The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jun 77.8 Died Luigi Maverna † Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

64.1 Ordained Bishop Néstor Hugo Navarro Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

52.3 Ordained Bishop Donald Joseph Thériault Bishop of Canada, Military Bishop Emeritus

2 Jun 57.0 Appointed Robert Nugent Lynch Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

65.6 Resigned Joseph Keith Symons Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

6 Jun 69.5 Appointed Giuseppe Agostino † Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

55.1 Appointed Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

51.2 Ordained Bishop John Ha Tiong Hock Titular Bishop of Canapium Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia

60.4 Succeeded Giuseppe Molinari Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

78.1 Retired Karel Otčenášek † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Mario Peressin † Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Nuncio to Israel Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

59.9 Appointed Pietro Sambi † Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

75.1 Retired Dino Trabalzini † Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest James Sean Wall Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

7 Jun 75.8 Installed Lorenzo Antonetti † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

27.5 Ordained Priest Charles Peters Barthélus Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

61.5 Installed Maurizio Galli † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.8 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

25.8 Ordained Priest Lucio Nicoletto Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

36.8 Ordained Bishop Clemens Pickel Titular Bishop of Chusira Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation

8 Jun 68.3 Selected Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

9 Jun 83.5 Died Agostino Casaroli † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

10 Jun 41.1 Appointed Mariusz Leszczyński Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

41.1 Appointed Mariusz Leszczyński Titular Bishop of Bassiana Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

12 Jun 68.3 Confirmed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

13 Jun 69.4 Appointed Walter Brandmüller President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Cardinal, President Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta Apostolic Nuncio

51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

51.5 Appointed Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio

53.8 Appointed Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio

23.5 Ordained Deacon Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. Deacon of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

75.9 Retired Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. † Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

65.7 Ordained Bishop Anthony Zhong Changfeng (Zong Changfeng, Song Changfeng) † Coadjutor Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia Apostolic Nuncio

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan Apostolic Nuncio

54.7 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia Apostolic Nuncio

14 Jun 43.4 Ordained Bishop Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga Titular Bishop of Utimmira Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Jun 79.6 Retired Giovanni Cheli † President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus

68.2 Appointed Stephen Fumio Hamao † President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus

68.2 Appointed Stephen Fumio Hamao † Archbishop (Personal Title) Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

68.2 Resigned Stephen Fumio Hamao † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

16 Jun 86.7 Retired Isidore Borecky † Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

67.4 Resigned Roman Danylak † Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

56.9 Ordained Bishop François Lapierre, P.M.E. Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

17 Jun 93.8 Died John Joseph Carberry † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

18 Jun 49.6 Ordained Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines

19 Jun 56.0 Appointed Jesús García Burillo Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain

56.0 Appointed Jesús García Burillo Titular Bishop of Basti Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain

66.9 Appointed Giuseppe Malandrino Bishop of Noto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Salvatore Nicolosi † Bishop of Noto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

72.2 Resigned Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Appointed Štefan Vrablec † Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Appointed Štefan Vrablec † Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia

20 Jun 45.3 Ordained Bishop Anuar Battisti Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

32.3 Ordained Deacon Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado Deacon of Angers, France Bishop of Créteil, France

32.2 Ordained Priest Zsolt Marton Priest of Vác, Hungary Bishop

82.6 Died Vittorio Ottaviani † Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

47.5 Ordained Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

21 Jun 84.7 Died Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

46.6 Ordained Bishop Canísio Klaus Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

28.7 Ordained Priest Inácio Lucas Mwita Priest of Nacala, Mozambique Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

48.9 Ordained Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

34.4 Ordained Priest Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania

25.5 Ordained Deacon Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P. Deacon of Strasbourg, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23 Jun 76.0 Retired Alfredo Guillermo Disandro † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Ordained Bishop Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas † Titular Bishop of Tagaria Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

61.8 Appointed Roberto Rodríguez † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina

24 Jun 46.2 Appointed Mario Antonio Cargnello Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina Archbishop

75.7 Appointed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

75.7 Retired Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

65.4 Appointed Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montevergine, Italy Abbot Emeritus

70.1 Appointed François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận † Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

53.7 Appointed Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. † Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

