The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 42.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

38.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton † Titular Bishop of Ululi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

58.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Jadot † Titular Archbishop of Zuri Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

48.1 Ordained Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Titular Bishop of Timidana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

2 May 54.5 Appointed William Donald Borders † Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

49.6 Appointed Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

49.6 Appointed Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey † Titular Bishop of Truentum Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

48.1 Appointed James William Malone † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Charles Borromeo McLaughlin † Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest George James Rassas Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 May 49.7 Appointed Karl Heinz Jacoby † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Karl Heinz Jacoby † Titular Bishop of Sulci Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

40.0 Appointed Alfred Kleinermeilert † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

40.0 Appointed Alfred Kleinermeilert † Titular Bishop of Pausulae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

4 May 79.9 Died Michael Schulien, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word

30.3 Ordained Priest Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal

5 May Born Roberto Pío Álvarez Bishop of Rawson, Argentina

51.5 Ordained Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

Born Emigdio Duarte Figueroa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Born John Saw Yaw Han Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

6 May 48.0 Appointed José de Aquino Pereira † Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † Archbishop of Rouen, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Samuel Nkuah-Boateng Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana

55.4 Succeeded André Louis Marie Pailler † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Luis Rojas Mena † Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Luis Rojas Mena † Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

7 May 85.2 Appointed Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

Born Fernando García Cadiñanos Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

62.3 Appointed Sergio Guerri † Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

8 May 49.2 Appointed Alfred Leo Abramowicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Alfred Leo Abramowicz † Titular Bishop of Pesto Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

9 May Born Antônio Fontinele de Melo Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

Born Dario Gervasi Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

Born Antônio Carlos Paiva Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

31.1 Ordained Priest Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines

11 May 57.7 Appointed Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. † Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay Prelate Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

56.6 Appointed Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. † Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

56.6 Appointed Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Buxentum Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

24.2 Ordained Priest Ernest Léger Priest of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Luigi Rovigatti † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

12 May 45.7 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Antonetti † Titular Archbishop of Rusellae Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

54.0 Ordained Bishop Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu † Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus

Born Sebastián Chico Martínez Bishop of Jaén, Spain

24.4 Ordained Priest Martin William Currie Priest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

48.5 Appointed Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

Born Vicente Ribas Prats Bishop of Ibiza, Spain

48.1 Ordained Bishop José Tomás Sánchez † Titular Bishop of Lesvi Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

13 May Born Michael Robert Kennedy Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

82.1 Died Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. † Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling, Shen-Chou], China

14 May 46.3 Ordained Bishop Austin-Emile Burke † Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

15 May Born Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador

Born Javier Herrera Corona Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

16 May 76.2 Appointed Eduard Nécsey † Titular Archbishop of Velicia Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia

17 May 18.1 First Vows Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. Member of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop Emeritus of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India

26.0 Ordained Priest William Joseph Justice Priest of San Francisco, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S. Bishop of Bunbury, Australia

18 May 26.0 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

25.3 Ordained Priest Robert William Muench Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

78.7 Died Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

52.5 Ordained Bishop Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † Bishop of Borongan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay

43.9 Appointed Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay

19 May 47.8 Installed Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier † Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

42.9 Ordained Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † Titular Bishop of Burca Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

23.8 Ordained Priest Fidel Herráez Vegas Priest of Madrid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

55.2 Ordained Bishop Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufes Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

Born Maurice Muhatia Makumba Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya

43.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. † Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

50.6 Resigned Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Administrator of Calama, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

20 May 41.1 Appointed Roger-Alfred Despatie † Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

41.1 Appointed Roger-Alfred Despatie † Titular Bishop of Usinaza Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

Born Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

49.9 Appointed Jorge Manuel López † Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Jorge Manuel López † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

80.5 Died Adam Sawicki † Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania

21 May Born Abel Cahiles Apigo Bishop of Mati, Philippines

22 May 56.5 Installed Paul Grégoire † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

23 May 85.3 Died Gaudenzio Binaschi † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy

27.6 Ordained Priest Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Lubbock, Texas, USA

47.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

24 May 58.1 Appointed Bruno Desrochers † Titular Bishop of Zaba Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

58.1 Resigned Bruno Desrochers † Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Thomas Andrew Donnellan † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

64.3 Appointed Clarence Edward Elwell † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Born Roberto Farinella Bishop of Biella, Italy

70.8 Died Henryk Grzondziel † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

25 May 26.4 Ordained Priest Martin John Amos Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

56.3 Appointed John A. Choi Jae-seon † Apostolic Administrator of Masan, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

25.1 Ordained Priest Frederick Bernard Henry † Priest of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

23.9 Ordained Priest Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. Priest of Amos, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops

28.2 Ordained Priest John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Born Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

