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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Díaz Martínez	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
	67.4	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	67.4	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
3 May	53.6	Appointed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia
	53.6	Appointed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia
	54.4	Appointed	John Michael Kudrick	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
	62.6	Appointed	Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
4 May	57.6	Appointed	Bronislaw Bernacki	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
	49.1	Appointed	Marian Buczek	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Coadjutor Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	49.1	Appointed	Marian Buczek	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Coadjutor Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	52.8	Appointed	Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Leon Maly	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Leon Maly	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	60.9	Appointed	Emilio Z. Marquez	Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop
	83.3	Retired	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	69.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	74.9	Died	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
5 May	47.7	Ordained Bishop	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
8 May	50.5	Appointed	Jacinto Bergmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	50.5	Appointed	Jacinto Bergmann	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	93.9	Died	Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
	56.0	Appointed	Washington Cruz, C.P.	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	60.2	Appointed	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B.	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	76.3	Retired	Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	69.6	Resigned	José Maria Maimone, S.A.C.	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	69.8	Died	Tiago Postma †	Bishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	75.9	Retired	Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
10 May	80.8	Died	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
11 May	53.0	Appointed	Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
	57.6	Appointed	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil	Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
	65.9	Resigned	Anacleto Sima Ngua	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Emilio Lorenzo Stehle	Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
12 May	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Ivo Scapolo	Titular Archbishop of Thagaste	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda
13 May	50.0	Appointed	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
	50.0	Appointed	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich	Titular Bishop of Ausuaga	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
15 May	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Joseph Hanna	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
	75.7	Retired	Eduardo Koaik	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	61.5	Appointed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S.	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
16 May	78.0	Died	Ernesto Gallina †	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	63.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Moretti, B.	Superior of Afghanistan
18 May	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	50.2	Appointed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Titular Archbishop of Sagona	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
	50.2	Appointed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
	50.2	Appointed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Melki	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
19 May	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil	Bishop of Calicut, India
	71.3	Died	Reginald Joseph Orsmond †	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
20 May	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Zbigniew Kiernikowski	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Perumthotttam	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
21 May	61.2	Appointed	Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo	Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
	48.0	Appointed	Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop
22 May	75.0	Retired	Hubert Luthe	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	90.0	Died	Alexandru Todea †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
24 May	58.0	Appointed	Thomas Matthew Burns, S. M.	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
	75.5	Retired	Francis Joseph Walmsley	Bishop of Great Britain, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
25 May	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Isidro Barrio Barrio	Coadjutor Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Bishop
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Zygmunt Zimowski	Bishop of Radom, Poland
26 May	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef De Kesel	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27 May	85.7	Died	Winnibald Joseph Menezes †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
29 May	42.7	Appointed	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	42.7	Appointed	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
30 May	58.4	Appointed	Lewis Zeigler	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
31 May	53.5	Appointed	Robert Daniel Conlon	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
	84.5	Died	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
	45.6	Appointed	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
	56.8	Appointed	Roger Joseph Foys	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
	75.7	Retired	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
1 Jun	75.2	Retired	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J.	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
	80.0	Died	Angelo Kim Nam-su †	Bishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)
	76.8	Died	James Patrick Mahoney †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	62.0	Succeeded	Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
3 Jun	91.7	Died	Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
4 Jun	65.8	Appointed	James Moriarty	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	71.1	Resigned	Laurence Ryan †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J.	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
	74.0	Resigned	José Trinidad Medel Pérez	Archbishop of Durango, Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jun	76.0	Retired	Luigi Bommarito	Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Salvatore Gristina	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	57.5	Appointed	Donald Joseph Kettler	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
	51.5	Appointed	Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M.	Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
	72.0	Died	Antônio Soares Costa †	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D.	Bishop of Jhabua, India
	53.7	Resigned	Michael William Warfel	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
8 Jun	46.5	Appointed	Alfred Leonhard Maluma	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
	72.4	Resigned	Raymond Mwanyika	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	60.4	Resigned	Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Juan García Rodríguez	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
	78.2	Retired	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B.	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Jun	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	David Motiuk	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
	89.5	Died	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
	65.8	Resigned	James Kendrick Williams	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jun	67.4	Died	Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. †	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
15 Jun	76.1	Retired	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.7	Appointed	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
	75.2	Retired	Rómulo García †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone	Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
	55.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone	Titular Bishop of Benepota	Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
	59.9	Resigned	James Francis McCarthy	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Roch Pedneault	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Appointed	Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
18 Jun	65.6	Appointed	Philippe Jean Louis Breton	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Matthew Burns, S. M.	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
	61.1	Appointed	Gérard Antoine Daucourt	Bishop of Nanterre, France
	72.6	Resigned	François-Marie-Christian Favreau	Bishop of Nanterre, France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Robert Pierre Sarrabère	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Richard William Smith	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
19 Jun	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Buenaventura Malayo Famadico	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
	66.7	Appointed	Rafael Martínez Sáinz	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	66.7	Appointed	Rafael Martínez Sáinz	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	49.8	Appointed	José María de la Torre Martín	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
	49.8	Appointed	José María de la Torre Martín	Titular Bishop of Panatoria	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
20 Jun	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Marian Buczek	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Coadjutor Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Leon Maly	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
21 Jun	75.4	Retired	Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	45.0	Appointed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	56.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	61.4	Appointed	Guido Fiandino	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Guido Fiandino	Titular Bishop of Aleria	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	60.2	Appointed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
	60.2	Appointed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Titular Bishop of Mariana in Corsica	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
22 Jun	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil	Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
23 Jun	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Titular Bishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite), Lebanon
24 Jun	54.9	Appointed	David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	54.9	Appointed	David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
25 Jun	52.4	Appointed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	89.7	Died	Henri Clément Victor Donze †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
28 Jun	54.8	Resigned	Francesco Lambiasi	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Loppa	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	74.5	Died	Roberto Pinarello de Almeida †	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.7	Appointed	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Apostolic Administrator
	51.7	Appointed	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	52.8	Appointed	Ludwig Schick	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	49.0	Appointed	Štefan Sečka	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
	49.0	Appointed	Štefan Sečka	Titular Bishop of Sita	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
29 Jun	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Daniel Koroma	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone

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