The Year of Our Lord 1932

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 59.9 Ceased Elia Dalla Costa † Apostolic Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

1 May 52.4 Ordained Bishop Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Castoria Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia

64.2 Died Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

40.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Franciolini † Bishop of Cortona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Ordained Bishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

68.2 Died Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. † Bishop of Trapani, Italy

47.3 Ordained Bishop Pietro Tagliapietra † Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy

43.3 Appointed Antonio Tani † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

2 May 41.5 Resigned Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

41.5 Resigned Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Pomaria Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China

46.2 Selected Paul Salman † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

3 May 41.5 Appointed Alexander (Oleksandr) Stojka (Stoyka) † Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

4 May 73.1 Appointed Leon Wałęga † Titular Bishop of Tlos Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

73.1 Resigned Leon Wałęga † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

5 May 26.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Born John Jerome Cunneen † Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

6 May 80.4 Died Georg Schmid von Grüneck † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

58.1 Succeeded Laurenz Matthias Vincenz † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

Born Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane † Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

7 May 65.2 Died Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese † Bishop of Aosta, Italy

48.9 Appointed Evasio Colli † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

8 May 44.0 Installed Carlo Agostini † Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

25.9 Ordained Priest Kazimirs Dulbinskis † Priest of Riga, Latvia Auxiliary Bishop

62.1 Died Augusto Klinke Leier † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile Apostolic Administrator

Born Justo Mullor García † President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

66.8 Died Cornelius Van de Ven † Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

24.0 Ordained Priest Valerians Zondaks † Priest of Riga, Latvia Auxiliary Bishop

9 May Born Gilbert Espinosa Chávez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

Born Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

11 May Born Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic

12 May 64.2 Died Remig Sándor Bárdos, O.S.B. † Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary

Born Jean-Marie Kélétigui † Bishop Emeritus of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire

45.5 Appointed Francesco Niccoli † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

13 May 55.4 Appointed Joseph Edward McCarthy † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

51.3 Appointed James Augustine McFadden † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

51.3 Appointed James Augustine McFadden † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

52.7 Appointed John Francis McNulty † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

60.8 Appointed John Bertram Peterson † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

14 May 27.8 Ordained Priest Alden John Bell † Priest of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA

53.1 Appointed Umberto Rossi † Bishop of Asti, Italy

15 May 59.3 Resigned Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

25.8 Ordained Priest Francis Joseph Green † Priest of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Calliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar Prefect Emeritus

43.3 Ordained Bishop Dionisio Habib Naassani † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

32.0 Ordained Bishop Agustín Rodríguez † Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay Bishop of Paraguay, Military

47.6 Ordained Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. † Bishop of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

48.6 Ordained Bishop George Weld, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Mallus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

16 May Born Antonio Racelis Rañola Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

17 May 51.3 Elected Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. † Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

Born Miloslav Vlk † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

18 May Appointed Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. † Prefect of Purwokerto, Indonesia

20 May 57.7 Appointed Gabriel Brunhes † Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

21 May 25.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Peter Michael Denning † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22.1 Ordained Priest Francisco Maria da Silva † Priest Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

60.1 Appointed Conrad Gröber † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

25.7 Ordained Priest Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)

28.6 Ordained Priest Alfred Bertram Leverman † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

25.6 Ordained Priest Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

23.9 Ordained Priest Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile

22 May 24.3 Ordained Priest Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict President Emeritus

30.0 Ordained Priest Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Prefect Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

58.1 Ordained Bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

27.0 Ordained Priest Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India

24 May 51.8 Appointed Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China

51.8 Appointed Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Szepingkai [Siping], China Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China

49.5 Died Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

Born José Lorenzo Sartori † Bishop Emeritus of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

54.3 Appointed Peter Tcheng Ngnou-tang (Cheng Yutang) † Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China

26 May 22.7 Ordained Priest Raffaele Macario † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Matteo Guido Sperandeo † Priest of Nola, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy

