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The Year of Our Lord 1974

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownJoseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
unknown72.0Marie-Joseph Omez, O.P. †Superior Emeritus of Mossul, Iraq
unknown73.1Francis Yi Xuanhua (Yi Hsüan-hua) †Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China
8 Jan55.3Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 Feb74.4Leonard Joseph Raymond †Archbishop of Nagpur, India
3 Feb78.2Rafael García y García de Castro †Archbishop of Granada, Spain
3 Feb83.4Giuseppe Pronti †Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
6 Feb46.7Orlando Arce Moya †Bishop
11 Feb56.5Joseph Maria Phạm Năng Tĩnh †Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
26 Feb67.9José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Feb78.4Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
2 Mar70.3John Michael O’Neill †Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
9 Mar68.3Giuseppe Olivotti †Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
10 Mar70.2Bolesław Kominek †Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
15 Mar87.5Vince Kovács †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
19 Mar77.4Paolo Botto †Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
31 Mar86.7Adalard Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. †Superior Emeritus of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China
31 Mar79.6Charles Leo Nelligan †Bishop Emeritus of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
1 Apr84.6Giuseppe Schiavini †Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
5 Apr72.3Adolf Bolte †Bishop of Fulda, Germany
6 Apr69.0Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
8 Apr79.3James Charles McGuigan †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 May54.7Silvio Maria Dário †Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 May71.0Bertalan Sahin †Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)
7 May83.1Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Kottar, India
7 May74.1Joseph Lê Quý Thanh †Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
11 May69.5Lorenzo Gargiulo †Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
18 May86.2Pietro Sfair †Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti
20 May69.0Jean Guénolé Louis Marie Daniélou, S.J. †Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
20 May61.5Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
22 May55.4Bernard James Murphy, C. R. †Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
23 May73.7Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin †Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
25 May78.4Patrick Joseph Farrelly †Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
29 May81.7Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
29 May72.6Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
31 May54.3Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B. †Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
17 Jun57.7Joseph Lê Văn Ấn †Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
23 Jun83.5Carlo Zinato †Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
25 Jun76.3Francesco Pennisi †Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
27 Jun81.6Jozef Kerec, S.D.B. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
10 Jul63.9James Cunningham †Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
11 Jul77.4Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
17 Jul80.7Piotr Kałwa †Bishop of Lublin, Poland
18 Jul71.0Bruno M. Pelaia †Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
21 Jul70.8Alejandro Menchaca Lira †Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
23 Jul52.3Peter Lei Wang-kee (Li Hongji, Wang Kei-lei) †Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
27 Jul55.5Antonio Cabri, C.S.I. †Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Napo, Ecuador
27 Jul85.6Benigno Carrara †Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
30 Jul53.5André Gustave Bossuyt †Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
31 Jul80.5Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. †Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
1 Aug75.9Ildebrando Antoniutti †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
6 Aug69.8Virginio Dondeo †Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
12 Aug91.5Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
14 Aug79.6Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
15 Aug88.5Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
17 Aug56.5John A. Weidner, S.A.C. †Prefect Emeritus of Raipur, India
21 Aug82.6Emanuele Galea †Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
29 Aug76.8Andrzej Wronka †Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
7 Sep62.6Joseph Mikararanga Busimba †Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Sep84.8Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
15 Sep68.0Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro, Spain
15 Sep60.8Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila †Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
21 Sep82.9Ivan Bučko (Buchko) †Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
21 Sep72.8Felix Romero Menjibar †Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
24 Sep82.5Austin Quinn †Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
25 Sep46.4Balashoury Thanugundla †Bishop of Guntur, India
28 Sep65.6Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. †Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
30 Sep85.3Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard †Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
3 Oct90.8José Ignacio López Umaña †Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
7 Oct62.5Enrique Principe †Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
9 Oct61.5Theodore Bible Foley, C.P. †Superior General of Congregation of the Passion
17 Oct66.6Delfín Quesada Castro †Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
21 Oct66.5Leo Christopher Byrne †Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
22 Oct83.3Inocencio Rodríguez Díez †Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
23 Oct75.2Adolf Kindermann †Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Oct73.1Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Oct87.0Mesrop Habozian, C.M.Vd. †Abbot General Emeritus of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
1 Nov79.6Felice Bonomini †Bishop of Como, Italy
1 Nov75.6Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I. †Superior General Emeritus of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Nov77.4Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Nov73.4Vittorio Longo †Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
8 Nov75.0Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
9 Nov82.6Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
11 Nov85.0Umberto Malchiodi †Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
12 Nov58.0Karl Christian Ebert †Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
21 Nov75.2William John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †Superior Emeritus of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
22 Nov86.3Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †Superior General Emeritus of Missionários da Boa Nova
24 Nov88.2Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
3 Dec70.3Vincent Stanislaus Waters †Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
17 Dec87.1Luis Almarcha Hernández †Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
23 Dec60.2Amelio Poggi †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
30 Dec51.8Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

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