| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| 1 May | 75.0 | Retired | Leonard Paul Blair | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 65.8 | Succeeded | Christopher James Coyne | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| 59.1 | Appointed | Krzysztof Józef Nykiel | Titular Bishop of Velia | Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 59.0 | Installed | Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio | Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
| 51.7 | Ordained Bishop | Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira | Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil |
| 52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Vicente de Paula Tavares | Titular Bishop of Gergis | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
| 2 May | 53.7 | Installed | Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon | Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines |
| 63.9 | Appointed | José Mário Scalon Angonese | Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil |
| 75.1 | Retired | Carlo Bresciani | Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 48.7 | Appointed | Kendrick John Forbes | Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles |
| 49.4 | Appointed | Clément Hérizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. | Bishop of Maintirano, Madagascar |
| 55.0 | Appointed | Simon Samendra Mani, M.S.C. | Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 58.1 | Appointed | Gianpiero Palmieri | Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| 67.2 | Installed | Benedictus Son Hee-Song | Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South) |
| 3 May | 61.4 | Ordained Bishop | Subroto Boniface Gomes | Titular Bishop of Tamazuca | Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 64.1 | Appointed | Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. | Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria |
| 4 May | 76.6 | Retired | Óscar Armando Campos Contreras | Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus |
| 57.3 | Ordained Bishop | Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D. | Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
| 49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Alejandro Díaz García | Titular Bishop of Iomnium | Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia |
| 65.6 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Blamo Snosio Jubwe | Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia |
| 56.4 | Appointed | Herculano Medina Garfias | Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C. | Coadjutor Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya | Bishop |
| 46.7 | Ordained Bishop | Flavio Pace | Titular Archbishop of Dolia | Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity |
| 74.1 | Died | Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Francistown, Botswana |
| 5 May | 67.4 | Installed | Riccardo Lamba | Archbishop of Udine, Italy |
| 6 May | 61.1 | Appointed | John Joseph McDermott | Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| 7 May | 61.5 | Appointed | James Mark Beckman | Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| 56.3 | Ordained Bishop | James Thomas Ruggieri | Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA |
| 8 May | 56.2 | Ceased | Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. | Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec, Poland | Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland |
| 60.7 | Ordained Bishop | John Bosco MacDonald | Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain |
| 42.7 | Appointed | Teodor (Andriy) Matsapula (Mazapula), I.V.E. | Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine |
| 57.5 | Installed | Artur Ważny | Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland |
| 9 May | 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Hironimus Pakaenoni | Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia |
| 52.7 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Reder | Titular Bishop of Petina | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 11 May | 55.8 | Installed | Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez | Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia |
| 49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Edmar José da Silva | Titular Bishop of Garriana | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 58.6 | Ordained Bishop | Mauro Lalli | Titular Archbishop of Pausulae | Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea |
| 55.2 | Appointed | Wilfred Gregory Moras | Coadjutor Bishop of Jhansi, India |
| 49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P. | Titular Bishop of Hermiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil |
| 52.0 | Appointed | François Sylla | Coadjutor Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Antony Valumkal | Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Antony Valumkal | Titular Bishop of Magarmel | Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India |
| 12 May | 67.6 | Installed | Stephen Brislin | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello | Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 72.5 | Installed | Sebastian Francis | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae | Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia |
| 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Wilbroad Henry Kibozi | Titular Bishop of Zallata | Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania |
| 56.3 | Ceased | Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D. | Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar |
| 52.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar |
| 13 May | 82.5 | Died | Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 14 May | 46.9 | Appointed | Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira | Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| 66.5 | Appointed | Ángel Julino Falzón, O.F.M. | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Séamus Patrick Horgan | Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Séamus Patrick Horgan | Titular Archbishop of Árd Sratha | Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan |
| 58.6 | Appointed | Mauro Lalli | Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands | Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea |
| 61.5 | Appointed | Alberto Ortega Martín | Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela |
| 62.6 | Ceased | Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen | Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan | Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya |
| 15 May | 52.3 | Appointed | Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez | Bishop of El Banco, Colombia |
| 70.1 | Succeeded | Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata | Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil |
