The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 56.6 Resigned Paolo Mosconi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio

1 May 75.0 Retired Matthew Beovich † Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

25.5 Ordained Priest Paul Joseph Bradley Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

50.3 Succeeded James William Gleeson † Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

40.4 Succeeded Ronald Austin Mulkearns † Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Retired James Patrick O’Collins † Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

2 May 55.2 Ordained Bishop Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ammoniace Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

52.9 Ordained Bishop Pavao Žanić † Titular Bishop of Edistiana Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

4 May 48.7 Appointed Thomas Joseph Connolly † Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Arturo Lona Reyes † Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla † Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla † Titular Bishop of Columnata Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

5 May 43.8 Appointed Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 May 55.3 Died Luigi Maffeo † Archbishop of Italy, Military

8 May 41.9 Ordained Bishop José Gea Escolano † Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

55.3 Ordained Bishop Jesús Pla Gandía † Titular Bishop of Bareta Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

65.5 Appointed Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † Titular Archbishop of Dionysiopolis Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

65.5 Appointed Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

25.3 Ordained Priest Donald Joseph Thériault Priest of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Canada, Military

10 May 82.4 Retired Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

45.9 Appointed Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

42.9 Appointed António Ribeiro † Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

46.9 Appointed Joseph Jean Marie Rozier † Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France Bishop of Poitiers, France

46.9 Appointed Joseph Jean Marie Rozier † Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia Bishop of Poitiers, France

11 May 54.9 Appointed Joseph Jacob Abiad † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

71.2 Resigned George Alapatt † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

67.0 Resigned Léo Blais † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

12 May 25.4 Ordained Priest John Raymond Manz † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

14 May 44.3 Appointed Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera † Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

15 May 27.6 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph Bransfield Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

61.4 Appointed Jean Jadot † Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

61.4 Appointed Jean Jadot † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

61.4 Appointed Jean Jadot † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

25.0 Ordained Priest George Arthur Sheltz † Priest of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 May 75.6 Died Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Mansa, Zambia

18 May 40.0 Appointed Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J. Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil

46.3 Appointed Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil

45.2 Appointed Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Prelate of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

45.2 Appointed Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

19 May 55.4 Died Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

57.2 Ordained Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Ferentium Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

20 May 24.4 Ordained Priest Gregorio Martínez Sacristán † Priest of Madrid, Spain Bishop of Zamora, Spain

46.8 Ordained Bishop Jakob Mayr † Titular Bishop of Agbia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

Born Franklin Raymond Schuster Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

21 May 25.9 Ordained Priest Christie Albert Macaluso Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22 May 26.6 Ordained Priest Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

23 May 50.8 Ordained Bishop Constantino Amstalden † Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.0 Ordained Bishop François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Chimaera Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

25.1 Ordained Priest Christo Proykov Priest of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

24 May 74.5 Retired John Baptist Franz † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

67.5 Appointed Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Edward William O’Rourke † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Resigned Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

25 May 68.0 Resigned Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. † Prelate of Caravelí, Peru Prelate Emeritus

41.0 Ordained Bishop Basil Harry Losten † Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA

52.8 Ordained Bishop John Stock † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

27 May 50.5 Appointed Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Bohdan John Danylo Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA

48.1 Appointed Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

48.1 Appointed Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

52.6 Installed John Joseph Fitzpatrick † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed João Aloysio Hoffmann † Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Bruno Maldaner † Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

34.9 Incardinated Girônimo Zanandréa † Priest of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

29 May 25.7 Ordained Priest Raymond Francis Chappetto Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Priest Octavio Cisneros Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

30.0 Ordained Priest Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay

25.0 Ordained Priest André Gazaille Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

26.2 Ordained Priest Edward Michael Grosz Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Ordained Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Iomnium Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

55.4 Appointed Carlo Minchiatti † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

58.4 Appointed Domenico Picchinenna † Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Domenico Picchinenna † Titular Archbishop of Beroea Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Michael John Sheridan † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

26.1 Ordained Priest Dennis Joseph Sullivan Priest of New York, New York, USA Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

30 May 41.0 Ordained Bishop Pius Suh Awa † Titular Bishop of Auzegera Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

65.6 Ordained Bishop Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. † Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

49.2 Ordained Bishop Noël Kokora-Tekry † Bishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

39.2 Ordained Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi † Titular Bishop of Fallaba Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

