The Year of Our Lord 1933

Bishop Events

May to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 49.3 Resigned Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. † Prefect of Swaziland Prefect Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Wilhelm Heinrich Heufers † Bishop of Münster, Germany Priest

1 May Born Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. † Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

46.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi Maria Grassi, B. † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

2 May Born Harry Joseph Flynn † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Born João Oneres Marchiori † Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

5 May 80.9 Died Bernardo de Jesús (Felipe) Arguinzoniz Astorbiza, O.C.D. † Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

66.9 Died Godric Kean † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

6 May 59.1 Died Jean Couzian, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt

Born Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

7 May 36.5 Ordained Bishop Antoine Abed † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

8 May 60.8 Died Bonaventura Cerretti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

13 May Born Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa

49.5 Appointed Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. † Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

14 May 64.0 Died Fidel María Cosío y Medina † Bishop of Puno, Peru

15 May 75.1 Died Henri-Marie Arlet † Bishop of Angoulême, France

Born Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

Born Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I. Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India

Born Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

16 May 89.1 Died Ulisse Carlo Bascherini † Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

18 May 61.8 Appointed Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

50.3 Selected Hanna Hebbé † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

50.3 Selected Hanna Hebbé † Titular Bishop of Urima Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

20 May Born Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Nuncio

56.9 Resigned Giovanni Piccioni † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy Bishop of Livorno, Italy

21 May 48.5 Ordained Bishop Filippo Bernardini † Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

27.0 Ordained Priest Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

22.5 Ordained Priest Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † Priest of Piacenza, Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

22 May 65.8 Appointed Angelo Maria Dolci † Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

58.9 Died John Francis O’Hern † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

62.1 Appointed Domenico Spolverini † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

23 May 69.1 Died Hipólito Leopoldo Agudelo † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

42.9 Appointed Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia

46.0 Appointed Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Apostolic Nuncio

46.0 Appointed Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China Apostolic Nuncio

57.1 Appointed Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Medeli Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

57.1 Appointed Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

48.9 Appointed Bartholomew Stanislaus Wilson, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

25 May Born Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. † Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil

26.6 Ordained Priest Francis Hong Yong-ho † Priest of Peng-yang, Korea (North) Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)

56.6 Installed Franciszek Lisowski † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

50.4 Ordained Bishop Francesco Pietro Tesauri † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

39.1 Ordained Bishop Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil † Bishop Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

28.6 Ordained Priest Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood † Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

26 May 53.9 Appointed Giovanni Capobianco † Auxiliary Bishop of Spoleto, Italy Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

53.9 Appointed Giovanni Capobianco † Titular Bishop of Hephaestus Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

49.5 Appointed Karol Niemira † Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Karol Niemira † Titular Bishop of Tavium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus

27 May 17.6 Professed Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

29 May 38.6 Appointed Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. † Prefect of Jubbulpore, India Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India

Born Paul Khoarai † Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho

31 May 48.5 Appointed António Valente da Fonseca † Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

59.1 Appointed João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

59.1 Resigned João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

1 Jun 48.0 Appointed Alois Karl Hudal † Titular Bishop of Aela Rector Emeritus

2 Jun 59.3 Appointed François-Louis Auvity, P.S.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges, France Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France

59.3 Appointed François-Louis Auvity, P.S.S. † Titular Bishop of Sarepta Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France

46.2 Appointed Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

48.7 Succeeded Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

69.8 Appointed Henri Streicher, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Brysis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Uganda

69.8 Resigned Henri Streicher, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Uganda Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Marciano Tinajero y Estrada † Bishop of Querétaro, México

3 Jun 24.8 Ordained Priest James Joseph Byrne † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

Appointed Félix de Kempeneer, C.M. † Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

4 Jun 45.7 Installed Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

59.0 Installed Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

Born Godfried Danneels † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

46.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. † Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

5 Jun 51.7 Ordained Bishop Ettore Baranzini † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

Born Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India

Born Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. † Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia

27.2 Ordained Priest Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

7 Jun Born Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya † Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

8 Jun Born Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

Born Placidus Pei Ronggui (Pei Yonggui), O.C.S.O. † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Luoyang [Loyang], China

9 Jun 22.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

10 Jun 23.9 Ordained Priest Francis Valentine Allen † Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

25.1 Ordained Priest Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers † Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop

31.0 Ordained Priest Basil Edward Christopher Butler, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25.2 Ordained Priest Leo Christopher Byrne † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

25.2 Ordained Priest Thomas Edward Gill † Priest of Seattle, Washington, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

24.9 Ordained Priest Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle † Priest of San Francisco, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

22.7 Ordained Priest Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Priest Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

25.2 Ordained Priest Charles Herman Helmsing † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

33.4 Ordained Priest Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo † Priest Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam

24.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Francis (Tomás Francisco) Reilly, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

24.6 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno † Priest Assessor Emeritus of the Congregation of Ceremonies

11 Jun 38.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Attipetty † Titular Archbishop of Gabula Archbishop of Verapoly, India

22.6 Ordained Priest Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

50.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Fan Heng-nfan † Titular Bishop of Paphus Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China

