The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 May 46.4 Appointed Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado † Coadjutor Bishop of Piura, Peru Archbishop of Piura, Peru

46.4 Appointed Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado † Titular Bishop of Boseta Archbishop of Piura, Peru

18.3 Solemn Vows Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

4 May 46.8 Installed Valentino Vailati † Bishop of San Severo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy

5 May 53.3 Resigned Francisco Espino Porras † Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

43.0 Appointed Gerald Francis O’Keefe † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

43.0 Appointed Gerald Francis O’Keefe † Titular Bishop of Candyba Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

6 May 30.9 Ordained Priest Fernando Claudio Gamalero González † Priest Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala

Born Ranko Vidović Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

7 May 79.5 Died José María Eguino y Trecu † Bishop of Santander, Spain

25.5 Ordained Priest Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph O’Brien † Priest of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

8 May 48.3 Died Bernard Manyurane † Bishop-Elect of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

Born José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C. Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

9 May Born Nicolò Anselmi Bishop of Rimini, Italy

10 May 25.5 Ordained Priest John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai † Priest of Rajaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand

Born Vlastimil Kročil Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

Born Joseph Ndembu Mbatia Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya

13 May 42.2 Appointed Calogero Lauricella † Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

42.2 Appointed Calogero Lauricella † Titular Bishop of Sela Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

27.3 Ordained Priest Robert Patrick Maginnis † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Peter Michael Muhich † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

50.2 Died José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. † Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru

49.6 Died Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon

82.5 Died Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. † Prelate Emeritus of Jataí, Brazil

14 May 44.3 Ordained Bishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Olbia Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

19.7 Professed José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. † Member of Augustinians of the Assumption Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

24.9 Ordained Priest Piotr Krupa † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland

41.2 Ordained Bishop Carlos Quintero Arce † Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

53.6 Appointed Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

15 May 52.0 Died Cletus Joseph Benjamin † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

21.0 Perpetual Vows Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

Born Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

58.9 Died Francesco Pieri † Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

58.0 Appointed Francesco Ricceri † Bishop of Trapani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

16 May 21.7 Professed Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India

45.4 Appointed Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

48.6 Appointed Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. † Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

17 May Born Tomé Ferreira da Silva Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

18 May 39.8 Ordained Bishop Peter Dubovský, S.J. † Bishop Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

55.1 Ordained Bishop Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

19 May Born Celestino Ocampo Gaona Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay

20 May 50.2 Appointed Jolando Nuzzi † Bishop of Campagna, Italy Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

Born Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala

23.8 Ordained Priest Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † Priest of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 May 23.2 Ordained Priest Roman Andrzejewski † Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop

42.1 Ordained Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Niamey, Niger Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

48.9 Ordained Bishop Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

38.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang), O.P. † Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

40.2 Ordained Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia

40.0 Ordained Bishop Caesar Gatimu † Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya

49.0 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

44.7 Ordained Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes † Titular Bishop of Parlais Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

51.1 Ordained Bishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † Archbishop of Ranchi, India Archbishop Emeritus

29.5 Ordained Priest Bernard Francis Law † Priest of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

50.3 Ordained Bishop Stanislaus Lokuang † Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

24.7 Ordained Priest James Moriarty † Priest of Dublin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

57.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. † Bishop of Prome, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Ordained Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Balbura Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

33.8 Ordained Bishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. † Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Ordained Bishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

50.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Pao Zin Tou (Tou Pao-zin) † Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

22 May 44.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

39.3 Appointed José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

51.3 Appointed José Salazar López † Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

51.3 Appointed José Salazar López † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

53.7 Appointed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Ordained Bishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Numida Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil

23 May 45.4 Died Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

24 May 49.6 Appointed Joseph Howard Hodges † Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

55.8 Appointed Antonio Oña de Echave † Bishop of Lugo, Spain Bishop Emeritus

25 May 37.1 Appointed Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho † Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Solemn Vows Guido Plante, P.M.E. † Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras

27 May 23.9 Ordained Priest Félix del Blanco Prieto † Priest of León, Spain Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

24.6 Ordained Priest Roger Ébacher Priest of Amos, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Gatineau, Québec, Canada

24.5 Ordained Priest Maurizio Galli † Priest of Cremona, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy

24.9 Ordained Priest André Gaumond † Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

24.4 Ordained Priest Stanisław Napierała Priest of Poznań, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland

23.6 Ordained Priest Stefan Siczek † Priest of Radom, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

25.9 Ordained Priest John Mortimer Fourette Smith † Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

25.8 Ordained Priest Anthony Frederick Tonnos Priest of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

24.3 Ordained Priest Piergiuseppe Vacchelli Priest of Cremona, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

24.0 Ordained Priest Neil E. Willard † Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop

28 May 57.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Almici † Titular Bishop of Arcadia Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Miguel González Ibarra † Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

42.5 Ordained Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Bishop of Girardot, Colombia Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