45.1 Died Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang † Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China

27 May 48.6 Appointed Jacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. † Prefect of Bandung, Indonesia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia

28 May Born Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria

29 May 34.2 Appointed Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania Abbot Emeritus

40.3 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Aspendus Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China

38.6 Ordained Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

30 May 25.6 Professed Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

31 May Born Jan Bagiński † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland

1 Jun 50.4 Appointed Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. † Prefect of Hwangchow, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China

69.0 Died Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

3 Jun 82.4 Died Michel-Thomas Labrecque † Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

43.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Tani † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

4 Jun 24.8 Ordained Priest James Thomas O’Dowd † Priest of San Francisco, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop

35.1 Appointed Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. † Prefect of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China

5 Jun 50.1 Ordained Bishop Leopoldo Buteler † Titular Bishop of Tinum Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina

52.5 Appointed Dionysios Kfoury † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus

46.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Salman † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

6 Jun 64.3 Resigned Bernard Cornelius O’Riley † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

10 Jun 50.0 Appointed Peter Joseph Monahan † Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

56.7 Appointed Edward Myers † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Coadjutor Archbishop

56.7 Appointed Edward Myers † Titular Bishop of Lamus Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

34.8 Appointed Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. † Prefect of Changtien, China Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

11 Jun 51.3 Appointed Georges Calavassy † Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

23.8 Ordained Priest Robert Joseph Dwyer † Priest of Salt Lake, Utah, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

Born Victor Gil Lechoza † Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

41.3 Appointed Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Ordained Bishop John Francis McNulty † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

49.7 Appointed Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) † Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

43.3 Appointed Denis Leonid Varouhas † Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey

43.3 Appointed Denis Leonid Varouhas † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey

12 Jun 29.2 Ordained Priest Teodor Bensch † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

25.4 Ordained Priest Jan Czerniak † Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

Born James Robert Hoffman † Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA

22.7 Ordained Priest Robert Emmet Tracy † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

14 Jun 59.3 Appointed Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam

59.3 Appointed Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cotenna Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam

Born Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † Prelate of Opus Dei

58.1 Appointed Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Tatungfu, China Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China

58.1 Appointed Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China

53.5 Appointed Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Turuzi Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

53.5 Appointed Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

Born Henri Schwery † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

59.6 Appointed John Tchang † Prefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China

38.7 Appointed Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

38.7 Appointed Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Zapara Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

15 Jun Born Paschal Topno, S.J. Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

16 Jun 87.0 Died Juan Agustín Boneo † Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

Born Elden Francis Curtiss Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

18 Jun Born Jan Stefan Gałecki † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

19 Jun 25.6 Ordained Priest Piotr Dudziec † Priest of Płock, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

48.7 Ordained Bishop John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Uzippari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

20 Jun 60.2 Installed Conrad Gröber † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

84.5 Died Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

21 Jun 50.5 Appointed Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Friedrich Ostermann † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

22 Jun 23.7 Ordained Priest Herbert Bednorz † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

24 Jun 46.7 Appointed Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. † Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Teramo e Atri, Italy

44.3 Appointed Demetrio Moscato † Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

48.9 Appointed Umberto Ugliengo † Bishop of Susa, Italy

25 Jun Born Patrick Fani Chakaipa † Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

26 Jun 52.6 Ordained Bishop Nicola Colangelo † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Bishop of Nardò, Italy

21.2 Professed Petro Kozak, C.SS.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

24.0 Ordained Priest Louis Lévesque † Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

45.6 Ordained Bishop Francesco Niccoli † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

Born Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela

24.4 Ordained Priest Josip Salač † Priest of Zagreb, Croatia Auxiliary Bishop

27 Jun 58.5 Appointed Domenico Dell’Aquila † Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

58.5 Appointed Domenico Dell’Aquila † Titular Bishop of Lystra Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

28 Jun Born George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

65.4 Died Paolo Carlo Perini, S.J. † Bishop of Calicut, India

29 Jun 24.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Brustia † Priest of Novara, Italy Bishop of Mondovi, Italy

