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The Year of Our Lord 1968

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DateAgeBishopTitle
8 Jan67.1Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Jan79.5Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
15 Jan77.5Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
19 Jan82.4Vincent GelatAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
21 Jan88.8Lajos ShvoyBishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
23 Jan57.4Pedro Aguilera NarbonaBishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
29 Jan88.2Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) TappouniCardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
31 Jan69.3Raffaele BarbieriBishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
31 Jan78.4Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
31 Jan66.3Francis Edward HylandBishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Feb56.4Francis Joseph KleinBishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3 Feb72.7Adolph John Paschang, M.M. †Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
5 Feb80.8Paul-Marie-Alexandre RichaudCardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
7 Feb90.5Francesco Maria FrancoBishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
9 Feb83.0Enrico PetrilliAuxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy
12 Feb94.4James Albert DuffyBishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
14 Feb55.1Pierre Marie Joseph VeuillotCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
23 Feb64.5Mário de Miranda Vilas-BoasArchbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
24 Feb42.4Leonello Berti, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang, Laos
24 Feb76.1Francis Augustin HenschkeBishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
25 Feb85.7Alfred CoudercBishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
5 Mar74.2Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
6 Mar86.4Ettore BaranziniArchbishop of Siracusa, Italy
15 Mar56.4Edward Jan MuszyńskiAuxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
16 Mar76.0Emmet Michael WalshBishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
25 Mar82.5Ignacy SwirskiBishop of Siedlce, Poland
27 Mar56.9Paul John HallinanArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
29 Mar73.7James BlackBishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
4 Apr81.1Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
9 Apr64.3Edward John DoodyBishop of Armidale, Australia
10 Apr88.7Jean-Marcel RodiéBishop Emeritus of Agen, France
18 Apr84.3Enrique Pérez SerantesArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba
19 Apr82.5Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
19 Apr79.3[Julio Garret]Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
23 Apr76.9Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. †Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
30 Apr81.7Nicola CapassoBishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
4 May79.9Michael Schulien, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine Word
13 May82.1Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling], China
18 May78.7Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri)Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
20 May80.5Adam SawickiApostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
23 May85.3Gaudenzio BinaschiBishop of Pinerolo, Italy
24 May70.8Henryk GrzondzielAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
26 May85.7Mate GarkovićArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
2 Jun74.9Bonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. †Superior General Emeritus of Society of the Divine Savior
9 Jun59.3Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
11 Jun81.6John Alexander FloershArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 Jun70.1Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. †Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)
18 Jun84.2Vicente Alejandro González y RobletoArchbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
19 Jun76.3Eduard NécseyApostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia
20 Jun70.0James Joseph SweeneyBishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
24 Jun74.6Angelo Giuseppe JelminiApostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
28 Jun67.5Redmond Garrett PrendivilleArchbishop of Perth, Australia
2 Jul74.1Francis John BrennanCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
5 Jul91.5Enrique Pla y DenielCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
12 Jul96.0Francesco MoranoCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
12 Jul83.8José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
22 Jul57.7Loras Thomas LaneBishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
28 Jul81.6Ángel Herrera OriaCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
31 Jul94.7Carlos María Javier de la TorreCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
1 Aug68.4Wenceslao Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D. †Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
7 Aug72.6Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
14 Aug92.3Augusto Álvaro da SilvaCardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
14 Aug65.8Karol PękalaAuxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
16 Aug67.7José André CoimbraBishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
17 Aug70.9John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
5 Sep91.2John Mark GannonBishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Sep88.2Pedro Massa, S.D.B. †Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
16 Sep65.6Antoni PawłowskiBishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23 Sep80.0Luis Alonso MuñoyerroArchbishop of Spain, Military
30 Sep75.7Bryan Joseph McEntegartBishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
4 Oct81.8Paul ChevrierBishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
6 Oct78.4William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
12 Oct58.9Augustyn Ciesielski, O. Cist. †Abbot of Order of Cistercians
22 Oct80.7Demetrio MoscatoArchbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
23 Oct73.6Lorenzo Bereciartúa y BalerdiBishop of San Sebastián, Spain
24 Oct91.8Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
27 Oct98.0Mateo Múgica y UrrestarazuBishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
27 Oct70.7Władysław SuszyńskiApostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
8 Nov85.6Guido Maria MazzoccoBishop of Adria, Italy
10 Nov93.1Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
16 Nov87.4Augustin Bea, S.J. †Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
18 Nov70.8Pablo Gúrpide BeopeBishop of Bilbao, Spain
27 Nov82.5Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
27 Nov63.6Silvio CassuloBishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
29 Nov71.1William Charles Philip Gaudreau, C.Ss.R. †Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
6 Dec83.0León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. †Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
9 Dec83.3Manuel Könner, S.V.D. †Prelate Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil
10 Dec74.3Stephen Stanislaus WoznickiBishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
19 Dec52.8Everardo López AlcocerBishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
25 Dec68.2José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
25 Dec68.6Agustín RodríguezBishop of Paraguay, Military
26 Dec76.6Zygmunt ChoromańskiAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
30 Dec80.6Cleto Loayza GumielBishop of Potosí, Bolivia

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