| 72.3 | Resigned | Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. | Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 48.3 | Appointed | Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco | Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 48.3 | Appointed | Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco | Titular Bishop of Zattara | Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 50.2 | Appointed | José Otacio Oliveira Guedes | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 50.2 | Appointed | José Otacio Oliveira Guedes | Titular Bishop of Severiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 52.7 | Appointed | Ronald Anthony P. Timoner | Administrator of Daet, Philippines |
| 16 May | 60.7 | Appointed | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile |
| 17 May | 53.2 | Appointed | Clement Papa | Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea |
| 90.0 | Died | Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † | Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic |
| 18 May | 50.2 | Installed | Domenico Beneventi | Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy |
| 57.3 | Installed | Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D. | Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
| 80.2 | Died | Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India |
| 65.0 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo | Bishop of Girardota, Colombia |
| 19 May | 53.6 | Installed | Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. | Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 20 May | 64.0 | Installed | Gerard William Battersby | Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA |
| 62.7 | Appointed | Ignace Bessi Dogbo | Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Antoine Camilleri | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba |
| 78.4 | Retired | Jean-Pierre Kutwa | Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 58.9 | Appointed | Giovanni Peragine, B. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania |
| 21 May | 50.0 | Appointed | Joseph Andrew Williams | Coadjutor Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA |
| 22 May | 71.3 | Appointed | Gabriel Lionel Afagbegee, S.V.D. | Apostolic Administrator of Francistown, Botswana |
| 62.3 | Appointed | Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr. | Bishop of Wa, Ghana |
| 53.7 | Appointed | Alexandre Marie Joseph de Bucy | Bishop of Agen, France |
| 54.8 | Installed | Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
| 24 May | 58.4 | Appointed | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero | Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia |
| 85.3 | Died | George William Coleman † | Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA |
| 90.7 | Died | Janusz Edmund Zimniak † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland |
| 25 May | 55.9 | Ceased | Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes | Apostolic Administrator of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil | Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil |
| 54.5 | Installed | Cristián Castro Toovey | Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile |
| 61.8 | Ceased | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe | Apostolic Administrator of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México |
| 69.2 | Installed | José Leopoldo González González | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México |
| 48.9 | Ordained Bishop | Uladzimir Huljaj (Huliai, Gulyai)) | Coadjutor Bishop of Grodno, Belarus | Bishop |
| 58.5 | Appointed | Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D. | Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia |
| 65.7 | Ordained Bishop | John Kiplimo Lelei | Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya |
| 65.3 | Installed | Josafá Menezes da Silva | Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil |
| 76.9 | Retired | Luis Quinteiro Fiuza | Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 51.7 | Installed | Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira | Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil |
| 65.0 | Installed | Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo | Bishop of Girardota, Colombia |
| 56.2 | Appointed | Antonio José Valín Valdés | Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain |
| 26 May | 41.3 | Ordained Bishop | Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B. | Titular Bishop of Artvin degli Armeni | Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon |
| 76.6 | Died | Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss † | Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India |
| 48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga | Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus | Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania |
| 66.1 | Ordained Bishop | Donal Roche | Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland |
| 27 May | 68.8 | Appointed | Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. | Apostolic Administrator of La Plata, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 59.6 | Appointed | Andrew McKenzie | Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 55.6 | Resigned | Gabriel Antonio Mestre | Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 70.5 | Appointed | Ruy Rendón Leal | Apostolic Administrator of Nogales, Sonora, México | Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México |
| 28 May | 53.5 | Appointed | Giuseppe Laterza | Titular Archbishop of Polinianum | Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic |
| 64.8 | Appointed | Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B. | Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 29 May | 81.0 | Died | Franziskus Eisenbach † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany |
| 73.3 | Resigned | Maroun Nasser Gemayel | Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) |
| 62.4 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| 30 May | 80.0 | Died | Thumma Bala † | Archbishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India |
| 91.2 | Died | Kelvin Edward Felix † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles |
| 31 May | 59.6 | Ordained Bishop | Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal | Titular Bishop of Balecium | Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA |
| 77.6 | Retired | Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil | Bishop of Palmira, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 50.2 | Appointed | Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo | Bishop of Palmira, Colombia |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Louis-Jean Sander | Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Louis-Jean Sander | Titular Bishop of Privata | Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti |
| 60.5 | Appointed | Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti |
| 60.5 | Appointed | Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M. | Titular Bishop of Lestrona | Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti |
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