The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 25.6 Ordained Priest Emilio Layon Bataclan Priest of Cebu, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Louis Jean Boishu Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

27.0 Ordained Deacon Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon

Born Jaime Calderón Calderón Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

2 May 44.6 Appointed Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

44.6 Appointed Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Respecta Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil

3 May 60.0 Appointed Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. † Bishop of Santa Isabel, Equatorial Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

41.9 Appointed Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Lambiridi Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia

49.8 Appointed Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

39.6 Appointed Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. † Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Born Ambrose Pitchaimuthu Bishop-Elect of Vellore, India

45.8 Appointed James Dominic Sangu † Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania

5 May 29.4 Ordained Priest Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

6 May Born Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

8 May Born Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

37.8 Ordained Bishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi † Titular Bishop of Atenia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

9 May 58.0 Died Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers † Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

69.3 Resigned Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

11 May 40.7 Ordained Bishop Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. † Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

32.0 Ordained Priest Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic

13 May 50.8 Appointed António Cardoso Cunha † Coadjutor Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

Born Kevin James Golden Priest of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

14 May 67.0 Died Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. † Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines

51.8 Appointed Patrick Lennon † Auxiliary Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Patrick Lennon † Titular Bishop of Vina Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

24.0 Ordained Priest André Rivest Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

16 May 83.4 Died Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Adimir Antônio Mazali Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

17 May 40.8 Appointed Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. † Bishop of Multan, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

34.3 Appointed Emmanuel Kataliko † Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.0 Appointed François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

34.8 Appointed Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

72.9 Appointed Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Molicunza Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

72.9 Resigned Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Bishop of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Appointed Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † Bishop of Almería, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

19 May 55.0 Ordained Bishop Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. † Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 May 80.0 Died Faustino Baldini † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

64.4 Died Miguel Nóvoa Fuente † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

21 May 25.4 Ordained Priest Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † Priest of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

71.6 Died Petras Maželis † Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

51.8 Appointed Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi Apostolic Nuncio

22 May 37.5 Ordained Bishop Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Ordained Bishop José Fernandes Veloso † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

25.9 Ordained Priest Donal Brendan Murray † Priest of Dublin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland

23 May 54.5 Appointed James John Hogan † Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

68.0 Died Martin Dewey McNamara † Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

54.0 Appointed Luigi Rovigatti † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

54.0 Appointed Luigi Rovigatti † Titular Bishop of Segermes Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Born Salvatore Rumeo Bishop of Noto, Italy

47.1 Selected Hovhannes Tcholakian † Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Corrado Ursi † Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

24 May 85.2 Appointed Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

85.2 Retired Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. † Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

25 May Born John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

Born Gerardo Díaz Vázquez Bishop of Colima, México

26 May 48.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath † Titular Bishop of Novaliciana Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

27 May Born Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga Bishop of Kinkala, Congo

28 May 25.0 Ordained Priest Alfredo Banluta Baquial † Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines

25.8 Ordained Priest Paul Gregory Bootkoski Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

27.8 Ordained Priest Ignatius Anthony Catanello † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.7 Ordained Priest Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Ozamiz, Philippines

84.3 Appointed Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala

84.3 Resigned Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. † Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Ordained Priest Robert Fealey Morneau Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29 May 60.8 Ordained Bishop Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Absa Salla Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan

77.5 Appointed Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Vicar Apostolic of Portugal, Military Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

68.0 Ordained Bishop Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. † Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)

44.7 Ordained Bishop Boleslaw Pylak † Titular Bishop of Midica Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

30 May 39.8 Appointed Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

39.8 Appointed Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

31 May 44.0 Ordained Bishop Stephen Kim Sou-hwan † Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

Born John Panamthottathil, C.M.I. Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Priest of Cebu, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
27.0	Ordained Deacon	Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp.	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
	Born	Jaime Calderón Calderón		Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
2 May	44.6	Appointed	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
44.6	Appointed	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
3 May	60.0	Appointed	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Santa Isabel, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
41.9	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
49.8	Appointed	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
39.6	Appointed	Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	Born	Ambrose Pitchaimuthu		Bishop-Elect of Vellore, India
45.8	Appointed	James Dominic Sangu †	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania
5 May	29.4	Ordained Priest	Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
6 May		Born	Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall		Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh
8 May		Born	Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu		Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
37.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
9 May	58.0	Died	Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
69.3	Resigned	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
11 May	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
32.0	Ordained Priest	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario †	Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic
13 May	50.8	Appointed	António Cardoso Cunha †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Kevin James Golden		Priest of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
14 May	67.0	Died	Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Lennon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Patrick Lennon †	Titular Bishop of Vina	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
24.0	Ordained Priest	André Rivest	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
16 May	83.4	Died	Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci		Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Adimir Antônio Mazali		Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 May	40.8	Appointed	Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
34.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Kataliko †	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.0	Appointed	François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
34.8	Appointed	Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
72.9	Appointed	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
72.9	Resigned	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Bishop of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Appointed	Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
19 May	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 May	80.0	Died	Faustino Baldini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
64.4	Died	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 May	25.4	Ordained Priest	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Priest of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
71.6	Died	Petras Maželis †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
51.8	Appointed	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi	Apostolic Nuncio
22 May	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †	Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Ordained Bishop	José Fernandes Veloso †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25.9	Ordained Priest	Donal Brendan Murray †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland
23 May	54.5	Appointed	James John Hogan †	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
68.0	Died	Martin Dewey McNamara †	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
54.0	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Titular Bishop of Segermes	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	Born	Salvatore Rumeo		Bishop of Noto, Italy
47.1	Selected	Hovhannes Tcholakian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Corrado Ursi †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	85.2	Appointed	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
85.2	Retired	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
25 May		Born	John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho		Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	Born	Gerardo Díaz Vázquez		Bishop of Colima, México
26 May	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
27 May		Born	Jeremias Antônio de Jesus		Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga		Bishop of Kinkala, Congo
28 May	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Banluta Baquial †	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
25.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Gregory Bootkoski	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
27.8	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Anthony Catanello †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.7	Ordained Priest	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Ozamiz, Philippines
84.3	Appointed	Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
84.3	Resigned	Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Ordained Priest	Robert Fealey Morneau	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29 May	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
77.5	Appointed	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Vicar Apostolic of Portugal, Military	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
68.0	Ordained Bishop	Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Boleslaw Pylak †	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
30 May	39.8	Appointed	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
39.8	Appointed	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
31 May	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan †	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	Born	John Panamthottathil, C.M.I.		Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

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