The Year of Our Lord 2016

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 May 97.0 Died Myles McKeon † Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia

3 May 50.0 Ordained Bishop James Francis Checchio Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

84.6 Died Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

49.7 Appointed Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

49.7 Appointed Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

4 May 55.0 Installed Ricardo Lingan Baccay Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines

49.0 Appointed Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto Coadjutor Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

56.0 Appointed Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

5 May 81.5 Died Benito Cocchi † Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

62.8 Ordained Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P. Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

54.4 Appointed Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Parramatta, Australia

88.6 Died Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby † Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar

7 May 56.8 Ordained Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. † Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana

63.8 Ordained Bishop Théophile Philippe Barakat † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

50.6 Ordained Bishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

47.3 Appointed Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

51.6 Ordained Bishop Luiz Carlos Dias Titular Bishop of Tunes Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

71.1 Succeeded Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Gerald Nicholas Dino † Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Antoni Józef Długosz Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F. Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Bishop of León, Spain

77.7 Retired John Franklin Meldon Hine † Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Resigned John Michael Kudrick Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

82.5 Died Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

75.9 Retired Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Appointed John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Appointed John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA

59.9 Appointed William Charles Skurla Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

73.0 Appointed Shlemon Warduni Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

55.2 Appointed Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland

55.2 Appointed Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk Titular Bishop of Surista Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland

8 May 90.9 Died Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing) † Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

45.1 Succeeded Joseph Zhang Yinlin Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

11 May 46.9 Appointed Moacir Silva Arantes Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil

46.9 Appointed Moacir Silva Arantes Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil

12 May 55.9 Appointed Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M. Bishop of Huánuco, Peru Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru

73.7 Died Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

76.9 Retired Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Huánuco, Peru Bishop Emeritus

13 May 51.7 Appointed Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

56.6 Installed Bernard Anthony Hebda Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

55.9 Appointed David Austin Konderla Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

52.1 Appointed Gábor Pintér Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

52.1 Appointed Gábor Pintér Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

75.7 Retired Edward James Slattery † Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 May 60.9 Installed Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

55.2 Ordained Bishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

45.4 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Hoepers Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

15 May 56.4 Ordained Bishop Felice Accrocca Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

16 May 90.5 Died Giovanni Coppa † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

87.5 Died Camille DesRosiers, S.M. † Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

80.0 Retired Karl Lehmann † Bishop of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

17 May 75.6 Retired Lajos Pápai Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed András Veres Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

18 May 51.8 Appointed Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V. Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France

59.8 Appointed Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira Coadjutor Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

19 May 51.6 Ordained Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

20 May 53.8 Installed Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México

55.3 Appointed Francesco Sirufo Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy

42.9 Appointed Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

21 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Victor Hugo Basabe Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela

86.3 Died Andrea Maria Erba, B. † Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy

51.3 Appointed Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

50.5 Appointed Pavel Konzbul Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czechia Bishop

50.5 Appointed Pavel Konzbul Titular Bishop of Litomyšl Bishop of Brno, Czechia

67.6 Installed Gerardo Melgar Viciosa Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

59.4 Ordained Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda

52.8 Ordained Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala

62.4 Installed Adam Szal Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland

22 May 52.7 Died Lucjan Avgustini † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

51.6 Ordained Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez Titular Bishop of Afufenia Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia

67.8 Installed Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

57.0 Installed Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Paulsamy Bishop of Dindigul, India

46.0 Ordained Bishop Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias Titular Bishop of Burca Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

23 May 76.6 Appointed Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Baroda, India Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India

24 May 66.1 Appointed Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

60.4 Ordained Bishop Enrique de Vera Macaraeg † Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

77.3 Retired Vicente Macanan Navarra Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

25 May 88.1 Died Giacomo Barabino † Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

82.5 Died Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

63.3 Ordained Bishop Zdenko Križić, O.C.D. Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia

85.1 Died József Tempfli † Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

26 May 100.6 Died Loris Francesco Capovilla † Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

27 May 50.8 Died Petru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. † Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

94.6 Died Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Nuncio

28 May 67.4 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Apostolic Administrator of Bayombong, Philippines Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

52.7 Ordained Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

51.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina Titular Archbishop of Gratiana Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

53.6 Appointed Paul Horan, O. Carm. Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe

63.9 Appointed Celestino Migliore Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation Apostolic Nuncio to France

76.9 Retired Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa † Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Ordained Bishop Stefano Russo Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

55.5 Ordained Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M. Bishop of Rayagada, India

77.1 Retired Ramon Barrera Villena Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

29 May 59.7 Installed Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B. Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

62.3 Ordained Bishop Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Ficus Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia

30 May 68.0 Died Boniface Choi Ki-San † Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)

31 May 50.0 Appointed John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

50.0 Appointed John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho Titular Bishop of Vescera Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