25 Jun 76.1 Retired Bernardin Gantin † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

76.1 Retired Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

72.7 Appointed Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

72.7 Appointed Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

72.7 Appointed Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

75.3 Retired Thomas Kevin O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28.1 Ordained Priest Matthew Zhen Xuebin Priest of Beijing [Peking], China Coadjutor Bishop

26 Jun 55.0 Appointed Héctor Rubén Aguer Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus

89.7 Died Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina

27 Jun 43.5 Ordained Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

44.6 Appointed Vincent Barwa Bishop of Purnea, India Bishop of Simdega, India

62.1 Appointed Adriano Caprioli Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Joseph Coutts Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

53.0 Appointed John Martin Darko † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

89.9 Died Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

59.5 Appointed Zef Gashi, S.D.B. Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. † Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Died João Aloysio Hoffmann † Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

43.8 Appointed Philip Huang Chao-ming Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

43.8 Appointed Philip Huang Chao-ming Titular Bishop of Lamphua Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

67.2 Appointed Víctor Manuel López Forero † Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

66.2 Appointed Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest Levente Balázs Martos Priest of Szombathely, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

26.2 Ordained Priest Marko Medo Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Bishop-Elect of Gospić-Senj, Croatia

38.3 Ordained Priest Guido Iván Minda Chalá Priest of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador

45.7 Appointed Constancio Miranda Wechmann Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México Archbishop of Chihuahua, México

48.9 Appointed Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

48.9 Appointed Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Pauzera Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

75.7 Retired Domenico Pecile † Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Petar Perkolić † Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

49.8 Appointed Giuseppe Petrocchi Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

29.2 Ordained Priest Rene A. Ramirez, R.C.J. Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia

51.6 Appointed Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

46.8 Appointed Lucas Kalfa Sanou Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso

27.3 Ordained Priest Júlio César Souza de Jesus Priest of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

43.9 Appointed Victor Henry Thakur Bishop of Bettiah, India Archbishop of Raipur, India

33.3 Incardinated Fulgence Aloysius Tigga Priest of Bettiah, India Bishop of Raiganj, India

36.9 Incardinated Francis Tirkey Priest of Purnea, India Bishop

62.1 Ordained Bishop José Sótero Valero Ruz † Titular Bishop of Alba Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

32.6 Ordained Priest Thibault Verny Priest of Paris, France Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France

46.4 Appointed Norman King’oo Wambua Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya Bishop of Machakos, Kenya

54.5 Appointed Jean Zerbo Archbishop of Bamako, Mali Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

28 Jun 30.2 Ordained Priest António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Priest of Chimoio, Mozambique Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique

28.0 Ordained Priest Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

32.9 Ordained Priest Michele Tomasi Priest of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

29 Jun 38.3 Ordained Priest Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali Priest Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

23.4 Ordained Priest Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi Priest of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq

27.6 Ordained Priest Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

66.5 Installed Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.1 Ordained Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India

48.0 Ordained Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India

50.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry Titular Bishop of Lead Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

34.0 Ordained Priest Stephan Turnovszky Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Auxiliary Bishop

30 Jun 61.6 Appointed Tod David Brown † Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.1 Retired Michel Hakim, B.S. † Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. Bishop of Hinche, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

79.6 Retired Léonard Pétion Laroche † Bishop of Hinche, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Resigned Marc Leclerc † Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Resigned Norman Francis McFarland † Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Patrick Joseph McGrath † Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

