Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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May | 58.3 | Appointed | François XavierNguyễn Văn Sang † | Apostolic Administrator ofThái Bình,Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
1 May | 63.4 | Installed | MauriceCouture, R.S.V. † | Archbishop ofQuébec,Canada | Archbishop Emeritus |
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | PetruGherghel | Bishop ofIaşi,Romania | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.3 | Ordained Bishop | PálReizer † | Bishop ofSatu Mare {Szatmár},Romania | ||
2 May | 45.4 | Installed | Joseph Paul PierreMorissette | Bishop ofBaie-Comeau, Québec,Canada | Bishop Emeritus ofSaint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec,Canada |
4 May | 84.7 | Died | SinforianoLucas Rojo, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofPilcomayo,Paraguay | |
5 May | 65.0 | Died | Pedro de GuzmanMagugat, M.S.C. † | Bishop ofUrdaneta,Philippines | |
70.8 | Resigned | GiovanniMariani † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio toGreece | Apostolic Nuncio | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Edson JoséOriolo dos Santos | Priest ofPouso Alegre, Minas Gerais,Brazil | Bishop ofLeopoldina, Minas Gerais,Brazil | |
61.1 | Ordained Bishop | NatalinoPescarolo † | Titular Bishop ofAlexanum | Bishop Emeritus ofCuneo,Italy | |
31.3 | Ordained Priest | Luis FernandoRamos Pérez | Priest ofSantiago de Chile | Archbishop ofPuerto Montt,Chile | |
6 May | 27.0 | Ordained Priest | JeevanandamAmalanathan | Priest ofKumbakonam,India | Bishop |
76.9 | Ordained Bishop | [JamesPing Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] † | Bishop ofGuangzhou [Canton],China | ||
8 May | 75.3 | Retired | Joseph RobertCrowley † | Auxiliary Bishop ofFort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana,USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
88.9 | Died | Jean-MarieLesourd, M. Afr. † | Bishop Emeritus ofNouna,Burkina Faso | ||
47.3 | Appointed | Robert WilliamMuench | Auxiliary Bishop ofNew Orleans, Louisiana,USA | Bishop Emeritus ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana,USA | |
47.3 | Appointed | Robert WilliamMuench | Titular Bishop ofMactaris | Bishop Emeritus ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana,USA | |
66.5 | Died | TomásÓ Fiaich † | Cardinal, Archbishop ofArmagh,Ireland | ||
71.2 | Resigned | Bernard JosephWallace † | Bishop ofRockhampton,Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 May | 60.2 | Installed | Aloysius MatthewAmbrozic † | Archbishop ofToronto, Ontario,Canada | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
58.5 | Appointed | Carlos AlbertoEtchandy Gimeno Navarro † | Archbishop ofNiterói, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | ||
76.0 | Retired | JoséGonçalves da Costa, C.Ss.R. † | Archbishop ofNiterói, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | José TrinidadZapata Ortiz | Priest ofSan Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz,México | Bishop ofPapantla, Puebla,México | |
10 May | 51.5 | Died | Luis MiguelCantón Marín † | Bishop ofTapachula, Chiapas,México | |
11 May | 59.6 | Resigned | SalvatoreDe Giorgi | Archbishop ofTaranto,Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofPalermo,Italy |
54.7 | Appointed | Benigno LuigiPapa, O.F.M. Cap. † | Archbishop ofTaranto,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
12 May | 63.4 | Succeeded | Alberto JohannesFörst, O. Carm. † | Bishop ofDourados, Mato Grosso do Sul,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
28.6 | Ordained Priest | Mark AndrewHagemoen | Priest ofVancouver, British Columbia,Canada | Bishop ofSaskatoon, Saskatchewan,Canada | |
75.0 | Retired | TeodardoLeitz, O.F.M. † | Bishop ofDourados, Mato Grosso do Sul,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
32.6 | Ordained Priest | Robert JosephLombardo, C.F.R. | Priest ofFranciscan Friars of the Renewal | Auxiliary Bishop ofChicago, Illinois,USA | |
13 May | 28.6 | Ordained Priest | Marc MichelBeaumont | Priest ofCambrai,France | Bishop ofMoulins,France |
