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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
	51.8	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 Societ? 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 Pi?eiro Garc?a-Calder?n	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 Mar?a 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	51.8	Born	Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	82.4	Died	Jos? Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate Emeritus of Juru?, 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 Emeritus 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
	51.8	Born	Raimundo Vanthuy Neto, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
12 May	69.8	Resigned	Aim? Décosse †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	43.3	Appointed	Tadeusz J?zef Zawistowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.3	Appointed	Tadeusz J?zef 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 B?zzoli †	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 Compaor? †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
	39.8	Appointed	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaor? †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	64.9	Resigned	Andr?-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Bouak?, C?te 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 Bouak?, C?te d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouak?, C?te d’Ivoire
18 May	29.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos B?rgler, 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 Mar?a 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 Mart?nez	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Dieter Geerlings	Priest of M?nster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Nycz	Priest of Krak?w {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
	51.7	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	51.7	Born	Gustavo Oscar Carrara	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Rosalio Jos? 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 Krak?w {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 Tarn?w, 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	51.7	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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