The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

May

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	55.2	Appointed	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
1 May	89.5	Died	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
64.5	Died	José Daniel Falla Robles †	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
2 May	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Benoni Ambăruş	Titular Bishop of Truentum	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
86.5	Died	Paul Vollmar, S. M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
3 May	82.9	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
92.3	Appointed	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal-Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
72.8	Appointed	Raymond Leo Burke	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Patron Emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
48.9	Appointed	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek, South Sudan	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
71.1	Appointed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
86.9	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alla Regola	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
76.6	Appointed	Mauro Piacenza	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
78.5	Appointed	Gianfranco Ravasi	Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
75.8	Appointed	Robert Sarah	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
88.8	Died	Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
4 May	75.7	Died	Antony Anandarayar †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
87.3	Died	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
90.6	Died	Peter Toshio Jinushi †	Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
90.0	Died	Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero †	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
5 May	55.3	Appointed	Alessandro Cassinis Righini	Auditor General of the Office of the Auditor General
73.2	Resigned	Gino Reali	Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Gianrico Ruzza	Apostolic Administrator of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
6 May	65.1	Died	Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Jhabua, India
96.3	Died	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R.	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru
7 May	75.0	Retired	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Mazzafaro	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
8 May	47.6	Appointed	Peter Adrian Chifukwa	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
66.7	Appointed	Aldo Giordano †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
58.4	Appointed	Giuseppe La Placa	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy
11 May	52.4	Appointed	François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France
63.0	Appointed	Joseba Segura Etxezarraga	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain
12 May	55.4	Appointed	Shorot Francis Gomes	Bishop of Sylhet, Bangladesh
52.3	Appointed	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Apostolic Administrator of Bydgoszcz, Poland	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
72.5	Resigned	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Aloise	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Francis Le Stang	Bishop of Amiens, France
51.5	Appointed	David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
50.4	Appointed	Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N.	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
75.2	Retired	Jean-Yves Riocreux	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Apostolic Administrator of Soacha, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
14 May	67.6	Appointed	Martin Ashe	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
67.6	Appointed	Martin Ashe	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
64.0	Appointed	Anthony John Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
64.0	Appointed	Anthony John Ireland	Titular Bishop of Carinola	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
15 May	55.5	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
59.8	Appointed	Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Gómez Rivera	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
79.4	Retired	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcos Pirán Gómez	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Auxiliary Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
16 May	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Marc Michel Beaumont	Bishop of Moulins, France
17 May	63.9	Resigned	Joseph Banga Bane	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
93.4	Died	Bruno Kouamé †	Bishop Emeritus of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
56.1	Appointed	Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 May	67.9	Appointed	Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
67.9	Appointed	Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S.	Titular Bishop of Sucarda	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
19 May	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Madrigal Gallegos	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
75.5	Retired	Salvatore Paruzzo	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Eduardo Vieira dos Santos	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 May	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel John Felton	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
21 May	78.0	Retired	Isidro Barrio Barrio	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop
51.2	Appointed	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Tepelta	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
60.4	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Acelum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
22 May	60.8	Installed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
60.8	Succeeded	Alessandro Damiano	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy
55.6	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Barishal, Bangladesh	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
55.6	Installed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
75.0	Retired	Francesco Montenegro	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
64.5	Installed	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
58.8	Appointed	Fulgence Muteba Mugalu	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.8	Appointed	Fulgence Muteba Mugalu	Apostolic Administrator of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
73.1	Appointed	Gennaro Pascarella	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
80.0	Ceased	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Carora, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
52.7	Appointed	Pius Sin Hozel	Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
52.7	Appointed	Pius Sin Hozel	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Ranko Vidović	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
23 May	75.4	Appointed	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Josif Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
24 May	75.7	Retired	Max Leroy Davis	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
80.7	Installed	Enrico Feroci	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
67.5	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Apostolic Administrator of Australia, Military	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
25 May	86.5	Died	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
63.8	Died	José Melitón Chávez †	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
26 May	54.5	Installed	Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Callao, Peru
80.0	Died	Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro †	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
73.2	Appointed	Boutros Marayati	Patriarchal Administrator of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
65.6	Ceased	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Callao, Peru	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 May	60.3	Installed	Galo Fernández Villaseca	Bishop of Talca, Chile
56.1	Appointed	Aurelio García Macías	Under Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
56.1	Appointed	Aurelio García Macías	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
88.6	Died	Heinrich Janssen †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
71.2	Appointed	Arthur Roche	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.6	Appointed	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.6	Appointed	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
28 May	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
60.6	Appointed	Gregory William Gordon	Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
60.6	Appointed	Gregory William Gordon	Titular Bishop of Nova Petra	Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
83.6	Died	Joseph Nunzio Latino †	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
29 May	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Giampio Luigi Devasini	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
46.1	Appointed	Francisco Figueroa Cervantes	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
46.1	Appointed	Francisco Figueroa Cervantes	Titular Bishop of Lamasba	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
55.5	Installed	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.0	Ceased	Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
69.7	Died	Cornelius Sim †	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei
65.9	Ordained Bishop	Siphiwo Devilliers Paul Vanqa, S.A.C.	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa
30 May	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Maksimilijan Matjaž	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia
31 May	57.4	Appointed	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
60.5	Appointed	Arulselvam Rayappan	Bishop of Salem, India

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