24.2 Ordained Priest Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France

Born Boutros Edmond Gemayel † Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)

23.9 Ordained Priest Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Prior General Emeritus

26.9 Ordained Priest Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

32.5 Ordained Priest Basile Pierre Charles Habra † Priest of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Clarence George Issenmann † Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Marc-Armand Lallier † Priest of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

25.1 Ordained Priest Jean Émile André Marie Maury † Priest of Agen, France Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

28.9 Ordained Priest Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † Priest of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France

62.6 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Pasquel Monge † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

22.9 Ordained Priest Maurice René Quéguiner, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Superior General Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

49.6 Ordained Bishop Beniamino Ubaldi † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

25.5 Ordained Priest Léo Völker, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Superior General Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	59.9	Ceased	Elia Dalla Costa †	Apostolic Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
1 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
64.2	Died	Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
68.2	Died	Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Tagliapietra †	Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
43.3	Appointed	Antonio Tani †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
2 May	41.5	Resigned	Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
41.5	Resigned	Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China
46.2	Selected	Paul Salman †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
3 May	41.5	Appointed	Alexander (Oleksandr) Stojka (Stoyka) †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
4 May	73.1	Appointed	Leon Wałęga †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
73.1	Resigned	Leon Wałęga †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
	Born	John Jerome Cunneen †		Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
6 May	80.4	Died	Georg Schmid von Grüneck †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
58.1	Succeeded	Laurenz Matthias Vincenz †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
	Born	Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane †		Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
7 May	65.2	Died	Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
48.9	Appointed	Evasio Colli †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
8 May	44.0	Installed	Carlo Agostini †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Kazimirs Dulbinskis †	Priest of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop
62.1	Died	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile	Apostolic Administrator
	Born	Justo Mullor García †		President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
66.8	Died	Cornelius Van de Ven †	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
24.0	Ordained Priest	Valerians Zondaks †	Priest of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop
9 May		Born	Gilbert Espinosa Chávez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
	Born	Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
11 May		Born	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
12 May	64.2	Died	Remig Sándor Bárdos, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
	Born	Jean-Marie Kélétigui †		Bishop Emeritus of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire
45.5	Appointed	Francesco Niccoli †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
13 May	55.4	Appointed	Joseph Edward McCarthy †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
51.3	Appointed	James Augustine McFadden †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
51.3	Appointed	James Augustine McFadden †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
52.7	Appointed	John Francis McNulty †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
60.8	Appointed	John Bertram Peterson †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
14 May	27.8	Ordained Priest	Alden John Bell †	Priest of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
53.1	Appointed	Umberto Rossi †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
15 May	59.3	Resigned	Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
25.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Joseph Green †	Priest of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Calliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
32.0	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Rodríguez †	Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
48.6	Ordained Bishop	George Weld, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
16 May		Born	Antonio Racelis Rañola		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
17 May	51.3	Elected	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
	Born	Miloslav Vlk †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
18 May		Appointed	Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Purwokerto, Indonesia
20 May	57.7	Appointed	Gabriel Brunhes †	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
21 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Priest	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
60.1	Appointed	Conrad Gröber †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
25.7	Ordained Priest	Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)
28.6	Ordained Priest	Alfred Bertram Leverman †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
25.6	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile
22 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	President Emeritus
30.0	Ordained Priest	Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Prefect Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Laurenz Matthias Vincenz †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
27.0	Ordained Priest	Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India
24 May	51.8	Appointed	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China
51.8	Appointed	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Szepingkai [Siping], China	Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China
49.5	Died	Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
	Born	José Lorenzo Sartori †		Bishop Emeritus of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
54.3	Appointed	Peter Tcheng Ngnou-tang (Cheng Yutang) †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China
26 May	22.7	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Macario †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Priest of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
45.1	Died	Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
27 May	48.6	Appointed	Jacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. †	Prefect of Bandung, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia
28 May		Born	Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
