The Year of Our Lord 1962

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 69.5 Died Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy

26.1 Ordained Priest Roger Michael Mahony Priest of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

2 May Born Atanasio Amisse Canira Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique

3 May 45.0 Died Vicente Alfredo Aducci † Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

40.0 Ordained Bishop James Joseph Komba † Titular Bishop of Thignica Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

Born Michael Arsenio Saporito Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

4 May 55.9 Appointed Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe † Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France Bishop Emeritus

5 May 55.2 Ordained Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse † Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

7 May 44.7 Appointed Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.7 Appointed Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia

8 May 53.7 Installed James Joseph Byrne † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

56.7 Elected Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M. † Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

9 May 83.3 Died Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India

10 May Born Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V. Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad

53.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † Titular Bishop of Eutyme Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

Born João Kot, O.M.I. Bishop of Zé-Doca, Maranhão, Brazil

54.9 Appointed Giuseppe Maria Sensi † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

11 May 56.2 Ordained Bishop Eduard Schick † Titular Bishop of Aradi Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

12 May Born John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. Bishop of Donkorkrom, Ghana

48.7 Appointed Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela

48.7 Appointed Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela

Born Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé † Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

47.5 Appointed Aurelio Sorrentino † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

29.1 Ordained Priest Arthur Nicholas Tafoya † Priest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

13 May 44.4 Ordained Bishop Gerardus Henricus De Vet † Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

41.3 Ordained Bishop Pedro Filipak † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

52.1 Ordained Bishop Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Oreus Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

14 May Born Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del Prado Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)

15 May 57.8 Installed Alden John Bell † Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Died Nicola Canino † Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy

Born Helmut Karl Dieser Bishop of Aachen, Germany

40.6 Appointed Jacques Landriault † Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

40.6 Appointed Jacques Landriault † Titular Bishop of Cadi Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

16 May Born Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

23.6 Solemn Vows Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India

17 May 60.0 Ordained Bishop Jules Victor Daem † Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

51.5 Appointed Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

Born Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia

Born Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela

18 May 70.6 Died Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

45.6 Appointed Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Archbishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Wilson Laus Schmidt † Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

77.7 Appointed José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. † Titular Archbishop of Nisibis Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

77.7 Retired José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Archbishop Emeritus

19 May 44.3 Appointed Warren Louis Boudreaux † Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

44.3 Appointed Warren Louis Boudreaux † Titular Bishop of Calynda Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

29.1 Ordained Priest Edward Peter Cullen, Jr. † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

26.5 Ordained Priest John Patrick Foley † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

81.5 Died Pavel Trofim Meletiev (Meletijev) † Titular Bishop of Heracleopolis Magna

24.8 Ordained Priest Miguel Pedro Mundo † Priest of Camden, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

51.0 Appointed Thomas Austin Murphy † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Thomas Austin Murphy † Titular Bishop of Appiaria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin Bishop of Villarrica, Chile

25.4 Ordained Priest Kenneth Donald Steiner Priest of Portland in Oregon, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 May 42.5 Ordained Bishop Jerzy Karol Ablewicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

72.0 Ordained Bishop Giulio Barbetta † Titular Bishop of Pharan

37.6 Ordained Bishop Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S. Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan

41.2 Ordained Bishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum † Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.3 Ordained Bishop Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Titular Bishop of Livias Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest Józef Zawitkowski † Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland

21 May 46.9 Appointed Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

46.9 Appointed Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Macri Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

72.9 Appointed João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Prelate of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus

72.9 Appointed João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Coela Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

23 May Born José Avelino Bettencourt Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun

43.0 Appointed Marco Caliaro, C.S. † Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

79.2 Appointed Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

48.8 Appointed Luigi Liverzani † Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

43.1 Appointed Myles McKeon † Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia

43.1 Appointed Myles McKeon † Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia

44.4 Appointed Owen Noel Snedden † Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

44.4 Appointed Owen Noel Snedden † Titular Bishop of Achelous Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

24 May 42.2 Appointed Victorino Alvarez Tena † Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

63.8 Appointed Ildebrando Antoniutti † Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes

43.1 Appointed Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. † Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México Prelate Emeritus

43.1 Appointed Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dusa Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México

45.9 Appointed Anselmo Zarza Bernal † Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

25 May Born Felix Femi Ajakaye Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria

Born Guillermo Eduardo Caride Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina

26 May 25.4 Ordained Priest Vital Massé Priest of Joliette, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

36.9 Ordained Bishop Luc Auguste Sangaré † Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

27.3 Ordained Priest Lawrence Harold Welsh † Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

27 May 42.5 Installed Jerzy Karol Ablewicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

50.9 Ordained Bishop Ottavio De Liva † Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia

Born César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv. Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

Born Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D. Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic

22.6 Ordained Deacon Zenon Grocholewski † Deacon of Poznań, Poland Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

Born Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

49.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Proni † Bishop of Termoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy

53.8 Ceased Corrado Ursi † Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28 May 51.6 Appointed Antonio Giuseppe Angioni † Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