67.3 Died Casimiro Morcillo González † Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

42.4 Ordained Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe † Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

Born Vincent Nellaiparambil Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India

62.3 Died Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

31 May 41.5 Appointed John (Jack) Brewer † Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

41.5 Appointed John (Jack) Brewer † Titular Bishop of Britonia Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

32.1 Ordained Priest Peter Fernando † Priest of Tuticorin, India Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

52.3 Appointed Ernst Gutting † Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Ernst Gutting † Titular Bishop of Sufar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany

50.8 Appointed Eduardo Picher Peña † Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military

Born Christian Würtz Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	56.6	Resigned	Paolo Mosconi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio
1 May	75.0	Retired	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
25.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Bradley	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
50.3	Succeeded	James William Gleeson †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
40.4	Succeeded	Ronald Austin Mulkearns †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Retired	James Patrick O’Collins †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Pavao Žanić †	Titular Bishop of Edistiana	Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 May	48.7	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Connolly †	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Arturo Lona Reyes †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
5 May	43.8	Appointed	Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 May	55.3	Died	Luigi Maffeo †	Archbishop of Italy, Military
8 May	41.9	Ordained Bishop	José Gea Escolano †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
65.5	Appointed	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	Titular Archbishop of Dionysiopolis	Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
65.5	Appointed	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq	Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
25.3	Ordained Priest	Donald Joseph Thériault	Priest of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Canada, Military
10 May	82.4	Retired	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
45.9	Appointed	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
42.9	Appointed	António Ribeiro †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
46.9	Appointed	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop of Poitiers, France
46.9	Appointed	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Bishop of Poitiers, France
11 May	54.9	Appointed	Joseph Jacob Abiad †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
71.2	Resigned	George Alapatt †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
67.0	Resigned	Léo Blais †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
12 May	25.4	Ordained Priest	John Raymond Manz †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 May	44.3	Appointed	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
15 May	27.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Bransfield	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
61.4	Appointed	Jean Jadot †	Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
61.4	Appointed	Jean Jadot †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
61.4	Appointed	Jean Jadot †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
25.0	Ordained Priest	George Arthur Sheltz †	Priest of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 May	75.6	Died	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop of Mansa, Zambia
18 May	40.0	Appointed	Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J.	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
46.3	Appointed	Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
45.2	Appointed	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
45.2	Appointed	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
19 May	55.4	Died	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ferentium	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
20 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Martínez Sacristán †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Mayr †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
	Born	Franklin Raymond Schuster		Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
21 May	25.9	Ordained Priest	Christie Albert Macaluso	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 May	26.6	Ordained Priest	Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
23 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Constantino Amstalden †	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.0	Ordained Bishop	François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Chimaera	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
25.1	Ordained Priest	Christo Proykov	Priest of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
24 May	74.5	Retired	John Baptist Franz †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
67.5	Appointed	Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Edward William O’Rourke †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Resigned	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena	Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
25 May	68.0	Resigned	Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. †	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Basil Harry Losten †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
52.8	Ordained Bishop	John Stock †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
27 May	50.5	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Bohdan John Danylo		Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
48.1	Appointed	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
48.1	Appointed	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
52.6	Installed	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Bruno Maldaner †	Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
34.9	Incardinated	Girônimo Zanandréa †	Priest of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	25.7	Ordained Priest	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Priest	Octavio Cisneros	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30.0	Ordained Priest	Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
25.0	Ordained Priest	André Gazaille	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
26.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Michael Grosz	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
55.4	Appointed	Carlo Minchiatti †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
58.4	Appointed	Domenico Picchinenna †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Domenico Picchinenna †	Titular Archbishop of Beroea	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Michael John Sheridan †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
26.1	Ordained Priest	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
30 May	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Pius Suh Awa †	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Noël Kokora-Tekry †	Bishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
39.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
67.3	Died	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe †	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Vincent Nellaiparambil		Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India
62.3	Died	Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
31 May	41.5	Appointed	John (Jack) Brewer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
41.5	Appointed	John (Jack) Brewer †	Titular Bishop of Britonia	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
32.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Fernando †	Priest of Tuticorin, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
52.3	Appointed	Ernst Gutting †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Ernst Gutting †	Titular Bishop of Sufar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
50.8	Appointed	Eduardo Picher Peña †	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
	Born	Christian Würtz		Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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