The Year of Our Lord 2009

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq
10 Jan	86.6	Pio Laghi †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
12 Jan	100.0	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
12 Jan	88.0	Michael Russell †	Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
19 Jan	81.5	Hugh Lindsay †	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
20 Jan	89.0	Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
21 Jan	99.1	Jean Jadot †	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
22 Jan	93.0	Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
24 Jan	93.1	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
29 Jan	97.0	Jesús Langarica Olagüe, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
30 Jan	91.5	José de Almeida Batista Pereira †	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Feb	77.5	Edward Joseph O’Donnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
3 Feb	90.6	António dos Reis Rodrigues †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
4 Feb	81.1	Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
10 Feb	76.1	Philippe Kourouma †	Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
10 Feb	86.4	Serafín Vásquez Elizalde †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
16 Feb	86.7	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
17 Feb	82.8	Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) †	Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan
19 Feb	87.1	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
21 Feb	86.6	Jean Rémond †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
21 Feb	80.2	Zef Simoni †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
22 Feb	89.6	Paul Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
3 Mar	88.8	Luis Mena Arroyo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
6 Mar	76.9	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
8 Mar	73.9	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †
15 Mar	77.7	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
16 Mar	83.6	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
18 Mar	91.7	Luis Rojas Mena †	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
19 Mar	82.8	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
23 Mar	93.7	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
30 Mar	93.4	Loras Joseph Watters †	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
1 Apr	87.0	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University
2 Apr	97.6	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
12 Apr	72.5	Ephraim Silas Obot †	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
16 Apr	92.3	Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
30 Apr	85.6	David Picão †	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 May	76.8	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
8 May	89.5	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23 May	80.6	Joseph Marie Louis Duval †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
27 May	91.1	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
28 May	81.7	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
2 Jun	75.7	Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
4 Jun	83.2	Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
10 Jun	84.1	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
10 Jun	100.3	Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
14 Jun	87.5	Khalil Abi-Nader †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
14 Jun	89.0	Ignacio Ortuzar Rojas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile
16 Jun	81.4	Emmanuel Constant †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
20 Jun	95.4	Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
21 Jun	93.7	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
23 Jun	79.5	John Fetsco, C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
28 Jun	81.5	José María Guix Ferreres †	Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain
14 Jul	76.3	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
16 Jul	78.3	Paulo Lopes de Faria †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16 Jul	83.2	Angelo Rizzo †	Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
17 Jul	93.4	Jean Margéot †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
19 Jul	85.5	Damase Zhang Hanmin †	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
20 Jul	79.6	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jul	81.2	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
1 Aug	93.0	Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras
8 Aug	90.6	José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
13 Aug	86.9	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
14 Aug	85.7	John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
16 Aug	87.0	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
16 Aug	71.6	John Mulagada †	Bishop of Eluru, India
19 Aug	69.3	Anthony Peter Mayalla †	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
24 Aug	77.8	Frank Marcus Fernando †	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
25 Aug	71.6	Carl Kevin Moeddel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
29 Aug	74.2	Gustavo Martínez Frías †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
31 Aug	67.4	John Choi Young-su †	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
3 Sep	92.9	Giovanni Melis Fois †	Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy
7 Sep	91.2	Paul Lê Ðắc Trọng †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
9 Sep	70.6	Andrzej Józef Sliwinski †	Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
14 Sep	90.0	Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi) †	Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
16 Sep	88.6	Nicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
19 Sep	86.9	Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco
21 Sep	85.2	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
24 Sep	80.9	Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy †	Bishop Emeritus of Nellore, India
24 Sep	84.9	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori †	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
28 Sep	83.8	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
3 Oct	94.0	Vasile Louis Puscas †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
4 Oct	90.9	James David Lin Xili †	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China
8 Oct	77.7	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
9 Oct	73.2	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
9 Oct	75.4	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
11 Oct	80.8	Juan Martí Alanis †	Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
14 Oct	82.3	Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Oct	85.7	Marian Przykucki †	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
22 Oct	88.7	Libero Tresoldi †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
22 Oct	68.1	George Patrick Ziemann †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
25 Oct	66.1	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
26 Oct	70.4	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
31 Oct	80.9	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
1 Nov	88.5	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
4 Nov	85.9	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
5 Nov	96.5	Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †	Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
6 Nov	69.7	Abraham Escudero Montoya †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
6 Nov	103.4	Antonio Rosario Mennonna †	Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy
6 Nov	90.5	Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
10 Nov	80.0	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Nov	84.3	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
20 Nov	84.9	Martino Gomiero †	Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
29 Nov	90.3	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
30 Nov	84.7	Emile Eid †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law
2 Dec	92.0	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Dec	90.4	Mathew Luo Duxi (Lo Tou-xy) †	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
4 Dec	68.4	Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
7 Dec	98.9	Anthony Saliu Sanusi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
9 Dec	85.3	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
13 Dec	78.8	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
15 Dec	79.9	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Dec	72.7	Josef Voß (Voss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
23 Dec	71.0	Lucas Abadamloora †	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
24 Dec	77.7	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lae, Papua New Guinea
29 Dec	76.8	Roberto Amadei †	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
30 Dec	86.4	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
30 Dec	81.5	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
30 Dec	86.7	Leo Yao Liang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
31 Dec	92.2	Cahal Brendan Daly †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
31 Dec	69.2	Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt

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