The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 49.4 Ordained Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa † Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Ordained Bishop Georges Rol † Titular Bishop of Gabii Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

42.3 Ordained Bishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

2 May 65.6 Died Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

83.7 Died Joseph Rabbani † Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

5 May 26.3 Ordained Priest Thomas Christopher Collins Priest of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

44.1 Ordained Bishop Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia

28.9 Ordained Priest Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor Priest Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India

Born John Mbinda, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya

6 May 26.8 Ordained Priest Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P. Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek) Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

23.8 Ordained Priest Rabban Al-Qas † Priest of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq

73.5 Died Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar

24.2 Ordained Priest Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón Priest of Lima, Peru Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

53.7 Ordained Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla † Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop Emeritus of Juigalpa, Nicaragua

7 May 78.0 Retired James Ireland, M.H.M. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas Prefect Emeritus

85.4 Died Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

83.3 Died Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin † Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

61.3 Appointed Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas

8 May Born Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

82.4 Died José Hascher, C.S.Sp. † Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil

9 May 46.4 Installed William Wakefield Baum † Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

25.4 Ordained Priest Wilton Daniel Gregory Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

53.4 Appointed Antonio Mazza † Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

10 May 57.0 Appointed Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves † Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

78.5 Retired Charles Pasquale Greco † Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Raimundo Vanthuy Neto, Ist. del Prado Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

12 May 69.8 Resigned Aimé Décosse † Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Titular Bishop of Hospita Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland

13 May 68.0 Ordained Bishop Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

45.8 Ordained Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli † Titular Bishop of Rusticiana Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

15 May 83.6 Died Raffaele Baratta † Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy

56.9 Ordained Bishop John Michael Bilock † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

75.1 Retired Henry Theophilus Klonowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 May 27.8 Ordained Priest Roger Joseph Foys Priest of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

79.7 Died Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada

17 May 39.8 Appointed Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré † Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Archbishop Emeritus

39.8 Appointed Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

64.9 Resigned André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. † Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

35.9 Appointed Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † Auxiliary Bishop of Jos, Nigeria Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

35.9 Appointed Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † Titular Bishop of Cuicul Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

45.8 Appointed Savarinathen Iruthayaraj † Bishop of Palayamkottai, India Bishop Emeritus

35.4 Appointed Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu Auxiliary Bishop of Keta, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana

35.4 Appointed Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu Titular Bishop of Mascula Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana

59.4 Appointed Appasinghe Paul Perera † Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Ordained Bishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

35.3 Appointed Vital Komenan Yao † Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

18 May 29.5 Ordained Priest Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

50.9 Appointed Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine † Bishop of Cahors, France Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

27.6 Ordained Priest Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay

19 May 26.2 Ordained Priest Edward Michael Deliman Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Priest Ronald William Gainer Priest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

26.1 Ordained Priest Richard Gerard Lennon † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

87.4 Died Lino Rodrigo Ruesca † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

20 May 24.4 Ordained Priest César Augusto Franco Martínez Priest of Madrid, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

25.8 Ordained Priest Dieter Geerlings Priest of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Kazimierz Nycz Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

26.0 Ordained Priest Paweł Stobrawa Priest of Opole, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Ordained Bishop Paulos Tzadua † Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

21 May 85.3 Died Eugene O’Callaghan † Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland

22 May 60.3 Appointed Antonio Fustella † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

Born Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

61.1 Appointed Carmine Rocco † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

23 May 53.2 Died Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) † Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

78.5 Died Joseph Francis Flannelly † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

63.5 Appointed Jean Jadot † Apostolic Delegate to United States of America Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

24 May Born Gustavo Oscar Carrara Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

50.7 Ordained Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Praecausa Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

23.8 Ordained Priest Marek Jędraszewski Priest of Poznań, Poland Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

26.3 Ordained Priest Romualdo Matias Kujawski Priest of Poznań, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil

25 May 75.5 Retired Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

60.7 Resigned Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. † Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Priest Zygmunt Zimowski † Priest of Tarnów, Poland President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

