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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 May58.9Ordained BishopJoseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.Bishop of De Aar, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
49.6Ordained BishopNorbert TrelleTitular Bishop of EgnatiaBishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
2 May31.0Ordained PriestTelesphore Bilung, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Jamshedpur, India
28.2Ordained PriestVincenzo CalvosaPriest of Cassano all’Jonio, ItalyBishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
28.0Ordained DeaconCharles Duval, C.Ss.R.Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerCoadjutor Archbishop-Elect of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
32.6Ordained DeaconJulio Esteban Larrondo YáñezDeacon of Santiago de ChilePrelate of Illapel, Chile
27.7Ordained PriestBrian UdaigwePriest of Orlu, NigeriaApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
3 May52.8Ordained BishopJoseph Sunday AjomoBishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
22.4First VowsLeo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F.Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryPrelate of Isabela, Philippines
70.3Ordained BishopYohannes WoldegiorgisTitular Bishop of FormaVicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
4 May63.1AppointedNatalino PescaroloBishop of Fossano, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
5 May52.6AppointedEustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Paraguay, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
52.6AppointedEustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. †Titular Bishop of AufiniumArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
6 May65.0ResignedEamon CaseyBishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, IrelandBishop Emeritus
58.9DiedMichael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
75.0RetiredHubertus Cornelis Antonius ErnstBishop of Breda, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus
7 May50.3Ordained BishopThomas Nguyễn Văn TrâmTitular Bishop of HiltaBishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam
61.8AppointedVittorio TomassettiBishop of Palestrina, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
8 May79.8DiedArnoldo OnistoBishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
9 May31.0Ordained PriestNicolò AnselmiPriest of Genova {Genoa}, ItalyBishop of Rimini, Italy
63.0Ordained BishopAndrea CassoneArchbishop of Rossano-Cariati, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
71.1DiedJoseph Nguyễn Phụng HiểuBishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
30.7Ordained PriestCajetan Francis OstaPriest of Muzaffarpur, IndiaBishop
25.8Ordained PriestMatteo VisioliPriest of Parma (-Fontevivo), ItalySecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
26.8Ordained PriestDennis Gerard WalshPriest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
10 May33.3Ordained PriestMichael Didi Adgum MangoriaPriest of Khartoum, SudanArchbishop
51.6Ordained BishopCesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
24.3Ordained PriestWalter ErbìPriest of Iglesias, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Liberia
49.6Ordained BishopJean-Berchmans NterereCoadjutor Bishop of Muyinga, BurundiBishop
13 May56.6Ordained BishopFabian Wendelin BruskewitzBishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USABishop Emeritus
48.4AppointedAlfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
83.9DiedLauncelot John GoodyArchbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
14 May35.6Ordained BishopJohn Zhang QingtianAuxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], ChinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 May26.2Ordained PriestLarry James KulickPriest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop
28.7Ordained PriestJohn Joseph McIntyrePriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop
59.3AppointedAlfredo José Rodríguez FigueroaArchbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
17 May66.2InstalledBernard AgréBishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’IvoireCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
47.4Ordained BishopAyo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.Bishop of Ilorin, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
26.6Ordained PriestDidier Fernand Gabriel NoblotPriest of Troyes, FranceBishop of Saint-Flour, France
78.4DiedAlfred PichlerBishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 May51.3Ordained BishopJustin Joseph BianchiniBishop of Geraldton, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
26.2Ordained PriestJeffrey Michael FlemingPriest of Helena, Montana, USABishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
80.1DiedJózef Benedykt KurpasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
20 May55.4AppointedJorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
55.4AppointedJorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Titular Bishop of AucaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
89.4DiedGiovanni Umberto ColomboCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
46.0AppointedMichael NearyAuxiliary Bishop of Tuam, IrelandArchbishop Emeritus
46.0AppointedMichael NearyTitular Bishop of QuaestorianaArchbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
53.7AppointedRaúl Omar RossiAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop of San Martín, Argentina
53.7AppointedRaúl Omar RossiTitular Bishop of EneraBishop of San Martín, Argentina
21 May62.3Ordained BishopJohn Patrick BolesTitular Bishop of Nova SparsaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
64.7Ordained BishopJohn Richard McNamaraTitular Bishop of RisiniumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 May79.9DiedGiovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
28.1Ordained PriestPeter Andrew ComensoliPriest of Wollongong, AustraliaArchbishop of Melbourne, Australia
67.6AppointedManuel Edmilson da CruzApostolic Administrator of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
80.2RetiredPatrick Vincent Hurley, C.Ss.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 May31.1Ordained PriestJeffrey Scott GrobPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USAArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
26.3Ordained PriestLawrence John SullivanPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop-Elect
43.0Ordained BishopTarcisius Gervazio ZiyayeTitular Bishop of MaconArchbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
24 May61.0DiedMathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
52.0InstalledJan Bernard SzlagaBishop of Pelplin, Poland
25 May69.7DiedAthanasios AbadirBishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
58.3InstalledEdmond CarmodyBishop of Tyler, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
67.8AppointedNicola ComparoneApostolic Administrator of Aversa, ItalyBishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
57.0AppointedGerardo PierroArchbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
85.7DiedAnselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
26 May78.9DiedInácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.1AppointedRicardo Blázquez PérezBishop of Palencia, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
44.3AppointedJavier Salinas ViñalsBishop of Ibiza, SpainAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
64.2AppointedJoseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. †Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
27 May60.4AppointedHilário Moser, S.D.B.Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
63.3AppointedAntonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure, VenezuelaCardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
28 May27.5Ordained DeaconAndrzej PrzybylskiDeacon of Częstochowa, PolandAuxiliary Bishop
25.1Ordained PriestMarek SolarczykPriest of Warszawa-Praga, PolandBishop of Radom, Poland
29 May53.5AppointedReginald Michael CawcuttAuxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South AfricaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.5AppointedReginald Michael CawcuttTitular Bishop of EgabroAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
41.8AppointedDamião António FranklinAuxiliary Bishop of Luanda, AngolaArchbishop
41.8AppointedDamião António FranklinTitular Bishop of FaleroneArchbishop of Luanda, Angola
76.5RetiredDenis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Durban, South AfricaArchbishop Emeritus
65.6DiedAlbert NdongmoBishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
48.3AppointedRatko PerićCoadjutor Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Emeritus
47.3AppointedSerafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Mbanza Congo, AngolaBishop Emeritus
30 May33.1Ordained PriestJuan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J.Priest of Society of JesusPrefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
27.6Ordained PriestRichard Garth HenningPriest of Rockville Centre, New York, USAArchbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
35.1Ordained PriestJoseph Phuong NguyenPriest of Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
57.5Ordained BishopSimon Akwali OkaforTitular Bishop of AugurusBishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria
30.0Ordained PriestMichael Arsenio SaporitoPriest of Newark, New Jersey, USAAuxiliary Bishop
58.4Ordained BishopAdam Smigielski, S.D.B. †Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
26.3Ordained PriestJohn-Nhàn TrầnPriest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USAAuxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
51.6AppointedFouad Boutros TwalPrelate of Tunis, TunisiaPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
31 May27.2Ordained DeaconOnécimo AlbertonDeacon of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
27.0ProfessedAdilson Pedro Busin, C.S.Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles BorromeoBishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
22.7ProfessedRozario Menezes, S.M.M.Member of Missionaries of the Company of MaryBishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea
23.3Ordained PriestPaul Pei JunminPriest of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], ChinaBishop
25.8Ordained PriestArūnas PoniškaitisPriest of Vilkaviškis, LithuaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
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