The Year of Our Lord 2014

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 53.7 Ordained Bishop Carl Alan Kemme Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

64.8 Installed Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

43.7 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Alejandro Montini Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

66.2 Ceased Thomas Anthony Williams Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 May 91.3 Died Tomás Balduino, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

3 May 54.3 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Giobando, S.J. Titular Bishop of Appiaria Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

55.2 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Daniel Giorgi Titular Bishop of Summa Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

47.0 Ordained Bishop Moses Hamungole † Bishop of Monze, Zambia

76.5 Retired Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Frank Yohana Kalabat Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA

57.5 Appointed Martin Krebs Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

57.5 Appointed Martin Krebs Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

75.1 Retired Hanna Zora † Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada Bishop Emeritus

4 May 63.1 Installed Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Bishop of Nanterre, France Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

58.8 Ordained Bishop Han Lim Moon Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

47.5 Installed Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

5 May 63.3 Appointed Francesco Oliva Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

6 May 53.0 Appointed Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

53.0 Appointed Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Rutabo Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

88.6 Died Livio Maritano † Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy

7 May 64.6 Ceased Henry D’Souza Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga, India Bishop of Bellary, India

54.7 Ordained Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J. Bishop of Shimoga, India

8 May 59.5 Appointed Camillo Cibotti Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy

82.4 Died Homero Leite Meira † Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

50.4 Selected Joseph Tang Yuange Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

10 May 72.9 Ceased Luigi Conti † Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

52.4 Ordained Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C. Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

66.5 Installed Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P. Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Ordained Bishop Galo Fernández Villaseca Titular Bishop of Simingi Bishop of Talca, Chile

64.3 Appointed Jacek Jezierski Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

50.5 Ordained Bishop José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. † Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina

55.3 Ordained Bishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez Titular Bishop of Tetci Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile

73.2 Resigned Jan Styrna † Bishop of Elbląg, Poland Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P. Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho

11 May 61.5 Ordained Bishop Marco Arnolfo Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

73.6 Installed Lorenzo Baldisseri Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops

83.9 Died Gérard Drainville † Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada

68.0 Installed André Marceau Bishop of Nice, France Bishop Emeritus

86.1 Died Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

76.4 Ceased Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Apostolic Administrator of Nice, France Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

12 May 88.8 Died Marco Cé † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

75.5 Appointed Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley Apostolic Administrator of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

61.1 Appointed Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

52.2 Appointed Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil

76.0 Died Ruben Tolentino Profugo † Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines

13 May 57.6 Ordained Bishop Robert John Byrne, C.O. Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

77.4 Retired Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece Bishop Emeritus

77.4 Retired Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

77.4 Retired Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

88.8 Died Altamiro Rossato, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

50.7 Appointed Petros Stefanou Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece

50.7 Appointed Petros Stefanou Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece

50.7 Appointed Petros Stefanou Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece

14 May 47.1 Appointed Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

46.6 Ordained Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia

66.8 Installed Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines

60.8 Appointed Kevin Peter Doran Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

78.1 Retired Christopher Jones † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Apostolic Administrator of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

71.4 Resigned Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 May 61.9 Appointed Enrique Díaz Díaz Coadjutor Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

76.0 Retired Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia

17 May 49.4 Ordained Bishop Bruno Ateba Edo, S.A.C. Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

126.0 Beatified Bl. Anton Durcovici † Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

49.1 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Garita Herrera Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

75.7 Retired Józef Kowalczyk Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

57.6 Ordained Bishop Fernando Martín Croxatto Titular Bishop of Fissiana Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina

49.4 Appointed Wojciech Polak Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

51.3 Ordained Bishop Antoine Sabi Bio Bishop of Natitingou, Benin

50.3 Installed Vitaliy Skomarovskyi Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

61.2 Installed José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.6 Ordained Bishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

18 May 66.3 Installed Giovanni D’Alise † Bishop of Caserta, Italy

59.0 Installed Damian Denis Dallu Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

56.4 Installed Antônio Carlos Félix Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

65.5 Ceased Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa Apostolic Administrator of Songea, Tanzania Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania

19 May 91.2 Died Eurico Dias Nogueira † Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

68.0 Appointed José Luis Mollaghan Official of the Roman Curia - Other Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

20 May 92.0 Died Paul-Émile Charbonneau † Bishop Emeritus of Hull, Québec, Canada

61.2 Appointed Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain

77.5 Retired John Anthony Rawsthorne Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

21 May 79.1 Retired Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B. Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Josafá Menezes da Silva Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

46.6 Ordained Bishop Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M. Titular Bishop of Centuriones Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

70.5 Appointed Boghos Lévon Zékiyan Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

70.5 Appointed Boghos Lévon Zékiyan Titular Archbishop of Amida degli Armeni Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

22 May 49.7 Appointed Markus Graulich, S.D.B. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco

24 May 63.4 Appointed Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

63.4 Appointed Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi Titular Bishop of Dusa Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

52.4 Installed Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C. Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

54.8 Ordained Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Moroto, Uganda

41.5 Ordained Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn Titular Bishop of Lesvi Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

55.5 Appointed Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

55.5 Appointed Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

48.9 Ordained Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B. Bishop of Passau, Germany

53.8 Installed Taras Senkiv, O.M. Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

57.6 Appointed Pierantonio Tremolada Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Brescia, Italy

57.6 Appointed Pierantonio Tremolada Titular Bishop of Maxita Bishop of Brescia, Italy

25 May 81.0 Died Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani † Bishop Emeritus of Catamarca, Argentina

64.7 Installed Tadeusz Pikus Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Ordained Bishop José Carlos de Souza Campos Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

72.7 Installed Beniamino Stella Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

26 May 69.4 Appointed Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

27 May 75.0 Retired Francisco González Valer, S.F. † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Adam Lepa † Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

37.6 Appointed Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

37.6 Confirmed Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

28 May 75.8 Retired Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

60.6 Appointed José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

29 May 43.4 Confirmed Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania

63.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia

54.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Yves Michel Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

57.9 Installed Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

59.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Trân Văn Toàn Titular Bishop of Acalissus Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam

30 May 52.0 Appointed Stephan Burger Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

55.2 Ordained Bishop Fabio Fabene Titular Bishop of Aquipendium Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

50.4 Appointed Paolo Giulietti Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

50.4 Appointed Paolo Giulietti Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

51.3 Appointed Jonas Benson Okoye Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria

51.3 Appointed Jonas Benson Okoye Titular Bishop of Masclianae Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria

31 May 75.0 Retired Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

81.2 Installed Kelvin Edward Felix † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

62.4 Appointed Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop

54.5 Ordained Bishop Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.3 Ordained Bishop Marek Zalewski Titular Archbishop of Africa Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Carl Alan Kemme	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
64.8	Installed	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Alejandro Montini	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
66.2	Ceased	Thomas Anthony Williams	Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 May	91.3	Died	Tomás Balduino, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
3 May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Giobando, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Daniel Giorgi	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Moses Hamungole †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
76.5	Retired	Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Frank Yohana Kalabat	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
57.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
57.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
75.1	Retired	Hanna Zora †	Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	63.1	Installed	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Bishop of Nanterre, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Han Lim Moon	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
47.5	Installed	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania	Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
5 May	63.3	Appointed	Francesco Oliva	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
6 May	53.0	Appointed	Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
53.0	Appointed	Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Rutabo	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
88.6	Died	Livio Maritano †	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
7 May	64.6	Ceased	Henry D’Souza	Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga, India	Bishop of Bellary, India
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Serrao, S.J.	Bishop of Shimoga, India
8 May	59.5	Appointed	Camillo Cibotti	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
82.4	Died	Homero Leite Meira †	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
50.4	Selected	Joseph Tang Yuange	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
10 May	72.9	Ceased	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
66.5	Installed	Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Galo Fernández Villaseca	Titular Bishop of Simingi	Bishop of Talca, Chile
64.3	Appointed	Jacek Jezierski	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
50.5	Ordained Bishop	José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. †	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
73.2	Resigned	Jan Styrna †	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P.	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
11 May	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Marco Arnolfo	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
73.6	Installed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
83.9	Died	Gérard Drainville †	Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
68.0	Installed	André Marceau	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
86.1	Died	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
76.4	Ceased	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Apostolic Administrator of Nice, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
12 May	88.8	Died	Marco Cé †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
75.5	Appointed	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Apostolic Administrator of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
61.1	Appointed	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
52.2	Appointed	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
76.0	Died	Ruben Tolentino Profugo †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
13 May	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert John Byrne, C.O.	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
77.4	Retired	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
77.4	Retired	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
77.4	Retired	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
88.8	Died	Altamiro Rossato, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.7	Appointed	Petros Stefanou	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
50.7	Appointed	Petros Stefanou	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
50.7	Appointed	Petros Stefanou	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
14 May	47.1	Appointed	Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
66.8	Installed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
60.8	Appointed	Kevin Peter Doran	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
78.1	Retired	Christopher Jones †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Apostolic Administrator of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.4	Resigned	Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 May	61.9	Appointed	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Coadjutor Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
76.0	Retired	Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
17 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Ateba Edo, S.A.C.	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
126.0	Beatified	Bl. Anton Durcovici †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
49.1	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Garita Herrera	Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
75.7	Retired	Józef Kowalczyk	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Martín Croxatto	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
49.4	Appointed	Wojciech Polak	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Sabi Bio	Bishop of Natitingou, Benin
50.3	Installed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
61.2	Installed	José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen	Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
18 May	66.3	Installed	Giovanni D’Alise †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
59.0	Installed	Damian Denis Dallu	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
56.4	Installed	Antônio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
65.5	Ceased	Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa	Apostolic Administrator of Songea, Tanzania	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
19 May	91.2	Died	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
68.0	Appointed	José Luis Mollaghan	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
20 May	92.0	Died	Paul-Émile Charbonneau †	Bishop Emeritus of Hull, Québec, Canada
61.2	Appointed	Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain
77.5	Retired	John Anthony Rawsthorne	Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
21 May	79.1	Retired	Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
70.5	Appointed	Boghos Lévon Zékiyan	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
70.5	Appointed	Boghos Lévon Zékiyan	Titular Archbishop of Amida degli Armeni	Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
22 May	49.7	Appointed	Markus Graulich, S.D.B.	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
24 May	63.4	Appointed	Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
63.4	Appointed	Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
52.4	Installed	Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Moroto, Uganda
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Bohdan Manyshyn	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
55.5	Appointed	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
55.5	Appointed	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Oster, S.D.B.	Bishop of Passau, Germany
53.8	Installed	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
57.6	Appointed	Pierantonio Tremolada	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
57.6	Appointed	Pierantonio Tremolada	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
25 May	81.0	Died	Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani †	Bishop Emeritus of Catamarca, Argentina
64.7	Installed	Tadeusz Pikus	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Ordained Bishop	José Carlos de Souza Campos	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
72.7	Installed	Beniamino Stella	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
26 May	69.4	Appointed	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 May	75.0	Retired	Francisco González Valer, S.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Adam Lepa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
37.6	Appointed	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
37.6	Confirmed	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
28 May	75.8	Retired	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29 May	43.4	Confirmed	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Fabian McCarthy	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Yves Michel	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
57.9	Installed	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Trân Văn Toàn	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
30 May	52.0	Appointed	Stephan Burger	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Fabene	Titular Bishop of Aquipendium	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
50.4	Appointed	Paolo Giulietti	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
50.4	Appointed	Paolo Giulietti	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Jonas Benson Okoye	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
51.3	Appointed	Jonas Benson Okoye	Titular Bishop of Masclianae	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
31 May	75.0	Retired	Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
81.2	Installed	Kelvin Edward Felix †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
62.4	Appointed	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr.	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Marek Zalewski	Titular Archbishop of Africa	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore

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