26 May 24.5 Ordained Priest Jan Karol Tyrawa Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

27 May Born Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation

24.0 Ordained Priest Serge Patrick Poitras Priest of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

28 May 51.0 Appointed Pio Laghi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

29 May 42.9 Ordained Bishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib † Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

30 May 49.0 Appointed Filippo Franceschi † Coadjutor Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

49.0 Appointed Filippo Franceschi † Titular Bishop of Silli Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

31 May 26.0 Ordained Priest Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone Priest of Canelones, Uruguay Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.9 Ordained Priest Francesc Pardo Artigas † Priest of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Girona, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Georges Rol †	Titular Bishop of Gabii	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
2 May	65.6	Died	Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
83.7	Died	Joseph Rabbani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
5 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Christopher Collins	Priest of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
28.9	Ordained Priest	Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
	Born	John Mbinda, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya
6 May	26.8	Ordained Priest	Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P.	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
23.8	Ordained Priest	Rabban Al-Qas †	Priest of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
73.5	Died	Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
24.2	Ordained Priest	Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón	Priest of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
7 May	78.0	Retired	James Ireland, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Prefect Emeritus
85.4	Died	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
83.3	Died	Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
61.3	Appointed	Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
8 May		Born	Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho		Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
82.4	Died	José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
9 May	46.4	Installed	William Wakefield Baum †	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
25.4	Ordained Priest	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
53.4	Appointed	Antonio Mazza †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
10 May	57.0	Appointed	Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
78.5	Retired	Charles Pasquale Greco †	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Raimundo Vanthuy Neto, Ist. del Prado		Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
12 May	69.8	Resigned	Aimé Décosse †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Titular Bishop of Hospita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
13 May	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Horacio Alberto Bózzoli †	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
15 May	83.6	Died	Raffaele Baratta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
56.9	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Bilock †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
75.1	Retired	Henry Theophilus Klonowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 May	27.8	Ordained Priest	Roger Joseph Foys	Priest of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
79.7	Died	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
17 May	39.8	Appointed	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
39.8	Appointed	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
64.9	Resigned	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
35.9	Appointed	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jos, Nigeria	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
35.9	Appointed	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
45.8	Appointed	Savarinathen Iruthayaraj †	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India	Bishop Emeritus
35.4	Appointed	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Auxiliary Bishop of Keta, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana
35.4	Appointed	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Titular Bishop of Mascula	Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana
59.4	Appointed	Appasinghe Paul Perera †	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
35.3	Appointed	Vital Komenan Yao †	Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
18 May	29.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
50.9	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
27.6	Ordained Priest	Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
19 May	26.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Michael Deliman	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Priest	Ronald William Gainer	Priest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
26.1	Ordained Priest	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
87.4	Died	Lino Rodrigo Ruesca †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
20 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	César Augusto Franco Martínez	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
25.8	Ordained Priest	Dieter Geerlings	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Nycz	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
26.0	Ordained Priest	Paweł Stobrawa	Priest of Opole, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Paulos Tzadua †	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
21 May	85.3	Died	Eugene O’Callaghan †	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
22 May	60.3	Appointed	Antonio Fustella †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	Born	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
61.1	Appointed	Carmine Rocco †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
23 May	53.2	Died	Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
78.5	Died	Joseph Francis Flannelly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
63.5	Appointed	Jean Jadot †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
24 May		Born	Gustavo Oscar Carrara		Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Praecausa	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
23.8	Ordained Priest	Marek Jędraszewski	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
26.3	Ordained Priest	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
25 May	75.5	Retired	Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
60.7	Resigned	Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Priest	Zygmunt Zimowski †	Priest of Tarnów, Poland	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
26 May	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
27 May		Born	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.		Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
24.0	Ordained Priest	Serge Patrick Poitras	Priest of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
28 May	51.0	Appointed	Pio Laghi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
29 May	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
30 May	49.0	Appointed	Filippo Franceschi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Filippo Franceschi †	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
31 May	26.0	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone	Priest of Canelones, Uruguay	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.9	Ordained Priest	Francesc Pardo Artigas †	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Girona, Spain

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