The Year of Our Lord 2024

Bishop Events

May

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 Cardinal, 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

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	Cardinal, 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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