46.2 Installed Luigi Maria Grassi, B. † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest William Francis Kupfer, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

55.7 Ordained Bishop Matthias Li Jun-ho (Li Rongzhao, Ly Yun-ho) † Titular Bishop of Tlos Vicar Apostolic of Yachow, China

64.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng † Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

55.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Cui Shouxun (Tsui Shou-hsun, Tsoei Shou-hsün) † Titular Bishop of Tanais Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China

12 Jun Born Savarinathan Michael Augustine † Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

13 Jun 65.3 Appointed Serge Der Abrahamian † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

65.3 Appointed Serge Der Abrahamian † Titular Bishop of Cucusus Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Born Philip Pargeter Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

15 Jun 22.3 Ordained Priest Manuel de Jesus Pereira † Priest Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

16 Jun 50.5 Installed Francesco Pietro Tesauri † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

60.5 Appointed Laurence Walter Youens † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

18 Jun 44.3 Ordained Bishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. † Bishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

25.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Holland † Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

48.0 Ordained Bishop Alois Karl Hudal † Titular Bishop of Aela Rector Emeritus

62.2 Ordained Bishop Domenico Spolverini † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

23.4 Ordained Priest Henryk Strakowski † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

21 Jun 71.6 Died Nicola Maria Audino † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

22 Jun 75.7 Died Giuseppe Ballerini † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Marian Jozef Rechowicz † Priest of Lviv, Ukraine Apostolic Administrator

23 Jun 65.2 Appointed Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau † Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.2 Appointed Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau † Titular Bishop of Thabraca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

22.5 Ordained Priest Gentil Diniz Barreto † Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

48.7 Appointed Ralph Leo Hayes † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

66.4 Ordained Bishop Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Gadara Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam

Born Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil

40.3 Appointed Casimiro Magbanua Lladoc † Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

Born Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Agats, Indonesia

24 Jun Born Kevin Lawrence Rafferty † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

23.2 Ordained Priest Vittore Ugo Righi † Priest Official of the Secretariat of State

25 Jun 55.5 Appointed Antonio Giordani † Titular Bishop of Myndus Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

24.4 Ordained Priest Salvador Quezada Limón † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

26 Jun Born John Bulaitis † Apostolic Nuncio

27 Jun 56.9 Appointed Ivan Jožef Tomažič † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

28 Jun 44.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Tulana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho

Born Marcel Germain Perrier † Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

29 Jun Born Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz † Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

24.8 Ordained Priest János Bárd † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary

29.7 Ordained Priest Jean Baptiste Dieter, S.M. † Priest of Society of Mary Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

48.6 Ordained Bishop John Aloysius Duffy † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

24.2 Ordained Priest Domenico Enrici † Priest of Cuneo, Italy Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

43.0 Ordained Bishop Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia

26.0 Ordained Priest Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † Priest of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

23.8 Ordained Priest Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe † Priest of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

48.6 Ordained Bishop Jeremiah Kinane † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland

42.6 Ordained Bishop Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Bonusta Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada

25.7 Ordained Priest Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria

25.3 Ordained Priest Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa

53.3 Ordained Bishop Philip George Scher † Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA

66.3 Ordained Bishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Syene Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America