29 May	34.2	Appointed	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
30 May	25.6	Professed	Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
31 May		Born	Jan Bagiński †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
1 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Hwangchow, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China
69.0	Died	Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
3 Jun	82.4	Died	Michel-Thomas Labrecque †	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tani †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jun	24.8	Ordained Priest	James Thomas O’Dowd †	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
35.1	Appointed	Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
5 Jun	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Buteler †	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina
52.5	Appointed	Dionysios Kfoury †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Salman †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
6 Jun	64.3	Resigned	Bernard Cornelius O’Riley †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
10 Jun	50.0	Appointed	Peter Joseph Monahan †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
56.7	Appointed	Edward Myers †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Coadjutor Archbishop
56.7	Appointed	Edward Myers †	Titular Bishop of Lamus	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
34.8	Appointed	Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Changtien, China	Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
11 Jun	51.3	Appointed	Georges Calavassy †	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
23.8	Ordained Priest	Robert Joseph Dwyer †	Priest of Salt Lake, Utah, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
	Born	Victor Gil Lechoza †		Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
41.3	Appointed	Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Ordained Bishop	John Francis McNulty †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
49.7	Appointed	Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) †	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
43.3	Appointed	Denis Leonid Varouhas †	Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
43.3	Appointed	Denis Leonid Varouhas †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
12 Jun	29.2	Ordained Priest	Teodor Bensch †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
25.4	Ordained Priest	Jan Czerniak †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	Born	James Robert Hoffman †		Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
22.7	Ordained Priest	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
14 Jun	59.3	Appointed	Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
59.3	Appointed	Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cotenna	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
	Born	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †		Prelate of Opus Dei
58.1	Appointed	Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tatungfu, China	Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
58.1	Appointed	Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
53.5	Appointed	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
53.5	Appointed	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
	Born	Henri Schwery †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
59.6	Appointed	John Tchang †	Prefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
38.7	Appointed	Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China	Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
38.7	Appointed	Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Paschal Topno, S.J.		Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
16 Jun	87.0	Died	Juan Agustín Boneo †	Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	Born	Elden Francis Curtiss		Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
18 Jun		Born	Jan Stefan Gałecki †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
19 Jun	25.6	Ordained Priest	Piotr Dudziec †	Priest of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
48.7	Ordained Bishop	John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Uzippari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
20 Jun	60.2	Installed	Conrad Gröber †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
84.5	Died	Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
21 Jun	50.5	Appointed	Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Friedrich Ostermann †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
22 Jun	23.7	Ordained Priest	Herbert Bednorz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
24 Jun	46.7	Appointed	Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo e Atri, Italy
44.3	Appointed	Demetrio Moscato †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
48.9	Appointed	Umberto Ugliengo †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
25 Jun		Born	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †		Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
26 Jun	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Colangelo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
21.2	Professed	Petro Kozak, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24.0	Ordained Priest	Louis Lévesque †	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Niccoli †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	Born	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales		Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
24.4	Ordained Priest	Josip Salač †	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop
27 Jun	58.5	Appointed	Domenico Dell’Aquila †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
58.5	Appointed	Domenico Dell’Aquila †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
28 Jun		Born	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
65.4	Died	Paolo Carlo Perini, S.J. †	Bishop of Calicut, India
29 Jun	24.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Brustia †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
24.2	Ordained Priest	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †	Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
	Born	Boutros Edmond Gemayel †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
23.9	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
26.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
32.5	Ordained Priest	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Priest of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Clarence George Issenmann †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
25.1	Ordained Priest	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Priest of Agen, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
28.9	Ordained Priest	Louis Marie Henri Mazerat †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
62.6	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Pasquel Monge †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
22.9	Ordained Priest	Maurice René Quéguiner, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Superior General Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Ubaldi †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
25.5	Ordained Priest	Léo Völker, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General Emeritus

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