51.6 Appointed Antonio Giuseppe Angioni † Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

56.3 Appointed Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

29 May 57.6 Appointed Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. † Prefect of Malakal, Sudan Prefect Emeritus

30 May 59.3 Appointed José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. † Apostolic Exarch of Brazil (Ukrainian) Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

38.4 Appointed Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Lino Zanini † Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

41.6 Appointed Francis Mansour Zayek † Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

41.6 Appointed Francis Mansour Zayek † Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

31 May 67.8 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Bontempi † Titular Bishop of Palmyra Rector

61.7 Ordained Bishop Emilio Guano † Bishop of Livorno, Italy

Born Jan Sobiło Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

41.7 Ordained Bishop Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

31.1 Ordained Priest József Tempfli † Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	69.5	Died	Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
26.1	Ordained Priest	Roger Michael Mahony	Priest of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
2 May		Born	Atanasio Amisse Canira		Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique
3 May	45.0	Died	Vicente Alfredo Aducci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
40.0	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Komba †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
	Born	Michael Arsenio Saporito		Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
4 May	55.9	Appointed	Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe †	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	55.2	Ordained Bishop	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva	Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
7 May	44.7	Appointed	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.7	Appointed	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia
8 May	53.7	Installed	James Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
56.7	Elected	Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
9 May	83.3	Died	Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
10 May		Born	Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V.		Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Titular Bishop of Eutyme	Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
	Born	João Kot, O.M.I.		Bishop of Zé-Doca, Maranhão, Brazil
54.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Sensi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
11 May	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Schick †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
12 May		Born	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.		Bishop of Donkorkrom, Ghana
48.7	Appointed	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
48.7	Appointed	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
	Born	Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé †		Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
47.5	Appointed	Aurelio Sorrentino †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
29.1	Ordained Priest	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya †	Priest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
13 May	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerardus Henricus De Vet †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Filipak †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Oreus	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
14 May		Born	Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del Prado		Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
15 May	57.8	Installed	Alden John Bell †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Died	Nicola Canino †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	Born	Helmut Karl Dieser		Bishop of Aachen, Germany
40.6	Appointed	Jacques Landriault †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
40.6	Appointed	Jacques Landriault †	Titular Bishop of Cadi	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
16 May		Born	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)		Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
23.6	Solemn Vows	Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.	Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
17 May	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Jules Victor Daem †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
51.5	Appointed	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	Born	Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
	Born	Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez		Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela
18 May	70.6	Died	Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
45.6	Appointed	Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Archbishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
77.7	Appointed	José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
77.7	Retired	José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Archbishop Emeritus
19 May	44.3	Appointed	Warren Louis Boudreaux †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
44.3	Appointed	Warren Louis Boudreaux †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
29.1	Ordained Priest	Edward Peter Cullen, Jr. †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
26.5	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Foley †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
81.5	Died	Pavel Trofim Meletiev (Meletijev) †	Titular Bishop of Heracleopolis Magna
24.8	Ordained Priest	Miguel Pedro Mundo †	Priest of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
51.0	Appointed	Thomas Austin Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Thomas Austin Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin		Bishop of Villarrica, Chile
25.4	Ordained Priest	Kenneth Donald Steiner	Priest of Portland in Oregon, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Sylvester William Treinen †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 May	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
72.0	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Barbetta †	Titular Bishop of Pharan
37.6	Ordained Bishop	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.		Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Józef Zawitkowski †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
21 May	46.9	Appointed	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
46.9	Appointed	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Macri	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
72.9	Appointed	João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil	Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus
72.9	Appointed	João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
23 May		Born	José Avelino Bettencourt		Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
43.0	Appointed	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
79.2	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
48.8	Appointed	Luigi Liverzani †	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
43.1	Appointed	Myles McKeon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
43.1	Appointed	Myles McKeon †	Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
44.4	Appointed	Owen Noel Snedden †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
44.4	Appointed	Owen Noel Snedden †	Titular Bishop of Achelous	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
24 May	42.2	Appointed	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
63.8	Appointed	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
43.1	Appointed	Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Prelate Emeritus
43.1	Appointed	Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
45.9	Appointed	Anselmo Zarza Bernal †	Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
25 May		Born	Felix Femi Ajakaye		Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria
	Born	Guillermo Eduardo Caride		Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
26 May	25.4	Ordained Priest	Vital Massé	Priest of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
36.9	Ordained Bishop	Luc Auguste Sangaré †	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
27.3	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
27 May	42.5	Installed	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio De Liva †	Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia	Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia
	Born	César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.		Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	Born	Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D.		Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
22.6	Ordained Deacon	Zenon Grocholewski †	Deacon of Poznań, Poland	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
	Born	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Proni †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
53.8	Ceased	Corrado Ursi †	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 May	51.6	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Angioni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Angioni †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
56.3	Appointed	Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	57.6	Appointed	Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Malakal, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
30 May	59.3	Appointed	José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of Brazil (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
38.4	Appointed	Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Lino Zanini †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
41.6	Appointed	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
41.6	Appointed	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
31 May	67.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Bontempi †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra	Rector
61.7	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Guano †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	Born	Jan Sobiło		Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
31.1	Ordained Priest	József Tempfli †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

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