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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown81.0[Mathew Wang Wei-ming] †Bishop Emeritus of Jilin [Kirin], China
7 Jan86.4Joseph Bernard Brunini †Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
8 Jan68.5Guy Gérard Deroubaix †Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
8 Jan85.4Alberto Frederico Etges †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10 Jan91.9Laurenz Böggering †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
14 Jan76.1Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
17 Jan94.5Anacleto Cazzaniga †Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
17 Jan70.9Mario Miglietta †Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
18 Jan95.9João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
26 Jan90.8Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
30 Jan84.6Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon †Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
2 Feb66.6Bernard Hubert †Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
3 Feb70.8Ibrahim Hélou †Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Feb76.0Derek John Harford Worlock †Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Feb82.6Abramo Freschi †Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
14 Feb75.0Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
16 Feb59.1Ernest Patili Assi †Bishop of Kara, Togo
23 Feb73.1Maurus Gervase Komba †Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
25 Feb77.6Nikë Prela †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia
26 Feb86.0Cyril Edward Restieaux †Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
29 Feb67.9Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
3 Mar85.3John Joseph Krol †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Mar85.5Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa
4 Mar83.6Gerhard Schaffran †Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
8 Mar93.0Alfredo Vicente Scherer †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Mar88.6Paolo Carta †Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
15 Mar66.6Czesław Domin †Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
19 Mar84.0Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria
21 Mar60.5João Bergese †Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24 Mar86.2Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
30 Mar85.5Angelo Scapecchi †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
3 Apr93.7Alphonse James Schladweiler †Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
11 Apr80.2Carlo Minchiatti †Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
12 Apr72.5Gilles Bélisle †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
13 Apr77.5Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
15 Apr82.1Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
16 Apr91.6Giuseppe Fenocchio †Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
17 Apr93.3João Batista Costa, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Apr73.0Jean Cuminal †Bishop of Blois, France
19 Apr62.8Kevin Lawrence Rafferty †Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Apr70.3Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
23 Apr86.5Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. †Cardinal, Theologian Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
26 Apr89.6Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
28 Apr83.3Pierluigi Sartorelli †Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
2 May83.6Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
3 May74.7Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
3 May84.5Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
6 May91.8Leo Jozef Suenens †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
9 May78.4Luciano Angeloni †Apostolic Nuncio
16 May68.0Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi †Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
30 May92.5Léon-Etienne Duval †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
31 May75.6Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †Prefect Emeritus of Idah, Nigeria
31 May65.0Jesús Arturo Roldán †Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
3 Jun76.2Ivo Gugić †Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
4 Jun69.1Castor Sekwa †Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
7 Jun90.9Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
9 Jun65.7Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
11 Jun66.4Peter Kurongku †Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
13 Jun80.6Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
14 Jun77.4Hanna Kaldany †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
16 Jun85.7Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
16 Jun90.2Baldwin (Wilfred) Dworschak, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Jun79.6José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
25 Jun89.3François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
4 Jul57.8Óscar Ángel Bernal †Bishop of Girardota, Colombia
7 Jul78.3Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
14 Jul71.5Manuel Sandalo Salvador †Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
19 Jul82.1Jan Wosinski †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
20 Jul83.1Paul Song Wei-li, C.M. †Bishop of [Langfang (Patriotic), China]
22 Jul82.4Bruno Frattegiani †Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
28 Jul82.7José Pedro de Araújo Costa †Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Aug58.2Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †Bishop of Oran, Algeria
2 Aug83.8Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
2 Aug88.0James Joseph Byrne †Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
2 Aug78.6Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
3 Aug87.3Józef Rozwadowski †Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
8 Aug92.5Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
10 Aug78.5Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 Aug85.6James Ambrose Kielt, S.S.C.M.E. †Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Society of St. Columban
17 Aug74.5Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
17 Aug84.9Eugene Edward Fahy, S.J. †Prefect Emeritus of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China
22 Aug78.6Dominic Joseph Conway †Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
23 Aug67.6Lorenzo Bellomi †Bishop of Trieste, Italy
23 Aug90.6William Joseph Moran †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
2 Sep69.8Eugène-Marie Ernoult †Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
5 Sep70.2Basil Salvadore D’Souza †Bishop of Mangalore, India
9 Sep62.8Joachim Ruhuna †Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
12 Sep61.6Gregory Singkai †Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
12 Sep80.4Josef Stimpfle †Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
14 Sep85.4Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Holy Cross
17 Sep66.3Srećko Badurina, T.O.R. †Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
21 Sep75.4John McCormack †Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
21 Sep86.8José Melhado Campos †Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil
21 Sep62.6Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
30 Sep78.8Sylvester William Treinen †Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
7 Oct72.6Michael Murphy †Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
11 Oct76.7 Lu Zhiyuan †Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
19 Oct83.1Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
20 Oct83.8Manuel Nunes Gabriel †Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
23 Oct59.5Hanna Markho †Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Oct84.1Michael Xiao Liren (Siao Li Jen) †Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
29 Oct70.8Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Oct84.9Maximino Romero de Lema †Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
2 Nov88.8Joseph Carroll McCormick †Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Nov64.1Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
12 Nov75.6Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
14 Nov68.6Joseph Louis Bernardin †Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 Nov60.8Longinus Atundo †Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya
15 Nov76.1Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
23 Nov52.8Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †Bishop Emeritus of Wau, South Sudan
30 Nov77.2Phocas Nikwigize †Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
2 Dec80.5Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
4 Dec65.3Luiz Colussi †Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
5 Dec82.0Paolino Limongi †Apostolic Nuncio
7 Dec89.3Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo †Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
8 Dec84.4Giuseppe Lanave †Bishop Emeritus of Andria, Italy
10 Dec86.4Francesco Maria Franzi †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
14 Dec74.6Gerald Moverley †Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
15 Dec94.1Rafael Alvarez Lara †Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain
26 Dec83.3Narciso Jubany Arnau †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
28 Dec94.2Edward Gerard Hettinger †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
31 Dec88.8Laurent Morin †Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

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