52.1 | Ordained Bishop | JoséDoth de Oliveira † | Coadjutor Bishop ofPalmares, Pernambuco,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus ofIguatu, Ceara,Brazil | |
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Elias James JohnManning, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop ofValença, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.0 | Ordained Bishop | AntoninoOrrù † | Bishop ofAles-Terralba,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 May | 25.6 | Ordained Priest | Raúl AlfonsoCarrillo Martínez | Priest ofZipaquirá,Colombia | Vicar Apostolic ofPuerto Gaitán,Colombia |
15 May | 26.0 | Ordained Priest | JosephSusainathan (Soosainathan) | Priest ofBangalore,India | Auxiliary Bishop |
16 May | 69.1 | Died | Lorenzo Michele JosephGraziano, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus ofSan Miguel,El Salvador | |
69.1 | Resigned | JohnMcCormack † | Bishop ofMeath,Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.9 | Succeeded | MichaelSmith | Bishop ofMeath,Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.6 | Appointed | Kyrillos KamalWilliam Samaan † | Bishop ofAssiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic),Egypt | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 May | 19.5 | Professed | MathewNellikunnel, C.S.T. | Member ofCongregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” | Bishop ofGorakhpur (Syro-Malabar),India |
18 May | 69.1 | Died | Joseph-MarieTrịnh Văn Căn † | Cardinal, Archbishop ofHà Nội,Viet Nam | |
19 May | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | GiulianoBrugnotto | Priest ofTreviso,Italy | Bishop ofVicenza,Italy |
26.4 | Ordained Priest | Brendan JohnCahill | Priest ofGalveston-Houston, Texas,USA | Bishop ofVictoria in Texas,USA | |
26.6 | Ordained Deacon | BenoîtGschwind, A.A. | Deacon ofAugustinians of the Assumption | Bishop ofPamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix),France | |
26.5 | Ordained Priest | WiesławŚpiewak, C. R. | Priest ofCongregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ | Bishop ofHamilton in Bermuda,Antilles | |
20 May | 28.0 | Ordained Priest | StephanBurger | Priest ofFreiburg im Breisgau,Germany | Archbishop |
26.9 | Ordained Deacon | Jean-MarcMicas, P.S.S. | Deacon ofToulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux),France | Bishop ofTarbes et Lourdes,France | |
37.2 | Ordained Priest | James PatrickPowers | Priest ofSuperior, Wisconsin,USA | Bishop | |
38.7 | Incardinated | GervasRozario | Priest ofRajshahi,Bangladesh | Bishop | |
21 May | 48.6 | Appointed | Deogratias MuganwaByabazaire † | Coadjutor Bishop ofHoima,Uganda | Bishop |
46.6 | Appointed | PatrickD’Rozario, C.S.C. | Bishop ofRajshahi,Bangladesh | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofDhaka,Bangladesh | |
50.6 | Appointed | StanislausFernandes, S.J. | Bishop ofAhmedabad,India | Archbishop Emeritus ofGandhinagar,India | |
79.7 | Retired | CharlesGomes, S.J. † | Bishop ofAhmedabad,India | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.2 | Appointed | NicodemusKirima † | Archbishop ofNyeri,Kenya | ||
61.4 | Appointed | John JosephNjenga † | Archbishop ofMombasa,Kenya | Archbishop Emeritus | |
47.8 | Appointed | ZacchaeusOkoth | Archbishop ofKisumu,Kenya | Archbishop Emeritus | |
38.3 | Died | AlfonsoYepes Rojo † | Prefect ofLeticia,Colombia | ||
22 May | 76.6 | Died | Jean-BaptisteCoudray, C.S.Sp. † | Prefect Emeritus ofKankan,Guinea | |
41.7 | Succeeded | WolfgangHaas | Bishop ofChur,Switzerland | Archbishop Emeritus ofVaduz,Liechtenstein | |
74.0 | Retired | Johannes AntonVonderach † | Bishop ofChur,Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus | |
23 May | 63.8 | Succeeded | JānisCakuls † | Apostolic Administrator ofRiga,Latvia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
63.8 | Succeeded | JānisCakuls † | Apostolic Administrator ofLiepāja,Latvia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofRiga,Latvia | |