69.2 Appointed Edward Michael Deliman Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Edward Michael Deliman Titular Bishop of Sufes Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

81.9 Died Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

60.4 Installed Enrique de Vera Macaraeg † Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

56.1 Appointed Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines

56.1 Appointed Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines

53.5 Ordained Bishop Paul James Mason Titular Bishop of Skálholt Bishop of Great Britain, Military

50.4 Ordained Bishop Scott Cal McCaig, C.C. Bishop of Canada, Military

52.4 Appointed Vitaliy Skomarovskyi Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 May	97.0	Died	Myles McKeon †	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
3 May	50.0	Ordained Bishop	James Francis Checchio	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
84.6	Died	Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
49.7	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
49.7	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
4 May	55.0	Installed	Ricardo Lingan Baccay	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
49.0	Appointed	Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto	Coadjutor Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.0	Appointed	Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
5 May	81.5	Died	Benito Cocchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
62.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges Colomb, M.E.P.	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
54.4	Appointed	Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
88.6	Died	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
7 May	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Philippe Barakat †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
47.3	Appointed	Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Carlos Dias	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.1	Succeeded	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Gerald Nicholas Dino †	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Antoni Józef Długosz	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
77.7	Retired	John Franklin Meldon Hine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo	Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Resigned	John Michael Kudrick	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
82.5	Died	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
75.9	Retired	Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Appointed	John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Appointed	John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
59.9	Appointed	William Charles Skurla	Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
73.0	Appointed	Shlemon Warduni	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
55.2	Appointed	Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
55.2	Appointed	Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
8 May	90.9	Died	Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing) †	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
45.1	Succeeded	Joseph Zhang Yinlin	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
11 May	46.9	Appointed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
46.9	Appointed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
12 May	55.9	Appointed	Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru
73.7	Died	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
76.9	Retired	Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	51.7	Appointed	Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
56.6	Installed	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
55.9	Appointed	David Austin Konderla	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
52.1	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
52.1	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
75.7	Retired	Edward James Slattery †	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 May	60.9	Installed	Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Rrok Gjonlleshaj	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Hoepers	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
15 May	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Felice Accrocca	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
16 May	90.5	Died	Giovanni Coppa †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
87.5	Died	Camille DesRosiers, S.M. †	Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
80.0	Retired	Karl Lehmann †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
17 May	75.6	Retired	Lajos Pápai	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	András Veres	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
18 May	51.8	Appointed	Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V.	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France
59.8	Appointed	Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira	Coadjutor Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
19 May	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
20 May	53.8	Installed	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
55.3	Appointed	Francesco Sirufo	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
42.9	Appointed	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
21 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Victor Hugo Basabe	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
86.3	Died	Andrea Maria Erba, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina	Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
50.5	Appointed	Pavel Konzbul	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop
50.5	Appointed	Pavel Konzbul	Titular Bishop of Litomyšl	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
67.6	Installed	Gerardo Melgar Viciosa	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Anaclet Mwumvaneza	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus	Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala
62.4	Installed	Adam Szal	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland
22 May	52.7	Died	Lucjan Avgustini †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
67.8	Installed	Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
57.0	Installed	Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Paulsamy	Bishop of Dindigul, India
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias	Titular Bishop of Burca	Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
23 May	76.6	Appointed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Baroda, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India
24 May	66.1	Appointed	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Enrique de Vera Macaraeg †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
77.3	Retired	Vicente Macanan Navarra	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
25 May	88.1	Died	Giacomo Barabino †	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
82.5	Died	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
63.3	Ordained Bishop	Zdenko Križić, O.C.D.	Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
85.1	Died	József Tempfli †	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
26 May	100.6	Died	Loris Francesco Capovilla †	Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
27 May	50.8	Died	Petru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
94.6	Died	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio
28 May	67.4	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Bayombong, Philippines	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Collar Noguera	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
53.6	Appointed	Paul Horan, O. Carm.	Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe
63.9	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Apostolic Nuncio to France
76.9	Retired	Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa †	Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Russo	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Aplinar Senapati, C.M.	Bishop of Rayagada, India
77.1	Retired	Ramon Barrera Villena	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
29 May	59.7	Installed	Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
62.3	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
30 May	68.0	Died	Boniface Choi Ki-San †	Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
31 May	50.0	Appointed	John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
50.0	Appointed	John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho	Titular Bishop of Vescera	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
69.2	Appointed	Edward Michael Deliman	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Edward Michael Deliman	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
81.9	Died	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
60.4	Installed	Enrique de Vera Macaraeg †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
56.1	Appointed	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
56.1	Appointed	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul James Mason	Titular Bishop of Skálholt	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Scott Cal McCaig, C.C.	Bishop of Canada, Military
52.4	Appointed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

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