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DateAgeBishopTitle
1 Jan77.4Pedro BoxlerBishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
2 Jan88.9William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
3 Jan73.6Giulio SalimeiAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
5 Jan73.4Nicola ComparoneBishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
5 Jan61.8Alejandro Jiménez LafebleBishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
8 Jan81.9Albino MensaArchbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
9 Jan82.2Crisanto Darío Mata CovaArchbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
10 Jan78.3Magín Camerino Torreblanca ReyesBishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
13 Jan57.9Charles Kweku SamBishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
16 Jan89.1Ernst Tewes, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Jan87.0Jean-Charles LeclairePriest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
18 Jan91.9Josef SchneiderArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
18 Jan73.4Giuseppe (Josip) UhacSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22 Jan91.7Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
24 Jan94.6Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
28 Jan89.8Bernard Joseph FlanaganBishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1 Feb83.5Valentino VailatiArchbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
5 Feb82.5Conrad Henri Blanchet, M.S. †Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
5 Feb77.1Bl. Eduardo Francisco PironioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
5 Feb86.2Adolfo Servando TortoloArchbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
9 Feb86.0Emanuele RomanoBishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
11 Feb84.4Laurentius Satoshi NagaeBishop Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
11 Feb72.6Luc Auguste SangaréArchbishop of Bamako, Mali
11 Feb87.9Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
13 Feb96.2René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
15 Feb78.6Philip Yang LiboBishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
16 Feb73.4Marcos Antônio NoronhaBishop Emeritus of Itabira, Brazil
20 Feb80.3Francisco de Borja Valenzuela RíosBishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
20 Feb87.7William Gordon WheelerBishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
26 Feb74.6Marco Tulio Ramírez RoaBishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
28 Feb74.5Antonio QuarracinoCardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1 Mar63.5Jean Marie Julien BallandCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
3 Mar89.6John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
3 Mar80.4Henri Véniat, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad
8 Mar86.3Luigi BoccadoroBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
12 Mar89.7Louis LévesqueArchbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
13 Mar87.1Paul EtogaBishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
13 Mar85.6Jacques-Eugène-Louis MénagerArchbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
16 Mar78.2Antonio MazzaBishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
16 Mar50.2Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
19 Mar77.8Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar63.2Jean-Baptiste Outhay ThepmanyVicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
19 Mar81.7Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Mar74.2Jean ZoaArchbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
22 Mar63.6John Richard KeatingBishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
24 Mar69.8António RibeiroCardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
25 Mar60.8Neil E. WillardAuxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
27 Mar92.0John William Comber, M.M. †Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
28 Mar59.2Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
30 Mar87.5André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
8 Apr89.9John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
8 Apr84.3Pietro SantoroArchbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
12 Apr79.6Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
15 Apr79.6José María Carrizo VillarrealBishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
17 Apr75.8Alberto BovoneCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
22 Apr88.8Walter Gunther KampeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
23 Apr74.7Francis Peter de CampoBishop of Port Pirie, Australia
23 Apr86.5Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie PézerilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
25 Apr80.5Joseph KundukulamArchbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Apr75.3Juan José Gerardi ConederaBishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
29 Apr51.5Paul Lungu, S.J. †Bishop of Monze, Zambia
4 May64.4Gerhard JakobAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
4 May76.1Ignacio María de Orbegozo y GoicoecheaBishop of Chiclayo, Peru
6 May65.4John JosephBishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
9 May66.3Teodor MajkowiczBishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
11 May60.2Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †Archbishop of Tours, France
14 May57.2Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo)Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
21 May76.9Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania
23 May86.4Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
26 May79.9Sauveur CasanovaBishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
27 May81.8Eric Gerard PerkinsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
30 May84.5José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
1 Jun77.8Luigi MavernaArchbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
9 Jun83.5Agostino CasaroliCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
17 Jun93.8John Joseph CarberryCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
20 Jun82.6Vittorio OttavianiBishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
21 Jun84.7Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
26 Jun89.7Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
27 Jun89.9Léon-Arthur-Auguste ElchingerBishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
27 Jun79.0João Aloysio HoffmannBishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Jul62.6Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. †Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Jul84.1Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
8 Jul82.4Christophe AdimouArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
9 Jul68.2Antonio Federico GattiAuxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
15 Jul76.8Henricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †Prefect Emeritus of Same, Tanzania
21 Jul79.1Anthony Li WeidaoBishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
23 Jul82.6Vittorio CecchiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
23 Jul70.2Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
25 Jul82.2Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. †Bishop of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Jul87.7Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
26 Jul78.0James Dominic SanguBishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania
28 Jul81.0Manuel Augusto CárdenasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
29 Jul85.7Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
30 Jul91.9Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
31 Jul86.6Ioan PloscaruBishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
1 Aug86.8Vito RobertiBishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
4 Aug86.6Thomas Joseph McDonoughArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
9 Aug90.7Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru
16 Aug73.4Thomas Aloysius McBride, M.M. †Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
20 Aug93.6Nicola RiezzoArchbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
27 Aug70.1Bernard Francis PappinAuxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
28 Aug93.2Rajarethinam Arokiasamy SundaramBishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
2 Sep75.8Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn DụBishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
4 Sep87.4Eldon Bernard SchusterBishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA
4 Sep62.0Gerardo Eusebio SueldoBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
10 Sep67.5Rafael Montiano LimBishop of Boac, Philippines
12 Sep62.3Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. †Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
13 Sep88.6Alois Grillmeier, S.J. †Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
16 Sep68.1José Vittorio TommasíBishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
17 Sep72.7Marcel Bam’ba GongoaBishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep86.4Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
21 Sep93.1Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
22 Sep69.5Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
26 Sep73.2Giovanni Maria SartoriArchbishop of Trento, Italy
28 Sep83.9Aurelio SorrentinoArchbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
2 Oct80.4Renatus Lwamosa ButibubageBishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
2 Oct90.3Joseph Khiamsun NittayoArchbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
6 Oct78.5Kornél Pataky (Pataki)Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
13 Oct76.1Mariano Gaviola y GarcésArchbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
16 Oct77.8Michael Kien SamophithakArchbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
18 Oct78.7Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. †Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
25 Oct81.0Michael Liu XianruBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
25 Oct76.7François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
30 Oct90.4Segundo Garcia de Sierra y MéndezArchbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
3 Nov70.5Paulos Philoxinos AyyamkulangaraAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
3 Nov68.9Oriano QuiliciApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
6 Nov78.2Elias Nijmé, B.A. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
10 Nov70.4Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
13 Nov60.7Mário ZanettaBishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
15 Nov80.2Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
15 Nov96.6Leo Aloysius PursleyBishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
23 Nov87.6Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
26 Nov76.5Djuro KokšaAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
28 Nov85.2Frederick William FrekingBishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
28 Nov93.1Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
1 Dec80.5Jean-François Mathieu ArrighiVice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
2 Dec84.8Ferdinando MaggioniBishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
2 Dec69.8Américo do Couto OliveiraBishop of Lamego, Portugal
6 Dec80.4Vicente de Paulo Araújo MatosBishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
6 Dec74.3João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
7 Dec88.0Demetrio Mansilla ReoyoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
7 Dec71.8Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Dec83.5Anthony Yang Shao-huai (Xiaohuai), O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
15 Dec99.2Giuseppe GarneriBishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
17 Dec64.0Alberto Jover PiamonteArchbishop of Jaro, Philippines
29 Dec90.5André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
29 Dec62.4Patras YusafBishop of Multan, Pakistan

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