The Year of Our Lord 2021

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
4 Jan	77.6	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
4 Jan	85.2	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
5 Jan	100.5	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
7 Jan	91.3	Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
7 Jan	88.5	Henri Schwery †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jan	69.2	Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
10 Jan	88.1	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
11 Jan	74.2	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
11 Jan	91.9	Oscar Rizzato †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
12 Jan	61.3	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
13 Jan	87.9	Mario Cecchini †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
13 Jan	53.6	Moses Hamungole †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
13 Jan	88.0	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Jan	70.0	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Jan	79.5	Vincent Paul Logan †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Jan	65.8	Abel Gabuza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
17 Jan	89.3	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
17 Jan	70.2	Philip Edward Wilson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
18 Jan	65.2	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
19 Jan	78.2	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
20 Jan	77.8	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
21 Jan	91.8	José Crisologo Sorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
22 Jan	94.0	Jean Assaad Haddad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Jan	93.9	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
24 Jan	86.7	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
26 Jan	85.7	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
28 Jan	73.2	Juan del Río Martín †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
30 Jan	93.2	Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
2 Feb	80.6	Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
4 Feb	88.3	Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
4 Feb	94.7	Franz Josef Kuhnle †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
4 Feb	76.8	Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
6 Feb	78.6	Afonso Fioreze, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
12 Feb	78.1	Bernard Nsayi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo
15 Feb	88.8	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
17 Feb	90.9	Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Feb	92.8	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Feb	86.6	Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
25 Feb	92.2	Bede Vincent Heather †	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
25 Feb	93.0	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
25 Feb	82.5	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
26 Feb	71.9	György Snell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
27 Feb	99.4	Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
1 Mar	60.1	Emmanuel Félémou †	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
3 Mar	66.7	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
8 Mar	84.6	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
11 Mar	66.3	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos †	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
14 Mar	85.5	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
15 Mar	81.3	Gerard Alfons Kusz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
16 Mar	79.9	David Dias Pimentel †	Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Mar	93.1	Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
23 Mar	84.7	Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
23 Mar	84.8	Metod Pirih †	Bishop Emeritus of Koper, Slovenia
28 Mar	74.8	Juventino Kestering †	Bishop of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
31 Mar	84.5	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
31 Mar	78.6	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Mar	66.4	Pedro Carlos Zilli, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
1 Apr	80.9	Rayappu Joseph †	Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka
1 Apr	90.1	Divo Zadi †	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
3 Apr	68.2	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
3 Apr	92.0	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
3 Apr	90.4	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
5 Apr	80.6	Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
6 Apr	65.3	Alfred Leonhard Maluma †	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
6 Apr	86.3	Jan Purwinski †	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
8 Apr	82.7	César Ramón Ortega Herrera †	Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
9 Apr	94.9	Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela
10 Apr	96.7	Edward Idris Cassidy †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

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