25.4 Ordained Deacon Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể † Deacon of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Priest Egidio Nkaijanabwo Priest of Fort Portal, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Kasese, Uganda

28.1 Ordained Priest Mariano Vivanco Valiente † Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

29 May 41.3 Appointed Pedro Bantigue y Natividad † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines

41.3 Appointed Pedro Bantigue y Natividad † Titular Bishop of Catula Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines

31 May 17.3 Entered Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru

40.5 Appointed Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Titular Bishop of Phelbes Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

40.5 Appointed Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

40.5 Resigned Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

55.5 Ordained Bishop George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. † Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

39.2 Appointed Gaetano Michetti † Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

39.2 Appointed Gaetano Michetti † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 May	46.4	Appointed	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Coadjutor Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
46.4	Appointed	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
18.3	Solemn Vows	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
4 May	46.8	Installed	Valentino Vailati †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
5 May	53.3	Resigned	Francisco Espino Porras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.0	Appointed	Gerald Francis O’Keefe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
43.0	Appointed	Gerald Francis O’Keefe †	Titular Bishop of Candyba	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
6 May	30.9	Ordained Priest	Fernando Claudio Gamalero González †	Priest	Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala
	Born	Ranko Vidović		Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
7 May	79.5	Died	José María Eguino y Trecu †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
25.5	Ordained Priest	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph O’Brien †	Priest of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
8 May	48.3	Died	Bernard Manyurane †	Bishop-Elect of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
	Born	José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.		Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
9 May		Born	Nicolò Anselmi		Bishop of Rimini, Italy
10 May	25.5	Ordained Priest	John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai †	Priest of Rajaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
	Born	Vlastimil Kročil		Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
	Born	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia		Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
13 May	42.2	Appointed	Calogero Lauricella †	Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
42.2	Appointed	Calogero Lauricella †	Titular Bishop of Sela	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
27.3	Ordained Priest	Robert Patrick Maginnis †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Peter Michael Muhich †		Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
50.2	Died	José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
49.6	Died	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
82.5	Died	Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. †	Prelate Emeritus of Jataí, Brazil
14 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Olbia	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
19.7	Professed	José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
24.9	Ordained Priest	Piotr Krupa †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
53.6	Appointed	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 May	52.0	Died	Cletus Joseph Benjamin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21.0	Perpetual Vows	Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	Born	Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
58.9	Died	Francesco Pieri †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
58.0	Appointed	Francesco Ricceri †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 May	21.7	Professed	Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I.	Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India
45.4	Appointed	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
48.6	Appointed	Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
17 May		Born	Tomé Ferreira da Silva		Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 May	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
19 May		Born	Celestino Ocampo Gaona		Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay
20 May	50.2	Appointed	Jolando Nuzzi †	Bishop of Campagna, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
	Born	Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
23.8	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś †	Priest of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 May	23.2	Ordained Priest	Roman Andrzejewski †	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Niamey, Niger	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang), O.P. †	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Caesar Gatimu †	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
49.0	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
44.7	Ordained Bishop	William Zephyrine Gomes †	Titular Bishop of Parlais	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Pius Kerketta, S.J. †	Archbishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
29.5	Ordained Priest	Bernard Francis Law †	Priest of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaus Lokuang †	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
24.7	Ordained Priest	James Moriarty †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Balbura	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
33.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Pao Zin Tou (Tou Pao-zin) †	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
22 May	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
51.3	Appointed	José Salazar López †	Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
51.3	Appointed	José Salazar López †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
53.7	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Cornélio Veerman, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
23 May	45.4	Died	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
24 May	49.6	Appointed	Joseph Howard Hodges †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
55.8	Appointed	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
25 May	37.1	Appointed	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Solemn Vows	Guido Plante, P.M.E. †	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
27 May	23.9	Ordained Priest	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Priest of León, Spain	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
24.6	Ordained Priest	Roger Ébacher	Priest of Amos, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
24.5	Ordained Priest	Maurizio Galli †	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	André Gaumond †	Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
24.4	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Napierała	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
23.6	Ordained Priest	Stefan Siczek †	Priest of Radom, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
25.9	Ordained Priest	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
25.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Frederick Tonnos	Priest of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
24.3	Ordained Priest	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
24.0	Ordained Priest	Neil E. Willard †	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
28 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Almici †	Titular Bishop of Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Miguel González Ibarra †	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Deacon of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Priest	Egidio Nkaijanabwo	Priest of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Kasese, Uganda
28.1	Ordained Priest	Mariano Vivanco Valiente †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
29 May	41.3	Appointed	Pedro Bantigue y Natividad †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
41.3	Appointed	Pedro Bantigue y Natividad †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
31 May	17.3	Entered	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru
40.5	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
40.5	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
40.5	Resigned	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
55.5	Ordained Bishop	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
39.2	Appointed	Gaetano Michetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
39.2	Appointed	Gaetano Michetti †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

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