	Retired	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec †	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Marcel Germain Perrier	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
77.6	Retired	Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. †	Archbishop of Monaco	Archbishop Emeritus
17 May	54.0	Appointed	José Luis Mollaghan	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
75.8	Retired	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
18 May	66.3	Resigned	José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
49.6	Incardinated	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero	Priest of San Lorenzo, Paraguay	Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay
19 May	75.2	Died	Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
69.6	Died	Gerardo Tomás Farrell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
20 May	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Carlos Humberto Malfa	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Valentinetti	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Jan Franciszek Watroba	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
22 May	62.6	Installed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 May	83.1	Died	José Pedro da Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
61.4	Appointed	Rainer Klug	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
61.4	Appointed	Rainer Klug	Titular Bishop of Ala Miliaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
47.4	Appointed	Patrick Le Gal	Bishop of France, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
24 May	69.0	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
69.0	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
69.0	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Delegate to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
81.5	Died	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
57.9	Installed	Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop
61.4	Died	Nino Marzoli, C. R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
97.3	Died	Alberico Semeraro †	Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
62.2	Appointed	Marko Sopi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
25 May	60.8	Appointed	Mile Bogovic	Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia
26 May	77.8	Died	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
27 May	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Miklós Beer	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
64.6	Installed	Francesco Marinelli	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Antonysamy Susairaj, M.E.P.	Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Józef Szamocki	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland
28 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Luc Brunin	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Bishop of Le Havre, France
79.8	Died	Vincentas Sladkevicius, M.I.C. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
62.5	Appointed	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
31 May	53.7	Appointed	Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
70.0	Appointed	José Carlos Melo, C.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop
53.0	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Soto	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
2 Jun	50.6	Appointed	Gregory Michael Aymond	Coadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
63.9	Appointed	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
52.6	Appointed	Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop
52.6	Appointed	Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana	Titular Bishop of Altinum	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
56.7	Appointed	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
50.2	Appointed	Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) †	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
63.5	Appointed	Théodore-Adrien Sarr	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
79.3	Retired	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Jun	72.4	Appointed	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop Emeritus
77.1	Died	Paul Huynh Dông Các †	Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhon, Viet Nam
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Schäffler	Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop
47.9	Appointed	Orazio Soricelli	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
62.5	Installed	Giuseppe Verucchi	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jun	73.2	Installed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
82.8	Died	Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
6 Jun	71.2	Succeeded	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Anton Losinger	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
43.3	Appointed	Anton Losinger	Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
73.2	Resigned	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop of Lille, France
7 Jun	67.3	Appointed	Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
42.4	Succeeded	Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
77.1	Retired	Antônio Maria Mucciolo †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
72.2	Resigned	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Leonard James Wall †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
62.1	Appointed	James Vernon Weisgerber	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
9 Jun	69.0	Appointed	Arthé Guimond †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jun	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin Adjou Moumouni	Bishop of N’Dali, Benin
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Fidèle Agbatchi	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
70.5	Died	John Brewer †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Clet Feliho	Bishop of Kandi, Benin
55.3	Appointed	George Kocherry	Titular Archbishop of Othona	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
55.3	Appointed	George Kocherry	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
55.3	Appointed	George Kocherry	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
91.5	Died	José del Carmen Valle Gallardo †	Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
11 Jun	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
12 Jun	57.1	Succeeded	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Carlos Walter Galán Barry †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Andrej Glavan	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
13 Jun	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Hipólito Reyes Larios	Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
14 Jun	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
63.7	Appointed	Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M.	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	88.6	Died	Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †	Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Superior General Emeritus of Other
16 Jun	87.6	Died	Théophile Jean Dahi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
17 Jun	39.2	Appointed	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
39.2	Appointed	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Titular Bishop of Theuzi	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
63.8	Appointed	Elio Tinti	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jun	59.4	Installed	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
63.9	Installed	Claudio Baggini	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
75.9	Died	Josyf Holovach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop
19 Jun	68.2	Installed	Edward Michael Egan	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos María Franzini	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
20 Jun	70.7	Died	Alan Basil de Lastic †	Archbishop of Delhi, India
21 Jun	53.2	Appointed	Marin Barišic	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
78.1	Retired	Ante Juric †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Jun	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Denis Theurillat	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
23 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P.	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
60.2	Appointed	José Vicente Huertas Vargas	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Migliore	Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
79.9	Died	Jerónimo José Podestá †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda, Argentina
24 Jun	40.9	Appointed	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
40.9	Appointed	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
69.1	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
69.1	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
52.5	Installed	Donato Negro	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
53.0	Appointed	Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Stres, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Poetovium	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
64.5	Appointed	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
64.5	Appointed	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 Jun	50.0	Ordained Bishop	John Thattumkal, S.S.C.	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
72.7	Died	Austin Bernard Vaughan †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Jun	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Vito De Grisantis †	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
28 Jun	67.6	Died	Anton Tamarut †	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
29 Jun	76.3	Retired	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
28.4	Ordained Priest	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Rainer Klug	Titular Bishop of Ala Miliaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
52.7	Appointed	Juan del Río Martín	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
30 Jun	66.4	Appointed	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Coadjutor Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Robert Lebel	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop
50.8	Appointed	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Soricelli	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy