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The Year of Our Lord 1987

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown81.6Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
4 Jan69.7Paul Francis AndersonBishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
9 Jan89.8José de Jesús Martinez VargasBishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
12 Jan77.5Victor Frederick Foley, S.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Jan51.8Tobias Wunganayi ChiginyaBishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
15 Jan78.2Aníbal Muñoz DuqueCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
16 Jan79.7Marino BergonziniBishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
19 Jan78.6Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
20 Jan92.2Charles Pasquale GrecoBishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
1 Feb53.2Denis William HanrahanBishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
10 Feb86.3Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
13 Feb82.9Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Denpasar, Indonesia
16 Feb80.8Alois BremsBishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
18 Feb80.7Jorge Carlos CarrerasBishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
20 Feb90.5Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family
20 Feb65.7Caesar GatimuBishop of Nyeri, Kenya
20 Feb53.1John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
20 Feb74.8Joseph ParecattilCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Feb67.2Umberto FlorenzaniBishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
24 Feb78.1[John Ji Huairang], O.F.M. †Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
24 Feb82.4Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
24 Feb88.8Wilhelm SedlmeierAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
3 Mar70.9György PókaAuxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
6 Mar63.9Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. †Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum
9 Mar70.9Rubén Isaza RestrepoArchbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
12 Mar89.0Dominique Marie Lê Hữu CungBishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
21 Mar79.2Frank Henry GretemanBishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
26 Mar53.2Raphaël Lubaki NgangaBishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar75.2[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi]Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
27 Mar85.9Luis Chávez y GonzálezArchbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
27 Mar99.2[Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)]Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
28 Mar73.5Iván PálosAuxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
28 Mar85.9Albert Rudolph ZurowesteBishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
1 Apr81.6Antonio Oña de EchaveBishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
7 Apr75.9John Baptist Sye Bong-KilArchbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
8 Apr77.1Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Apr60.8Kevin McNamaraArchbishop of Dublin, Ireland
27 Apr60.1José López LaraBishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
28 Apr56.8Isaac Youhanon KoottaplakilBishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
1 May63.8Dominic Joseph AbreoBishop of Aurangabad, India
3 May65.6Luis Clemente de la Vega RodriguezBishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
9 May74.8Richard Thomas McGrathBishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
13 May80.9Béla Norbert Legányi, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary
21 May58.5Giovanni Francesco PalaBishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
22 May75.6Gellért BelonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
26 May82.8Giovanni Battista PardiniBishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
27 May83.2Miguel Ángel Arce VivasArchbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
2 Jun78.7Antonio María AguirreBishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina
7 Jun74.9Giovanni StamatiBishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
13 Jun65.5Joseph Patrick Mary Loftus, O.S.M. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary
13 Jun71.0Altivo Pacheco RibeiroBishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 Jun72.4Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine
16 Jun81.1Pedro José Rivera MejíaBishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
16 Jun71.5Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
17 Jun57.0Walter Bini, S.D.B. †Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Jun55.3Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
26 Jun56.2Bienvenido Solon TudtudPrelate of Marawi, Philippines
30 Jun95.1João Batista Cavati, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Jul67.2Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
10 Jul98.5John Edward Morris, M.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
13 Jul85.0Alfred-Joseph AttonBishop Emeritus of Langres, France
14 Jul69.3Joseph Gregory VathBishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16 Jul82.0Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
17 Jul92.4Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
22 Jul59.6Joseph Adolphe ProulxBishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada
24 Jul71.7John Anthony KellyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
25 Jul90.9Georges-Stanislas-Jean BéjotAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
27 Jul89.5Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
27 Jul91.4Pietro RaimondiBishop Emeritus of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
2 Aug68.3László RózsavölgyiTitular Bishop of Lystra
10 Aug91.0Patrick Aloysius O’BoyleCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 Aug77.6Antonio José PlazaArchbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
16 Aug75.4Antonino PinciApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Panama
18 Aug80.9Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
20 Aug82.9José María Bueno y MonrealCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Aug83.5Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
31 Aug94.6Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
31 Aug88.0Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
8 Sep83.5Hubert Michael NewellBishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
9 Sep82.4Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
9 Sep76.4Paul Joseph SchmittBishop Emeritus of Metz, France
12 Sep74.4João José da Mota e AlbuquerqueArchbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
17 Sep78.9George Patrick DwyerArchbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
17 Sep79.0Alejandro Fernández Feo-TinocoBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
24 Sep83.0Georges Léon PelletierBishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
24 Sep80.3Henry Joseph SoennekerBishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
2 Oct92.7Santiago Del Rio, E.C.M.C. †Superior General Emeritus of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona
2 Oct86.6Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4 Oct79.8John Lancelot Swain, S.J. †Vicar General Emeritus of Society of Jesus
6 Oct65.2Joseph Phan Văn HoaCoadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
9 Oct81.9Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
15 Oct73.7Thomas Andrew DonnellanArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
15 Oct88.2Antônio ZatteraBishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Oct80.8Joseph HöffnerCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Oct78.3Antonio Añoveros AtaúnBishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
26 Oct82.3Hugh Aloysius DonohoeBishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
3 Nov82.5Hermanus Johannes (Herman Jan) van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
4 Nov67.6Victorino Alvarez TenaBishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
8 Nov57.9Stéphane KatchouBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Nov79.5Charles-Marie-Paul VignancourArchbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
13 Nov73.9Julius GábrišApostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
17 Nov80.8Thomas Bernard PearsonAuxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
18 Nov100.0Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T. †Grand Master Emeritus of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem
19 Nov94.3Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
19 Nov84.5José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
26 Nov76.1Angel Pérez CisnerosArchbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
30 Nov82.1Josef VranaApostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia
1 Dec82.1Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) GiustiPrefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
1 Dec79.1Matteo Guido SperandeoBishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
3 Dec90.0Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
6 Dec70.5Francis Alexander Spalding Warden ThomsonBishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
9 Dec75.0Thomas McDonnellBishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
10 Dec71.2Pasquale BacileBishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
13 Dec73.2Harold Joseph DimmerlingBishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
13 Dec84.3Leo D’MelloBishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
16 Dec87.4Bernardus Johannes AlfrinkCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
17 Dec[ Fan Dao-jiang]Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
18 Dec87.2Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
18 Dec75.2Franz Janssen, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
21 Dec75.8George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
27 Dec97.8Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Cuttack, India
30 Dec74.2Helmut Hermann WittlerBishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

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