The Year of Our Lord 1917

Bishop Events

April to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr Born Vicente Alfredo Aducci † Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

Born [Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. † Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China

5 Apr Born José Pedro da Silva † Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal

7 Apr 22.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Cogoni † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy

8 Apr Born Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst † Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

9 Apr 27.6 Ordained Priest George Brunner † Priest of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

Born Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

10 Apr 60.1 Ordained Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward † Titular Bishop of Lydda Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain

11 Apr 47.2 Ordained Bishop Amiel-François Bessière † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

12 Apr 55.2 Died Giuseppe Aversa † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

66.5 Died Franz von Bettinger † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

14 Apr 62.1 Died José Alves de Matos † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

26.3 Ordained Priest Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru

56.8 Appointed Orazio Mazzella † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

15 Apr 23.9 Ordained Priest Albini Lafortune † Priest Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

23.2 Ordained Priest Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Priest of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Bishop

36.5 Ordained Bishop Alberto Romita † Bishop of Boiano, Italy Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

16 Apr 51.8 Resigned Władysław Bandurski † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

20 Apr Born Paul Francis Anderson † Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

60.7 Died James Hubert Blenk, S.M. † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

41.1 Appointed Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

44.5 Died Joseph Sakr † Titular Archbishop of Hemesa per i Maroniti

Born Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia

21 Apr 32.2 Appointed Bl. Iuliu Hossu † Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

22 Apr 56.9 Installed Prudencio Melo y Alcalde † Bishop of Madrid, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

52.6 Ordained Bishop Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

23 Apr 41.1 Appointed Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

25 Apr 47.5 Appointed Giuseppe Palica † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

47.5 Appointed Giuseppe Palica † Titular Archbishop of Philippi Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

28 Apr 47.3 Appointed Rodolfo Caroli † Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia

1 May Born [Thaddeus Guo Yingong] † Bishop of Datong [Tatung], China

46.3 Ordained Bishop James Paul McCloskey † Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines

22.4 Professed Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

61.3 Ceased Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli † Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey

49.5 Ordained Bishop Luigi Scarano † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

61.6 Ordained Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

3 May Born Juvenal Porcayo Uribe † Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

4 May 51.5 Appointed Manuel Lago y González † Bishop of Tuy, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

6 May 77.9 Died Thomas Joseph Carr † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

44.8 Appointed Bonaventura Cerretti † Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

53.1 Succeeded Daniel Mannix † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

Born Théophile Mbemba † Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

7 May Born Domenico Bartolucci † Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

73.0 Died Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. † Bishop of Osaka, Japan

Born James Xie Shiguang † Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

8 May 47.3 Appointed Rodolfo Caroli † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia

61.3 Ordained Bishop Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

9 May 16.0 First Vows Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Rector Major Emeritus

12 May 61.4 Appointed Pacifico Fiorani † Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy

13 May 41.1 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

14 May Born Daniel Eugene Sheehan † Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

15 May Born Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson † Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain

16 May 50.6 Appointed Bartolomeo Cattaneo † Apostolic Delegate to Australia Apostolic Delegate Emeritus

Born [Joseph Zhong Huai-de] † Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China

17 May 31.9 Ordained Priest Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

18 May 63.5 Appointed Julije Drohobeczky † Titular Bishop of Polybotus Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

63.5 Resigned Julije Drohobeczky † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

72.2 Died Jules-Étienne Gazaniol † Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

19 May 54.4 Appointed Eugenio Beccegato † Apostolic Administrator of Ceneda, Italy Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

54.4 Appointed Eugenio Beccegato † Titular Bishop of Sinope Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

20 May 33.2 Ordained Bishop Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Issus Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

24.7 Ordained Priest Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan

47.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Palica † Titular Archbishop of Philippi Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

55.5 Ordained Bishop Carlo Taccetti † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

21 May 50.6 Appointed Bartolomeo Cattaneo † Titular Archbishop of Palmyra Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Australia

23 May Born José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

Born Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina

24 May Born Norman Joseph Gallagher † Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

61.3 Installed Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

26 May Born Augusto Carvalho † Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

48.2 Selected Michael von Faulhaber † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

27 May 58.3 Died François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq

28 May 37.5 Selected Bl. Leontiy Leonid Fedorov, M.S.U. † Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)

Born [John Liu Ding-han], S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

54.6 Selected Ludwig Sebastian † Bishop of Speyer, Germany

29 May 55.9 Ordained Bishop Alexandre Caillot † Bishop of Grenoble, France

30 May Born Albert Ignatz Koenigsknecht, M.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru

24.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Elmer Ritter † Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

46.4 Died Pierre Chébli (Scebli) † Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

1 Jun Born Sofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Born Vincenzo Franco † Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

2 Jun 24.1 Ordained Priest Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

30.4 Ordained Priest Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. † Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.9 Ordained Priest Francis Patrick Carroll † Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