47.6 Appointed John Charles Wester Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

47.6 Appointed John Charles Wester Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun	77.8	Died	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Donald Joseph Thériault	Bishop of Canada, Military	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	57.0	Appointed	Robert Nugent Lynch	Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
65.6	Resigned	Joseph Keith Symons	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jun	69.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
55.1	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
51.2	Ordained Bishop	John Ha Tiong Hock	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
60.4	Succeeded	Giuseppe Molinari	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
78.1	Retired	Karel Otčenášek †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Mario Peressin †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
59.9	Appointed	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
75.1	Retired	Dino Trabalzini †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	James Sean Wall	Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
7 Jun	75.8	Installed	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
27.5	Ordained Priest	Charles Peters Barthélus	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
61.5	Installed	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
25.8	Ordained Priest	Lucio Nicoletto	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Clemens Pickel	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
8 Jun	68.3	Selected	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	83.5	Died	Agostino Casaroli †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
10 Jun	41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
41.1	Appointed	Mariusz Leszczyński	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
12 Jun	68.3	Confirmed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun	69.4	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Cardinal, President Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Apostolic Nuncio
51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
51.5	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
53.8	Appointed	Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
23.5	Ordained Deacon	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Deacon of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
75.9	Retired	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
65.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Zhong Changfeng (Zong Changfeng, Song Changfeng) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia	Apostolic Nuncio
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio
54.7	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia	Apostolic Nuncio
14 Jun	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Jun	79.6	Retired	Giovanni Cheli †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
68.2	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
68.2	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
68.2	Resigned	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
16 Jun	86.7	Retired	Isidore Borecky †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Resigned	Roman Danylak †	Apostolic Administrator of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
56.9	Ordained Bishop	François Lapierre, P.M.E.	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	93.8	Died	John Joseph Carberry †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
18 Jun	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines
19 Jun	56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
56.0	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
66.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Malandrino	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
72.2	Resigned	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Appointed	Štefan Vrablec †	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
20 Jun	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Anuar Battisti	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
32.3	Ordained Deacon	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Deacon of Angers, France	Bishop of Créteil, France
32.2	Ordained Priest	Zsolt Marton	Priest of Vác, Hungary	Bishop
82.6	Died	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
21 Jun	84.7	Died	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Canísio Klaus	Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
28.7	Ordained Priest	Inácio Lucas Mwita	Priest of Nacala, Mozambique	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
34.4	Ordained Priest	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
25.5	Ordained Deacon	Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P.	Deacon of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Jun	76.0	Retired	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas †	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
61.8	Appointed	Roberto Rodríguez †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
24 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop
75.7	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
75.7	Retired	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
65.4	Appointed	Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
53.7	Appointed	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Jun	76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
76.1	Retired	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
72.7	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
75.3	Retired	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28.1	Ordained Priest	Matthew Zhen Xuebin	Priest of Beijing [Peking], China	Coadjutor Bishop
26 Jun	55.0	Appointed	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
89.7	Died	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
27 Jun	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Kizito Bahujimihigo	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
44.6	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
62.1	Appointed	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Joseph Coutts	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
53.0	Appointed	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
89.9	Died	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
59.5	Appointed	Zef Gashi, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
43.8	Appointed	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
67.2	Appointed	Víctor Manuel López Forero †	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
66.2	Appointed	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	Levente Balázs Martos	Priest of Szombathely, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
26.2	Ordained Priest	Marko Medo	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop-Elect of Gospić-Senj, Croatia
38.3	Ordained Priest	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Priest of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
45.7	Appointed	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
48.9	Appointed	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
75.7	Retired	Domenico Pecile †	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Petar Perkolić †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
29.2	Ordained Priest	Rene A. Ramirez, R.C.J.	Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
51.6	Appointed	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
46.8	Appointed	Lucas Kalfa Sanou	Bishop of Banfora, Burkina Faso
27.3	Ordained Priest	Júlio César Souza de Jesus	Priest of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
43.9	Appointed	Victor Henry Thakur	Bishop of Bettiah, India	Archbishop of Raipur, India
33.3	Incardinated	Fulgence Aloysius Tigga	Priest of Bettiah, India	Bishop of Raiganj, India
36.9	Incardinated	Francis Tirkey	Priest of Purnea, India	Bishop
62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
32.6	Ordained Priest	Thibault Verny	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
46.4	Appointed	Norman King’oo Wambua	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
54.5	Appointed	Jean Zerbo	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jun	30.2	Ordained Priest	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Priest of Chimoio, Mozambique	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
28.0	Ordained Priest	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
32.9	Ordained Priest	Michele Tomasi	Priest of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
29 Jun	38.3	Ordained Priest	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Priest	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
23.4	Ordained Priest	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi	Priest of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
27.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
66.5	Installed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Titular Bishop of Lead	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
34.0	Ordained Priest	Stephan Turnovszky	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Jun	61.6	Appointed	Tod David Brown †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.1	Retired	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
79.6	Retired	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Resigned	Marc Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Resigned	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph McGrath †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
47.6	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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