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The Year of Our Lord 2005

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DateAgeBishopTitle
2 Jan85.5Manuel GuiraoBishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
2 Jan76.7Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
3 Jan80.9Alberto GiglioliBishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
3 Jan71.9Marc LeclercAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
4 Jan87.6[Thaddeus Guo Yingong]Bishop of Datong [Tatung], China
8 Jan70.7Yacoub Denha ScherArchbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
10 Jan76.6Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
16 Jan70.4Paul KaratasArchbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
18 Jan78.8Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
19 Jan76.7Ricardo Antonio Suriñach CarrerasBishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico
24 Jan77.8John Gao KexianBishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
29 Jan92.1Jean HengenArchbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
29 Jan86.4Karl Heinz JacobyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
2 Feb93.9Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
3 Feb101.5Corrado BafileCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
3 Feb91.4Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa
4 Feb69.6Benito Gennaro FranceschettiArchbishop of Fermo, Italy
8 Feb86.7Jackson Berenguer PradoBishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
13 Feb80.4Saminini ArulappaArchbishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
16 Feb89.7Aldo Del MonteBishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
19 Feb65.3Efrén Ramos SalazarBishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
26 Feb87.1[Joseph Zhu Hua-yu]Bishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
2 Mar91.3Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
3 Mar77.0Joseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. †Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
7 Mar81.4José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
8 Mar92.4José Alves de Sá TrindadeBishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
8 Mar80.3Román Arrieta VillalobosArchbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
8 Mar67.1Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. †Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
12 Mar90.6Joseph Matthew BreitenbeckBishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
14 Mar92.1Abele ConigliBishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
14 Mar77.1Giuseppe TortiBishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
16 Mar89.6Louis Joseph Secondo, T.O.R. †Minister General Emeritus of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance
19 Mar76.0Bogdan BejzeAuxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
21 Mar81.7Vekoslav GrmičAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
29 Mar85.6Edward Dennis HeadBishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
1 Apr87.9Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
2 Apr84.8St. Karol Józef WojtyłaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Apr68.9Vicente Salgado y GarruchoBishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines
13 Apr76.6Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
15 Apr77.1Joakim HerbutBishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
20 Apr82.0[Joseph Liu Yuanren]Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
22 Apr81.7Josef PlögerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Apr80.3Sennen CorràBishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
26 Apr94.8Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
30 Apr90.0Ferdinando PalatucciArchbishop Emeritus of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
4 May66.1Youhanna Fouad El-HageArchbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
10 May88.6Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10 May87.9Manuel Talamás CamandariBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
13 May79.7Próspero Penados del BarrioArchbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
16 May62.9Cornelio Galleo WigwiganVicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
23 May64.9Roderick WrightBishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
24 May70.4Marian OleśApostolic Nuncio
25 May79.0John Baptiste Wang Xi XianBishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
26 May76.5Brian David UsangaArchbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
29 May86.0Marco Caliaro, C.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
1 Jun65.4Thomas KozhimalaBishop of Bhagalpur, India
2 Jun95.7Andrea PangrazioArchbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
5 Jun94.5Guglielmo MotoleseArchbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
7 Jun87.1Edward Anthony McCarthyArchbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
10 Jun77.5José Mario Escobar SernaBishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
10 Jun88.8Joseph-Marie RayaArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
14 Jun93.6James John HoganBishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Jun63.5Paul Themba MngomaBishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
19 Jun90.4Aliprando Catani, O.S.B. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Jun76.8Jaime Lachica SinCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
22 Jun84.4Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali
23 Jun70.6Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
24 Jun78.5John MendesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
26 Jun88.3Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania
26 Jun74.7Manuel Samaniego BarrigaBishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
1 Jul71.7Mansuet Dela BiyaseBishop of Eshowe, South Africa
6 Jul84.7Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân HạpBishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
9 Jul79.3Mario José SerraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 Jul70.8Joseph Patrick DelaneyBishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
14 Jul77.5José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
14 Jul76.9Luigi LocatiVicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
15 Jul80.9Abelardo Francisco SilvaBishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
24 Jul87.7[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
3 Aug95.9Dominic Aloysius VendargonArchbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 Aug86.8Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
5 Aug85.5Jean Louis Joseph DardelBishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
5 Aug88.7[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi]Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
6 Aug77.5Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
14 Aug71.7Sylvester MonteiroBishop of Aurangabad, India
15 Aug85.1Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
25 Aug88.2James Xie ShiguangBishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
7 Sep63.9José Miguel Ángel Giles VázquezBishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
13 Sep71.2Paul Jean-Marie DossaviBishop of Aného, Togo
29 Sep82.0Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
1 Oct87.9Matthieu KanyamaBishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Oct99.8Ettore CunialVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
7 Oct88.9Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
9 Oct62.9Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct97.3Aloysius John WycisloBishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
12 Oct91.7Peter Zhang Boren (Zhang Bairen, Chang Bairen)Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
15 Oct90.9Giuseppe (Joseph) CaprioCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
18 Oct80.1Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
25 Oct71.3Francesco TommasielloBishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
27 Oct93.4Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
31 Oct88.7Antonio Sahagún LópezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
6 Nov85.7José Antonio Infantes FloridoBishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Spain
9 Nov93.8Stephen McGill, P.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
13 Nov91.0Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
14 Nov76.5Geraldo do Espírito Santo ÁvilaArchbishop of Brazil, Military
16 Nov81.0Francisco Garmendia AyestaránAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
17 Nov99.0Gennaro VerolinoPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
18 Nov89.8Matthias A. ChimoleBishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
19 Nov71.2Bernard BududiraBishop of Bururi, Burundi
20 Nov66.7Luis Gabriel Cuara MéndezBishop of Veracruz, México
22 Nov78.5Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
24 Nov70.1Jean-Claude HertzogAuxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
25 Nov76.6James McLoughlinBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
1 Dec63.5Vincenzo D’AddarioBishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
3 Dec82.2Lucien-Emile BardonneBishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
3 Dec81.1[Matthew Pan Deshi]Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
5 Dec83.1Salvatore Di SalvoBishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
6 Dec74.1Andraos SalamaBishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
8 Dec85.7Leo ScheffczykCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
9 Dec79.5Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
9 Dec90.9Josip PavlišićArchbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
12 Dec81.6Joseph Eric D’ArcyArchbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
12 Dec53.3Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
18 Dec78.7Rómulo GarcíaArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
19 Dec75.9Leobard D’SouzaArchbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
19 Dec82.1Antônio Carlos MesquitaBishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Dec79.8Francis Joseph MacKiernanBishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
29 Dec86.3Jožef KvasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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