The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

May

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	54.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop
54.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Weisenburger	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
2 May	75.1	Retired	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
66.7	Appointed	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
54.3	Succeeded	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Official of the Congregation for the Clergy
65.4	Appointed	Paul Robert Sanchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
65.4	Appointed	Paul Robert Sanchez	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
66.0	Ordained Bishop	George Arthur Sheltz	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
3 May	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria
52.3	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
75.9	Died	František Tondra †	Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia
4 May	57.0	Appointed	James Romen Boiragi	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh
73.9	Died	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
5 May	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
6 May	73.3	Died	Félix Kouadjo †	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
7 May	75.1	Retired	Onésimo Cepeda Silva	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	89.5	Died	William Aquin Carew †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
61.1	Appointed	Stephen Robson	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
61.1	Appointed	Stephen Robson	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
9 May	45.7	Appointed	Roque Costa Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
45.7	Appointed	Roque Costa Souza	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 May	80.4	Retired	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
80.4	Retired	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
75.5	Retired	Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	Bishop of Buga, Colombia
68.4	Appointed	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
68.4	Appointed	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
11 May	63.6	Installed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
12 May	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
49.0	Appointed	Andrzej Jeż	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Claver Malgo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
72.9	Ceased	Salvatore Nunnari	Apostolic Administrator of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
56.1	Appointed	Donato Oliverio	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
53.8	Appointed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
53.8	Appointed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
13 May	62.8	Installed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Milito	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
106.1	Died	Antoine Nguyên Văn Thien †	Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
14 May	47.5	Appointed	Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
79.5	Retired	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Ordained Bishop	David John Malloy	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
68.2	Appointed	Robert Michael McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
42.1	Appointed	Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A.	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
45.1	Appointed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
64.8	Appointed	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri	Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
72.9	Appointed	Dimitrios Salachas	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
42.2	Appointed	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic	Bishop
15 May	59.2	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Bishop of Calicut, India
59.2	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Apostolic Administrator of Kannur, India	Bishop of Calicut, India
54.1	Appointed	Roberto Calara Mallari	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
77.2	Retired	Thomas Kwaku Mensah †	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
16 May	66.0	Installed	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
61.0	Installed	William Edward Lori	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
73.1	Ceased	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
48.1	Selected	Joseph Yue Fusheng	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
17 May	47.7	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
47.7	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Titular Bishop of Cursola	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
58.9	Installed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
18 May	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Liam Stephen Cary	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
54.9	Appointed	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
54.9	Appointed	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
19 May	80.6	Died	Isak Doera †	Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
68.9	Removed	Francesco Micciché	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre †	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
79.7	Appointed	Alessandro Plotti †	Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
65.5	Appointed	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
46.1	Appointed	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
46.1	Appointed	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
20 May	76.6	Installed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
65.0	Installed	João Bráz de Aviz	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
21 May	61.5	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
24 May	88.5	Died	Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
25 May	52.9	Appointed	Alfred Adewale Martins	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
75.9	Retired	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 May	54.1	Appointed	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
65.2	Appointed	Jurij Bizjak	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia
42.8	Appointed	Abraham Boualo Kome	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
76.0	Retired	Metod Pirih	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	53.3	Installed	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
69.3	Installed	Domenico Calcagno	Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
41.5	Installed	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
28 May	43.5	Appointed	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
43.5	Appointed	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
58.9	Appointed	Médard Léopold Ouédraogo	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
58.9	Appointed	Médard Léopold Ouédraogo	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
64.0	Appointed	Philippe Rukamba	Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
29 May	61.6	Appointed	Samuel Joseph Aquila	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
75.9	Retired	Edward Urban Kmiec	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Richard Joseph Malone	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	46.0	Appointed	Jeremias Antônio de Jesus	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Selected	Thaddeus Ma Daquin	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
31 May	77.5	Retired	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Appointed	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
67.4	Appointed	Benedetto Tuzia	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

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