The Year of Our Lord 2022

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 59.5 Installed José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

59.4 Appointed José Maria Chaves dos Reis Apostolic Administrator of Cametá, Para, Brazil Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil

55.3 Ordained Bishop Rogério Augusto das Neves Titular Bishop of Lares Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

55.5 Installed Mário Antônio da Silva Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

51.7 Installed Michael Gerard Duignan Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

80.0 Retired Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

65.3 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

57.0 Ordained Bishop Sandro Salvucci Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy

2 May 57.3 Ordained Bishop Simon Kim Jong-Gang Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)

3 May 53.4 Appointed Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero † Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

59.4 Appointed Michael Wallace Banach Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

75.2 Retired Orlando Antonio Corrales García Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Franklin Raymond Schuster Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

4 May 55.3 Appointed Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil

77.0 Ceased Salvadore Lobo Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

67.9 Appointed Julius Marandi Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India Bishop of Dumka, India

5 May 57.4 Ordained Bishop Mario Luis Durán Berríos Titular Bishop of Lambiridi Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

48.9 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Fondong Abangalo Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon

56.6 Ceased Andrew Nkea Fuanya Apostolic Administrator of Mamfe, Cameroon Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon

53.9 Ordained Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. Titular Bishop of Temuniana Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

47.1 Ordained Bishop Basilio Mamani Quispe Titular Bishop of Naissus Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

6 May 57.8 Ordained Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes Titular Bishop of Patara Bishop of Djibouti

7 May 54.3 Ceased Francesco Airoldi Apostolic Administrator of Monze, Zambia Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

75.2 Retired Vincenzo Apicella Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Domenico Cancian, F.A.M. Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Ordained Bishop Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé Titular Archbishop of Potentia in Piceno Apostolic Nuncio to Mali

65.2 Ordained Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea

60.8 Appointed Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt Titular Bishop of Barcusus Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

60.8 Confirmed Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

57.4 Ordained Bishop Richard Kazadi Kamba Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

66.4 Appointed Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil Titular Bishop of Canatha Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

66.4 Confirmed Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

47.3 Ordained Bishop George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Garissa, Kenya

48.1 Ordained Bishop Raphael Mweempwa Bishop of Monze, Zambia

53.6 Appointed Luciano Paolucci Bedini Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

60.3 Appointed Serafino Parisi Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy

55.2 Ordained Bishop Roberto Repole Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

60.6 Appointed Stefano Russo Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

70.6 Appointed Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Archbishop of Paris, France

66.4 Appointed Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India

8 May 47.1 Ordained Bishop Cicero Alves de França Titular Bishop of Missua Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

57.0 Installed Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V. Bishop of Nice, France

77.5 Ceased Cesare Nosiglia Apostolic Administrator of Susa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

55.2 Installed Roberto Repole Bishop of Susa, Italy Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

9 May 83.6 Died Robert Henry Brom † Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

63.6 Appointed Michael Gerard Woost Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

63.6 Appointed Michael Gerard Woost Titular Bishop of Sertei Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 May 58.8 Died Peter Wu Junwei † Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

11 May 46.5 Appointed Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Dolisie, Congo

12 May 49.4 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco Titular Bishop of Arpi Auxiliary Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru

39.3 Appointed Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros Titular Bishop of Amida dei Siri Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

39.3 Confirmed Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

62.7 Confirmed Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

70.2 Died Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón † Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

44.6 Confirmed Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

44.6 Confirmed Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

13 May 75.1 Retired Marin Barišić Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Edward Michael Deliman Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Retired Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

66.5 Ordained Bishop Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S. Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

73.7 Appointed Jan Bosco Graubner Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

53.6 Succeeded Dražen Kutleša Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

65.3 Appointed Luciano Suriani Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

14 May 56.1 Appointed Dagoberto Campos Salas Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

61.5 Installed Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

73.8 Ceased Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas, Cuba Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

