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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownFrancesco da Leonessa, O.F.M. Ref. †Former Bishop-Elect of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
unknown69.0Myles Prendergast, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
1 Jan70.3Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre †Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
9 Jan70.4Johann Georg Maria Lorenz Bossi †Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
15 Jan84.1Francesco Saverio Durini, O.S.B. †Bishop of Aversa, Italy
15 Jan50.0Pierre Karam Abu †Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Jan68.1Augustin-Jean Le Tourneur †Bishop of Verdun, France
29 Jan58.8Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
30 Jan73.3Ramón María de Azpeitia y Sáenz de Santamaria †Bishop of Tudela, Spain
31 Jan89.0Giovanni Battista Bussi †Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
16 Feb88.3Ramón José Arce †Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
18 Feb70.9Julián Alonso, O. Praem. †Bishop of Lérida, Spain
20 Feb73.1Edward Kernan †Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
5 Mar88.0Philippe-François Sausin †Bishop of Blois, France
7 Mar82.2Prosper de Tournefort †Bishop of Limoges, France
11 Mar78.6Ignazio Avolio †Prelate Emeritus of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
1 Apr76.9Pierre-Michel-Marie Double †Bishop of Tarbes, France
6 Apr84.2Domenico Benedetto Balsamo, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
10 Apr81.5Ignazio Cafisi †Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
16 Apr71.8Juan Antonio Díez Merino, O.P. †Bishop of Menorca, Spain
19 Apr87.3Bartolomeo Pacca †Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
16 May79.4Josef Knauer †Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
13 Jun76.7Giuseppe Novak †Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
15 Jun74.4Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto †Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
21 Jun66.0Joaquín Abarca Blaque †Bishop of León, Spain
24 Jun87.4Abbon-Pierre-François Bonnel de la Brageresse †Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
30 Jun66.7Giovanni Battista Bellé †Bishop of Mantova, Italy
11 Jul58.8Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson †Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
30 Jul76.5Tomasz Chmielewski †Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
Sep79.8Szymon Michal Józef Arnold Giedroyć †Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
1 Sep37.6Tomás Badía, O.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
9 Sep62.6Silvestro Belli †Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
9 Sep80.9Francisco Alexandre Lobo, O.S.B. †Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
18 Sep53.4Bartolomeo Casati †Bishop of Cremona, Italy
4 Oct66.8Antonino Pezzoni, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tibet-Hindustan, India
11 Oct82.6Richard Kornelius Dammers †Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
13 Oct79.9Adolphus Louis Barth de Walbach †Former Bishop-Elect of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Oct59.0Daniel McDonnell †Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
3 Nov64.6José Antonio García Balsalobre y Rada, O.S. †Titular Bishop of Tanis
12 Nov87.2Girolano Manieri †Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
4 Dec77.0Giorgio Manurita †Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
6 Dec67.6Fortunato de São Boaventura, O. Cist. †Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
7 Dec73.6Francesco Saverio (di Sant’Anna) Pescetto, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
8 Dec71.1Pietro-Antonio Luciani †Bishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
16 Dec56.9José Manuel Gregorio Indaburu (Yndaburu) †Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
19 Dec68.6Matthäus Kutschank †Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany

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