26 May 45.1 Installed Blas Victorio Conrero † Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

85.7 Died Mate Garković † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

Born Georges Masri Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

28 May 62.1 Appointed Alois Brems † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany Bishop Emeritus

40.2 Appointed Friedrich Wetter Bishop of Speyer, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

29 May 44.4 Ordained Bishop Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

45.7 Ordained Bishop Serafín Vásquez Elizalde † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

31 May Born Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

47.3 Appointed Henri Lugagne-Delpon † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
38.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Titular Bishop of Ululi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Jadot †	Titular Archbishop of Zuri	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Titular Bishop of Timidana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
2 May	54.5	Appointed	William Donald Borders †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
49.6	Appointed	Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
49.6	Appointed	Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †	Titular Bishop of Truentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
48.1	Appointed	James William Malone †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin †	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	George James Rassas	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 May	49.7	Appointed	Karl Heinz Jacoby †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Karl Heinz Jacoby †	Titular Bishop of Sulci	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
40.0	Appointed	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
40.0	Appointed	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Titular Bishop of Pausulae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
4 May	79.9	Died	Michael Schulien, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
30.3	Ordained Priest	Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal
5 May		Born	Roberto Pío Álvarez		Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Servílio Conti, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
	Born	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	Born	John Saw Yaw Han		Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
6 May	48.0	Appointed	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Samuel Nkuah-Boateng		Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
55.4	Succeeded	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Luis Rojas Mena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Luis Rojas Mena †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
7 May	85.2	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	Born	Fernando García Cadiñanos		Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
62.3	Appointed	Sergio Guerri †	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
8 May	49.2	Appointed	Alfred Leo Abramowicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Alfred Leo Abramowicz †	Titular Bishop of Pesto	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 May		Born	Antônio Fontinele de Melo		Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
	Born	Dario Gervasi		Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	Born	Antônio Carlos Paiva		Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31.1	Ordained Priest	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
11 May	57.7	Appointed	Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †	Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum	Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
56.6	Appointed	Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
56.6	Appointed	Franciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
24.2	Ordained Priest	Ernest Léger	Priest of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
12 May	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Sebastián Chico Martínez		Bishop of Jaén, Spain
24.4	Ordained Priest	Martin William Currie	Priest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
48.5	Appointed	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	Born	Vicente Ribas Prats		Bishop of Ibiza, Spain
48.1	Ordained Bishop	José Tomás Sánchez †	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
13 May		Born	Michael Robert Kennedy		Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
82.1	Died	Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †	Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling, Shen-Chou], China
14 May	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Austin-Emile Burke †	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
15 May		Born	Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador
	Born	Javier Herrera Corona		Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
16 May	76.2	Appointed	Eduard Nécsey †	Titular Archbishop of Velicia	Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia
17 May	18.1	First Vows	Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S.	Member of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
26.0	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Justice	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S.		Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
18 May	26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
25.3	Ordained Priest	Robert William Muench	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
78.7	Died	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
43.9	Appointed	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
19 May	47.8	Installed	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
23.8	Ordained Priest	Fidel Herráez Vegas	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	Born	Maurice Muhatia Makumba		Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
50.6	Resigned	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Administrator of Calama, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
20 May	41.1	Appointed	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
41.1	Appointed	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.		Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
49.9	Appointed	Jorge Manuel López †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Jorge Manuel López †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
80.5	Died	Adam Sawicki †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
21 May		Born	Abel Cahiles Apigo		Bishop of Mati, Philippines
22 May	56.5	Installed	Paul Grégoire †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 May	85.3	Died	Gaudenzio Binaschi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
27.6	Ordained Priest	Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Lubbock, Texas, USA
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
24 May	58.1	Appointed	Bruno Desrochers †	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
58.1	Resigned	Bruno Desrochers †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Thomas Andrew Donnellan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
64.3	Appointed	Clarence Edward Elwell †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Born	Roberto Farinella		Bishop of Biella, Italy
70.8	Died	Henryk Grzondziel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
25 May	26.4	Ordained Priest	Martin John Amos	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
56.3	Appointed	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Apostolic Administrator of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
25.1	Ordained Priest	Frederick Bernard Henry †	Priest of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
23.9	Ordained Priest	Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S.	Priest of Amos, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
28.2	Ordained Priest	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
	Born	Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez		Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
26 May	45.1	Installed	Blas Victorio Conrero †	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
85.7	Died	Mate Garković †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	Born	Georges Masri		Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 May	62.1	Appointed	Alois Brems †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
40.2	Appointed	Friedrich Wetter	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
29 May	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Serafín Vásquez Elizalde †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
31 May		Born	Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro		Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
47.3	Appointed	Henri Lugagne-Delpon †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

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