52.7 Ordained Bishop Sabino Iannuzzi, O.F.M. Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

54.7 Ordained Bishop Papias Musengamana Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda

91.0 Died Francesco Zerrillo † Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy

15 May 66.3 Died Martin Munyanyi † Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe

51.3 Ordained Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo Bishop of Yei, South Sudan

17 May 53.3 Appointed Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B. Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar

57.5 Appointed Bertilo João Morsch Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

57.5 Appointed Bertilo João Morsch Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

18 May 85.7 Died Fernando Guimarães Kevanu † Bishop Emeritus of Ondjiva, Angola

76.4 Retired Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop of Chimbote, Peru Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. Bishop of Chimbote, Peru

19 May 68.2 Installed Raúl Gómez González Archbishop of Toluca, México, México

21 May 54.1 Installed António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique

50.9 Appointed Michael Andrew Gielen Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

53.7 Appointed Fabián González Balsa Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

53.7 Appointed Fabián González Balsa Titular Bishop of Masclianae Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

65.3 Appointed Luciano Suriani Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

91.0 Died Emil Aloysius Wcela † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

22 May 78.4 Ceased Gianni Ambrosio Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

63.2 Ordained Bishop Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy

23 May 79.0 Ceased Georges Paul Pontier Apostolic Administrator of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

79.0 Ceased Georges Paul Pontier Apostolic Administrator of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

63.0 Appointed Paul Fitzpatrick Russell Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

70.7 Installed Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Archbishop of Paris, France

24 May 80.1 Ceased Gualtiero Bassetti President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy

76.3 Retired Felipe de Jesús Estévez Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Erik Thomas Pohlmeier Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

66.6 Appointed Matteo Maria Zuppi President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

25 May 79.9 Died Luis Guillermo Eichhorn † Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

26 May 75.7 Retired Vojtěch Cikrle Bishop of Brno, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Pavel Konzbul Bishop of Brno, Czechia

27 May 80.1 Retired Gualtiero Bassetti Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Riccardo Lamba Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop of Udine, Italy