24.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Martin Fox † Priest of Wilcannia, Australia Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

24.4 Ordained Priest Richard Thomas Guilfoyle † Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Francis Augustin Henschke † Priest of Port Augusta, Australia Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

27.2 Ordained Priest Edward Joseph Kelly † Priest of Boise City, Idaho, USA Bishop

26.4 Ordained Priest Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † Priest Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain

26.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Francis Markham † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop

23.8 Ordained Priest Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil

22.7 Ordained Priest Alfredo Silva Santiago † Priest of Santiago de Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

3 Jun 46.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Conti † Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy

5 Jun 55.9 Installed Alexandre Caillot † Bishop of Grenoble, France

6 Jun Born Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

7 Jun 58.5 Ordained Bishop John McCarthy † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

9 Jun 82.7 Died William Fortune † Priest

Born Salvatore Sorrentino † Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy

10 Jun 50.7 Ordained Bishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † Titular Archbishop of Palmyra Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Australia

30.2 Ordained Priest Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Priest of Dallas, Texas, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

24.3 Ordained Priest Paweł Czesław Rydzewski † Priest of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

11 Jun 44.8 Perpetual Vows Petras Pranciskus Bučys, M.I.C. † Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Superior General Emeritus

12 Jun 24.1 Ordained Priest Peter William Bartholome † Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

35.4 Appointed Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking {Tonkino Marittimo}, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam

35.4 Appointed Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam

Born Albin Małysiak, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

13 Jun 53.3 Appointed Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

53.3 Appointed Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert, Canada Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

75.8 Died Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam

44.4 Appointed Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

14 Jun 43.3 Appointed Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

43.3 Appointed Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

75.2 Died José María Rancés y Villanueva † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

16 Jun 67.0 Died James Augustine McFaul † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

25.8 Ordained Priest William (Wilhelm Anton) Neubauer, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Minister General Emeritus

Born Manuel Talamás Camandari † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

17 Jun 54.4 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Beccegato † Titular Bishop of Sinope Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Michael O’Reilly † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

18 Jun 67.1 Appointed Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Sinis

19 Jun 49.2 Appointed Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam

49.2 Appointed Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam

20 Jun 62.9 Ordained Bishop Pierre Verdier † Titular Bishop of Titopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France

21 Jun 74.8 Died James Browne † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Born Peter Bernard Pereira † Bishop of Trivandrum, India

Born Luis Rojas Mena † Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

23 Jun 49.8 Ordained Bishop Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Caloe Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China

24.8 Ordained Priest Thomas Kiely Gorman † Priest of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

24 Jun Born Manuel Casares Hervás † Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain

50.6 Ordained Bishop Bonaventura Porta † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27 Jun Born Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard † Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France

34.5 Ordained Priest David Francis Hickey, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Belize

28 Jun 53.3 Appointed Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

53.3 Appointed Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † Titular Bishop of Modra Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

23.6 Ordained Priest Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini † Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland

57.9 Appointed Joaquim Silvério de Souza † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

29 Jun 39.2 Installed Leopoldo Eijo y Garay † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Bishop of Madrid, Spain

37.0 Ordained Bishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho † Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