30 Jun Born José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

50.6 Appointed Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	49.3	Resigned	Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Swaziland	Prefect Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Wilhelm Heinrich Heufers †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Priest
1 May		Born	Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. †		Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maria Grassi, B. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
2 May		Born	Harry Joseph Flynn †		Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	Born	João Oneres Marchiori †		Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
5 May	80.9	Died	Bernardo de Jesús (Felipe) Arguinzoniz Astorbiza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
66.9	Died	Godric Kean †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
6 May	59.1	Died	Jean Couzian, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	Born	Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
7 May	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Abed †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
8 May	60.8	Died	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
13 May		Born	Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa
49.5	Appointed	Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
14 May	64.0	Died	Fidel María Cosío y Medina †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
15 May	75.1	Died	Henri-Marie Arlet †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	Born	Émilius Goulet, P.S.S.		Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
16 May	89.1	Died	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
18 May	61.8	Appointed	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
50.3	Selected	Hanna Hebbé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
50.3	Selected	Hanna Hebbé †	Titular Bishop of Urima	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 May		Born	Edmond Youssef Farhat †		Apostolic Nuncio
56.9	Resigned	Giovanni Piccioni †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
21 May	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Bernardini †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
27.0	Ordained Priest	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
22.5	Ordained Priest	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
22 May	65.8	Appointed	Angelo Maria Dolci †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
58.9	Died	John Francis O’Hern †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
62.1	Appointed	Domenico Spolverini †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
23 May	69.1	Died	Hipólito Leopoldo Agudelo †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
42.9	Appointed	Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
46.0	Appointed	Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Apostolic Nuncio
46.0	Appointed	Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China	Apostolic Nuncio
57.1	Appointed	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
57.1	Appointed	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
48.9	Appointed	Bartholomew Stanislaus Wilson, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
25 May		Born	Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. †		Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil
26.6	Ordained Priest	Francis Hong Yong-ho †	Priest of Peng-yang, Korea (North)	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
56.6	Installed	Franciszek Lisowski †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pietro Tesauri †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil †	Bishop	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
28.6	Ordained Priest	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
26 May	53.9	Appointed	Giovanni Capobianco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
53.9	Appointed	Giovanni Capobianco †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
49.5	Appointed	Karol Niemira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Karol Niemira †	Titular Bishop of Tavium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
27 May	17.6	Professed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
29 May	38.6	Appointed	Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Jubbulpore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
	Born	Paul Khoarai †		Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho
31 May	48.5	Appointed	António Valente da Fonseca †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
59.1	Appointed	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
59.1	Resigned	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
1 Jun	48.0	Appointed	Alois Karl Hudal †	Titular Bishop of Aela	Rector Emeritus
2 Jun	59.3	Appointed	François-Louis Auvity, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
59.3	Appointed	François-Louis Auvity, P.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
46.2	Appointed	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
48.7	Succeeded	Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
69.8	Appointed	Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Brysis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Uganda
69.8	Resigned	Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Marciano Tinajero y Estrada †	Bishop of Querétaro, México
3 Jun	24.8	Ordained Priest	James Joseph Byrne †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	Appointed	Félix de Kempeneer, C.M. †	Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Jun	45.7	Installed	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
59.0	Installed	Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	Born	Godfried Danneels †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. †	Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
5 Jun	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ettore Baranzini †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
	Born	Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India
	Born	Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †		Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
27.2	Ordained Priest	Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
7 Jun		Born	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †		Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
8 Jun		Born	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	Born	Placidus Pei Ronggui (Pei Yonggui), O.C.S.O. †		Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Luoyang [Loyang], China
9 Jun	22.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Jun	23.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Valentine Allen †	Priest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
25.1	Ordained Priest	Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop
31.0	Ordained Priest	Basil Edward Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25.2	Ordained Priest	Leo Christopher Byrne †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
25.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas Edward Gill †	Priest of Seattle, Washington, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
24.9	Ordained Priest	Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
22.7	Ordained Priest	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Priest	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
25.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Herman Helmsing †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
33.4	Ordained Priest	Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo †	Priest	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
24.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis (Tomás Francisco) Reilly, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno †	Priest	Assessor Emeritus of the Congregation of Ceremonies
11 Jun	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Attipetty †	Titular Archbishop of Gabula	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
22.6	Ordained Priest	Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Fan Heng-nfan †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China
46.2	Installed	Luigi Maria Grassi, B. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Li Jun-ho (Li Rongzhao, Ly Yun-ho) †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Vicar Apostolic of Yachow, China
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Cui Shouxun (Tsui Shou-hsun, Tsoei Shou-hsün) †	Titular Bishop of Tanais	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
12 Jun		Born	Savarinathan Michael Augustine †		Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
13 Jun	65.3	Appointed	Serge Der Abrahamian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
65.3	Appointed	Serge Der Abrahamian †	Titular Bishop of Cucusus	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	Born	Philip Pargeter		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
15 Jun	22.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
16 Jun	50.5	Installed	Francesco Pietro Tesauri †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
60.5	Appointed	Laurence Walter Youens †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
18 Jun	44.3	Ordained Bishop	James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. †	Bishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
25.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Holland †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Alois Karl Hudal †	Titular Bishop of Aela	Rector Emeritus
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Spolverini †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
23.4	Ordained Priest	Henryk Strakowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
21 Jun	71.6	Died	Nicola Maria Audino †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
22 Jun	75.7	Died	Giuseppe Ballerini †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Marian Jozef Rechowicz †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Apostolic Administrator
23 Jun	65.2	Appointed	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Gentil Diniz Barreto †	Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
48.7	Appointed	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam
	Born	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
40.3	Appointed	Casimiro Magbanua Lladoc †	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
	Born	Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Agats, Indonesia
24 Jun		Born	Kevin Lawrence Rafferty †		Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
23.2	Ordained Priest	Vittore Ugo Righi †	Priest	Official of the Secretariat of State
25 Jun	55.5	Appointed	Antonio Giordani †	Titular Bishop of Myndus	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
24.4	Ordained Priest	Salvador Quezada Limón †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
26 Jun		Born	John Bulaitis †		Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jun	56.9	Appointed	Ivan Jožef Tomažič †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
28 Jun	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
	Born	Marcel Germain Perrier †		Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
29 Jun		Born	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
24.8	Ordained Priest	János Bárd †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Baptiste Dieter, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
48.6	Ordained Bishop	John Aloysius Duffy †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
24.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Enrici †	Priest of Cuneo, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Venanzio Francesco Filippini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Priest of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
23.8	Ordained Priest	Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe †	Priest of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Jeremiah Kinane †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
25.7	Ordained Priest	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
25.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Philip George Scher †	Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA
66.3	Ordained Bishop	James Anthony Walsh, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Syene	Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
30 Jun		Born	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.		Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
50.6	Appointed	Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa

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