65.4 Appointed Riccardo Lamba Titular Bishop of Medeli Archbishop of Udine, Italy

51.5 Appointed Baldassare Reina Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Vicar General

51.5 Appointed Baldassare Reina Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

51.8 Appointed Daniele Salera Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

51.8 Appointed Daniele Salera Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

94.5 Died Angelo Sodano † Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

28 May 86.3 Died Ernesto Vecchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

29 May 57.8 Installed Ernesto Maguengue Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

58.9 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

30 May 58.9 Installed Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

31 May 49.6 Ordained Bishop Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

89.4 Died Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya † Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

49.8 Appointed Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	59.5	Installed	José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
59.4	Appointed	José Maria Chaves dos Reis	Apostolic Administrator of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Rogério Augusto das Neves	Titular Bishop of Lares	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
55.5	Installed	Mário Antônio da Silva	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
51.7	Installed	Michael Gerard Duignan	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
80.0	Retired	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
65.3	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Sandro Salvucci	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
2 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kim Jong-Gang	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
3 May	53.4	Appointed	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
59.4	Appointed	Michael Wallace Banach	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
75.2	Retired	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Franklin Raymond Schuster	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
4 May	55.3	Appointed	Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
77.0	Ceased	Salvadore Lobo	Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
67.9	Appointed	Julius Marandi	Apostolic Administrator of Asansol, India	Bishop of Dumka, India
5 May	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario Luis Durán Berríos	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Fondong Abangalo	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
56.6	Ceased	Andrew Nkea Fuanya	Apostolic Administrator of Mamfe, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Mamani Quispe	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
6 May	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop of Djibouti
7 May	54.3	Ceased	Francesco Airoldi	Apostolic Administrator of Monze, Zambia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Vincenzo Apicella	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé	Titular Archbishop of Potentia in Piceno	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Walenty Gryk, S.V.D.	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
60.8	Appointed	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
60.8	Confirmed	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Richard Kazadi Kamba	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
66.4	Appointed	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
66.4	Confirmed	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
47.3	Ordained Bishop	George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Mweempwa	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
53.6	Appointed	Luciano Paolucci Bedini	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
60.3	Appointed	Serafino Parisi	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Repole	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Stefano Russo	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
70.6	Appointed	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop of Paris, France
66.4	Appointed	Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C.	Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
8 May	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Cicero Alves de França	Titular Bishop of Missua	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
57.0	Installed	Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V.	Bishop of Nice, France
77.5	Ceased	Cesare Nosiglia	Apostolic Administrator of Susa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
55.2	Installed	Roberto Repole	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
9 May	83.6	Died	Robert Henry Brom †	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
63.6	Appointed	Michael Gerard Woost	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
63.6	Appointed	Michael Gerard Woost	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
10 May	58.8	Died	Peter Wu Junwei †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
11 May	46.5	Appointed	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo
12 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco	Titular Bishop of Arpi	Auxiliary Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
39.3	Appointed	Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros	Titular Bishop of Amida dei Siri	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
39.3	Confirmed	Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
62.7	Confirmed	Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
70.2	Died	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
44.6	Confirmed	Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
44.6	Confirmed	Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde	Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian)	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
13 May	75.1	Retired	Marin Barišić	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Edward Michael Deliman	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Retired	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S.	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
73.7	Appointed	Jan Bosco Graubner	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
53.6	Succeeded	Dražen Kutleša	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
65.3	Appointed	Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
14 May	56.1	Appointed	Dagoberto Campos Salas	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
61.5	Installed	Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
73.8	Ceased	Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez	Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Sabino Iannuzzi, O.F.M.	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Papias Musengamana	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
91.0	Died	Francesco Zerrillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
15 May	66.3	Died	Martin Munyanyi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo	Bishop of Yei, South Sudan
17 May	53.3	Appointed	Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar
57.5	Appointed	Bertilo João Morsch	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
57.5	Appointed	Bertilo João Morsch	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 May	85.7	Died	Fernando Guimarães Kevanu †	Bishop Emeritus of Ondjiva, Angola
76.4	Retired	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D.	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
19 May	68.2	Installed	Raúl Gómez González	Archbishop of Toluca, México, México
21 May	54.1	Installed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
50.9	Appointed	Michael Andrew Gielen	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
53.7	Appointed	Fabián González Balsa	Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
53.7	Appointed	Fabián González Balsa	Titular Bishop of Masclianae	Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
65.3	Appointed	Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
91.0	Died	Emil Aloysius Wcela †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
22 May	78.4	Ceased	Gianni Ambrosio	Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
63.2	Ordained Bishop	Mario Vaccari, O.F.M.	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
23 May	79.0	Ceased	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
79.0	Ceased	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
63.0	Appointed	Paul Fitzpatrick Russell	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
70.7	Installed	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Archbishop of Paris, France
24 May	80.1	Ceased	Gualtiero Bassetti	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
76.3	Retired	Felipe de Jesús Estévez	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Erik Thomas Pohlmeier	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
66.6	Appointed	Matteo Maria Zuppi	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
25 May	79.9	Died	Luis Guillermo Eichhorn †	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
26 May	75.7	Retired	Vojtěch Cikrle	Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Pavel Konzbul	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
27 May	80.1	Retired	Gualtiero Bassetti	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Riccardo Lamba	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
65.4	Appointed	Riccardo Lamba	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Vicar General
51.5	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Daniele Salera	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Daniele Salera	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
94.5	Died	Angelo Sodano †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
28 May	86.3	Died	Ernesto Vecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
29 May	57.8	Installed	Ernesto Maguengue	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S.	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
30 May	58.9	Installed	Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S.	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
31 May	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
89.4	Died	Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
49.8	Appointed	Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos

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