30 Jun 52.2 Appointed Giuseppe Bertazzoni † Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy

Born Mark Onwuha Unegbu † Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

59.3 Professed Pietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India

Born Franz Žak † Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr		Born	Vicente Alfredo Aducci †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
	Born	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
5 Apr		Born	José Pedro da Silva †		Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
7 Apr	22.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cogoni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst †		Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
9 Apr	27.6	Ordained Priest	George Brunner †	Priest of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †		Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
10 Apr	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Nicholas Ward †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
11 Apr	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Amiel-François Bessière †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
12 Apr	55.2	Died	Giuseppe Aversa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
66.5	Died	Franz von Bettinger †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
14 Apr	62.1	Died	José Alves de Matos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
26.3	Ordained Priest	Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
56.8	Appointed	Orazio Mazzella †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Albini Lafortune †	Priest	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
23.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Priest of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Bishop
36.5	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Romita †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
16 Apr	51.8	Resigned	Władysław Bandurski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
20 Apr		Born	Paul Francis Anderson †		Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
60.7	Died	James Hubert Blenk, S.M. †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
41.1	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
44.5	Died	Joseph Sakr †	Titular Archbishop of Hemesa per i Maroniti
	Born	Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
21 Apr	32.2	Appointed	Bl. Iuliu Hossu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
22 Apr	56.9	Installed	Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
23 Apr	41.1	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Apr	47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Palica †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Palica †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Rodolfo Caroli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia
1 May		Born	[Thaddeus Guo Yingong] †		Bishop of Datong [Tatung], China
46.3	Ordained Bishop	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
22.4	Professed	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
61.3	Ceased	Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli †	Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Scarano †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
61.6	Ordained Bishop	Émile-Jean Seghers †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
3 May		Born	Juvenal Porcayo Uribe †		Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
4 May	51.5	Appointed	Manuel Lago y González †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
6 May	77.9	Died	Thomas Joseph Carr †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
44.8	Appointed	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
53.1	Succeeded	Daniel Mannix †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
	Born	Théophile Mbemba †		Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
7 May		Born	Domenico Bartolucci †		Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
73.0	Died	Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	Born	James Xie Shiguang †		Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
8 May	47.3	Appointed	Rodolfo Caroli †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia
61.3	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
9 May	16.0	First Vows	Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Rector Major Emeritus
12 May	61.4	Appointed	Pacifico Fiorani †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
13 May	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 May		Born	Daniel Eugene Sheehan †		Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
15 May		Born	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †		Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
16 May	50.6	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cattaneo †	Apostolic Delegate to Australia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	Born	[Joseph Zhong Huai-de] †		Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
17 May	31.9	Ordained Priest	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 May	63.5	Appointed	Julije Drohobeczky †	Titular Bishop of Polybotus	Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
63.5	Resigned	Julije Drohobeczky †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
72.2	Died	Jules-Étienne Gazaniol †	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
19 May	54.4	Appointed	Eugenio Beccegato †	Apostolic Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
54.4	Appointed	Eugenio Beccegato †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
20 May	33.2	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Issus	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
24.7	Ordained Priest	Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Palica †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Taccetti †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
21 May	50.6	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cattaneo †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Australia
23 May		Born	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	Born	Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
24 May		Born	Norman Joseph Gallagher †		Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
61.3	Installed	Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
26 May		Born	Augusto Carvalho †		Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
48.2	Selected	Michael von Faulhaber †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
27 May	58.3	Died	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
28 May	37.5	Selected	Bl. Leontiy Leonid Fedorov, M.S.U. †	Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)
	Born	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
54.6	Selected	Ludwig Sebastian †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
29 May	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Caillot †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
30 May		Born	Albert Ignatz Koenigsknecht, M.M. †		Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru
24.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Elmer Ritter †	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
46.4	Died	Pierre Chébli (Scebli) †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
1 Jun		Born	Sofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	Born	Vincenzo Franco †		Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
2 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
30.4	Ordained Priest	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
24.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Martin Fox †	Priest of Wilcannia, Australia	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
24.4	Ordained Priest	Richard Thomas Guilfoyle †	Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Augustin Henschke †	Priest of Port Augusta, Australia	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
27.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Joseph Kelly †	Priest of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop
26.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †	Priest	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
26.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis Markham †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
23.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil
22.7	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
3 Jun	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Conti †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
5 Jun	55.9	Installed	Alexandre Caillot †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
6 Jun		Born	Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. †		Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
7 Jun	58.5	Ordained Bishop	John McCarthy †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
9 Jun	82.7	Died	William Fortune †	Priest
	Born	Salvatore Sorrentino †		Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
10 Jun	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Cattaneo †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Australia
30.2	Ordained Priest	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Priest of Dallas, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
24.3	Ordained Priest	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Priest of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
11 Jun	44.8	Perpetual Vows	Petras Pranciskus Bučys, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
12 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Peter William Bartholome †	Priest of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
35.4	Appointed	Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking {Tonkino Marittimo}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam
35.4	Appointed	Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam
	Born	Albin Małysiak, C.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
13 Jun	53.3	Appointed	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
53.3	Appointed	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert, Canada	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
75.8	Died	Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
44.4	Appointed	Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
14 Jun	43.3	Appointed	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
43.3	Appointed	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
75.2	Died	José María Rancés y Villanueva †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
16 Jun	67.0	Died	James Augustine McFaul †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
25.8	Ordained Priest	William (Wilhelm Anton) Neubauer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Minister General Emeritus
	Born	Manuel Talamás Camandari †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
17 Jun	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Beccegato †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Michael O’Reilly †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
18 Jun	67.1	Appointed	Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sinis
19 Jun	49.2	Appointed	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
49.2	Appointed	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
20 Jun	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Verdier †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
21 Jun	74.8	Died	James Browne †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	Born	Peter Bernard Pereira †		Bishop of Trivandrum, India
	Born	Luis Rojas Mena †		Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
23 Jun	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Caloe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
24.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Kiely Gorman †	Priest of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
24 Jun		Born	Manuel Casares Hervás †		Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventura Porta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun		Born	Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard †		Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
34.5	Ordained Priest	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Belize
28 Jun	53.3	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
53.3	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Titular Bishop of Modra	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
23.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini †	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
57.9	Appointed	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29 Jun	39.2	Installed	Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Santiago Caragnan Sancho †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
30 Jun	52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertazzoni †	Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
	Born	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †		Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
59.3	Professed	Pietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
	Born	Franz Žak †		Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

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