The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 43.3 Ordained Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria

3 May 76.1 Retired Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Jean-Marie Benoît Balla † Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

57.9 Appointed Stephen Victor Chmilar † Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

93.1 Died Jozef Feranec † Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

58.0 Appointed Diarmuid Martin Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Installed Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

76.1 Retired Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Deacon Mirko Štefković Deacon of Subotica, Serbia Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia

4 May 45.4 Ordained Bishop Antônio Carlos Félix Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

38.3 Ordained Bishop Wojciech Polak Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

71.5 Installed Andraos Salama † Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

29.5 Ordained Priest Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

5 May 57.1 Appointed Jean-Yves Riocreux Bishop of Pontoise, France Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

6 May 50.1 Appointed Vincent Coulibaly Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

78.7 Died Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

61.5 Resigned José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

7 May 63.9 Appointed Antonio Arregui Yarza † Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

8 May 78.5 Died Carlo Aliprandi † Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

9 May 97.3 Died Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

10 May 52.1 Ordained Bishop Abraham Desta Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

62.8 Installed Guillermo José Garlatti Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

79.0 Died Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba

11 May 49.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret Bishop of Amiens, France Archbishop of Besançon, France

26.3 Ordained Priest Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C. Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania

56.0 Ordained Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

12 May 74.4 Retired Juan Martí Alanis † Bishop of Urgell, Spain Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Succeeded Joan Enric Vives Sicilia Bishop of Urgell, Spain Bishop Emeritus

13 May 43.5 Appointed Volodymyr Viytyshyn Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

14 May 61.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Bohan † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

61.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Bohan † Titular Bishop of Migirpa Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

51.2 Appointed Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón † Bishop of Vélez, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

53.9 Installed Michael Richard Cote Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Appointed Denis Croteau, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

51.6 Ordained Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

56.0 Ordained Bishop Paweł Stobrawa Titular Bishop of Aeca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland

60.4 Appointed Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 May 54.5 Appointed Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

63.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Paul Zingtung Grawng † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus

17 May 69.0 Appointed Iwannis Louis Awad † Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

69.0 Appointed Iwannis Louis Awad † Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Syrian)

26.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Armando Espaillat Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

72.2 Appointed Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. Archbishop (Personal Title) of Karaganda, Kazakhstan Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Tomash (Tomasz) Bernard Peta Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

39.9 Ordained Bishop Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

18 May 51.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Beschi Titular Bishop of Vinda Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

45.4 Installed Antônio Carlos Félix Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

90.5 Died Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. † Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

161.3 Canonized St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

62.7 Ordained Bishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

29.8 Ordained Priest Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U. Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)

71.5 Died Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

19 May 49.5 Ordained Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse Titular Bishop of Bahanna Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

20 May 73.0 Died Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

21 May 66.3 Died Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho † Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

22 May 82.2 Died Packiam Arokiaswamy † Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

59.8 Appointed Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † Titular Bishop of Murcona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

55.1 Appointed Guy Harpigny Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

23 May 47.0 Installed Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya

76.1 Retired William Henry Bullock † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

24 May 30.7 Ordained Priest Alexander Enrique Arias González Priest of Cabimas, Venezuela Administrator

71.0 Resigned Anthony Soter Fernandez † Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.4 Appointed John Hsane Hgyi † Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

60.4 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Okombo Wandera Bishop of Kericho, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

64.4 Appointed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus

59.5 Ceased Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar

25.5 Ordained Deacon Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald Deacon of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

48.4 Appointed Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios Bishop of Paraguay, Military Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay

25 May 43.9 Ordained Bishop Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière Titular Bishop of Zallata Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

46.2 Ordained Bishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Titular Bishop of Silli Bishop of Viviers, France

29.5 Ordained Priest Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

86.2 Died George Edward Lynch † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

26 May 84.7 Died Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa

27 May 59.9 Appointed Miklós Beer Bishop of Vác, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Ceased Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

49.3 Appointed José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

55.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams Titular Bishop of Mageó Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

29 May 64.4 Installed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus

65.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Henry Walsh † Titular Bishop of Abthugni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

30 May 60.0 Appointed Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

31 May 59.9 Appointed Benvenuto Italo Castellani Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

78.4 Died Francesco Colasuonno † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

25.1 Ordained Priest Krzysztof Dukielski Priest of Radom, Poland

55.4 Resigned José Luis Fletes Santana Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Ordained Bishop Ladislav Hučko † Titular Bishop of Horaea Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

61.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Marino Titular Bishop of Basti Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina

44.9 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto Prelate of Calama, Chile Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
3 May	76.1	Retired	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Jean-Marie Benoît Balla †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
57.9	Appointed	Stephen Victor Chmilar †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
93.1	Died	Jozef Feranec †	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
58.0	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Installed	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
76.1	Retired	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Deacon	Mirko Štefković	Deacon of Subotica, Serbia	Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia
4 May	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
38.3	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Polak	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
71.5	Installed	Andraos Salama †	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
29.5	Ordained Priest	Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
5 May	57.1	Appointed	Jean-Yves Riocreux	Bishop of Pontoise, France	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
6 May	50.1	Appointed	Vincent Coulibaly	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
78.7	Died	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
61.5	Resigned	José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B.	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
7 May	63.9	Appointed	Antonio Arregui Yarza †	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
8 May	78.5	Died	Carlo Aliprandi †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
9 May	97.3	Died	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
10 May	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Desta	Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
62.8	Installed	Guillermo José Garlatti	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
11 May	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
26.3	Ordained Priest	Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C.	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
12 May	74.4	Retired	Juan Martí Alanis †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Succeeded	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	43.5	Appointed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 May	61.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Bohan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
61.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Bohan †	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
51.2	Appointed	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
53.9	Installed	Michael Richard Cote	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Appointed	Denis Croteau, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Paweł Stobrawa	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
60.4	Appointed	Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 May	54.5	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
63.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
17 May	69.0	Appointed	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
69.0	Appointed	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Syrian)
26.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Armando Espaillat	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
72.2	Appointed	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Tomash (Tomasz) Bernard Peta	Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
18 May	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Beschi	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
45.4	Installed	Antônio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
90.5	Died	Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
161.3	Canonized	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
29.8	Ordained Priest	Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
71.5	Died	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
19 May	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Charles Prowse	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
20 May	73.0	Died	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
21 May	66.3	Died	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
22 May	82.2	Died	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
59.8	Appointed	Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma †	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
55.1	Appointed	Guy Harpigny	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
23 May	47.0	Installed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
76.1	Retired	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Robert Charles Morlino †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
24 May	30.7	Ordained Priest	Alexander Enrique Arias González	Priest of Cabimas, Venezuela	Administrator
71.0	Resigned	Anthony Soter Fernandez †	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	John Hsane Hgyi †	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Okombo Wandera	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
64.4	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
59.5	Ceased	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar
25.5	Ordained Deacon	Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald	Deacon of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
48.4	Appointed	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios	Bishop of Paraguay, Military	Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay
25 May	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Viviers, France
29.5	Ordained Priest	Fabien Lejeusne, A.A.	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
86.2	Died	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
26 May	84.7	Died	Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
27 May	59.9	Appointed	Miklós Beer	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Ceased	Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
49.3	Appointed	José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I.	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Anthony Williams	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
29 May	64.4	Installed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
65.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Henry Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
30 May	60.0	Appointed	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	59.9	Appointed	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
78.4	Died	Francesco Colasuonno †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25.1	Ordained Priest	Krzysztof Dukielski	Priest of Radom, Poland
55.4	Resigned	José Luis Fletes Santana	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Ladislav Hučko †	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Marino	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

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