24 May | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | AndrzejJózwowicz | Priest ofWarszawa {Warsaw},Poland | Apostolic Nuncio toIran |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Joseph LuechaiThatwisai | Priest ofUdon Thani,Thailand | Bishop | |
94.7 | Died | JulijansVaivods † | Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator ofRiga,Latvia | ||
25 May | 60.4 | Installed | Norbert Mary Leonard JamesDorsey, C.P. † | Bishop ofOrlando, Florida,USA | Bishop Emeritus |
76.1 | Died | EpifanioSurban Belmonte † | Bishop Emeritus ofDumaguete,Philippines | ||
47.7 | Installed | Jorge LiberatoUrosa Savino † | Archbishop ofValencia en Venezuela | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofCaracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
26 May | 65.8 | Ordained Bishop | NicolaComparone † | Coadjutor Bishop ofAlife-Caiazzo,Italy | Bishop |
51.5 | Appointed | JózefZawitkowski † | Auxiliary Bishop ofWarszawa {Warsaw},Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofŁowicz,Poland | |
51.5 | Appointed | JózefZawitkowski † | Titular Bishop ofAusana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofŁowicz,Poland | |
28.4 | Ordained Priest | Andrzej JerzyZglejszewski | Priest ofRockville Centre, New York,USA | Auxiliary Bishop | |
33.1 | Ordained Priest | Thomas RobertZinkula | Priest ofDubuque, Iowa,USA | Archbishop | |
27 May | 33.0 | Ordained Priest | Francis VictorBestion | Priest ofMende,France | Bishop ofBlois,France |
44.5 | Ordained Bishop | ThomasDabre | Titular Bishop ofArae in Numidia | Bishop Emeritus ofPoona,India | |
82.3 | Died | Francisco JavierGillmore Stock † | Bishop Emeritus ofChile, Military | ||
71.0 | Ordained Bishop | VasileHossu † | Bishop ofOradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian),Romania | ||
31.7 | Ordained Priest | John BaptistLee Keh-mien | Priest ofHsinchu,Taiwan | Bishop | |
41.2 | Ordained Bishop | Mario del ValleMoronta Rodríguez | Titular Bishop ofNova | Bishop Emeritus ofSan Cristóbal de Venezuela | |
59.0 | Ordained Bishop | LucianMureşan | Bishop ofMaramureş (Romanian),Romania | Cardinal, Major Archbishop ofFăgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian),Romania | |
51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Diego RafaelPadrón Sánchez | Titular Bishop ofGisipa | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofCumaná,Venezuela | |
49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ubaldo RamónSantana Sequera, F.M.I. | Titular Bishop ofCaeciri | Archbishop Emeritus ofMaracaibo,Venezuela | |
26.4 | Ordained Priest | VitaliySkomarovskyi | Priest ofZytomir,Ukraine | Bishop ofLutsk,Ukraine | |
74.6 | Ordained Bishop | [FrancisZhang Feng-zao] † | Bishop ofWuhu [Wuhu],China | ||
28 May | 64.7 | Appointed | AndreaCordero Lanza di Montezemolo † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio toCyprus | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of theBasilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | David EugeneFellhauer | Bishop ofVictoria in Texas,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
30 May | 78.4 | Died | John FrancisHackett † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofHartford, Connecticut,USA | |
22.7 | Ordained Priest | Josaphat OlehHovera | Priest ofLviv (Ukrainian),Ukraine | Archiepiscopal Exarch ofLutsk (Ukrainian),Ukraine | |
31 May | 48.4 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen EdwardBlaire † | Titular Bishop ofLamzella | Bishop Emeritus ofStockton, California,USA |
72.6 | Died | Joséd’Angelo Neto † | Archbishop ofPouso Alegre, Minas Gerais,Brazil | ||
22.5 | First Vows | Virgiliodo Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. | Member ofSalesians of Saint John Bosco | Cardinal, Archbishop ofDíli,Timor-Leste | |
56.5 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas LudgerDupré † | Titular Bishop ofHodelm | Bishop Emeritus ofSpringfield in Massachusetts,USA | |
24.4 | Ordained Priest | Shorot FrancisGomes | Priest ofDhaka,Bangladesh | Bishop ofSylhet,Bangladesh | |
59.7 | Ordained Bishop | Sylvester DonovanRyan | Titular Bishop ofRemesiana | Bishop Emeritus ofMonterey in California,USA |
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