The Year of Our Lord 1998

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
1 Jan	77.4	Pedro Boxler †	Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
2 Jan	88.9	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
3 Jan	73.6	Giulio Salimei †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
5 Jan	73.4	Nicola Comparone †	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
5 Jan	61.8	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
8 Jan	81.9	Albino Mensa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
9 Jan	82.2	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
10 Jan	78.3	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
13 Jan	57.9	Charles Kweku Sam †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
16 Jan	89.1	Ernst Tewes, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Jan	87.0	Jean-Charles Leclaire †	Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
18 Jan	91.9	Josef Schneider †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
18 Jan	73.4	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22 Jan	91.7	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
24 Jan	94.6	Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
28 Jan	89.8	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1 Feb	83.5	Valentino Vailati †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
5 Feb	82.5	Conrad Henri Blanchet, M.S. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
5 Feb	77.1	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
9 Feb	86.0	Emanuele Romano †	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
11 Feb	84.4	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Bishop Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
11 Feb	72.6	Luc Auguste Sangaré †	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
11 Feb	87.9	Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
13 Feb	96.2	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
15 Feb	78.6	Philip Yang Libo †	Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
16 Feb	73.4	Marcos Antônio Noronha †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira, Brazil
20 Feb	80.3	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
20 Feb	87.7	William Gordon Wheeler †	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
26 Feb	74.6	Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
28 Feb	74.5	Antonio Quarracino †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1 Mar	63.5	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
3 Mar	89.6	John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
3 Mar	80.4	Henri Véniat, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad
8 Mar	86.3	Luigi Boccadoro †	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
12 Mar	89.7	Louis Lévesque †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
13 Mar	87.1	Paul Etoga †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
13 Mar	85.6	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
16 Mar	78.2	Antonio Mazza †	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
16 Mar	50.2	Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
19 Mar	77.8	Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar	63.2	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
19 Mar	81.7	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Mar	74.2	Jean Zoa †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
22 Mar	63.6	John Richard Keating †	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
24 Mar	69.8	António Ribeiro †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
25 Mar	60.8	Neil E. Willard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
27 Mar	92.0	John William Comber, M.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
28 Mar	59.2	Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
30 Mar	87.5	André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
8 Apr	89.9	John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
8 Apr	84.3	Pietro Santoro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
12 Apr	79.6	Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
15 Apr	79.6	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
17 Apr	75.8	Alberto Bovone †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
22 Apr	88.8	Walter Gunther Kampe †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
23 Apr	74.7	Francis Peter de Campo †	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
23 Apr	86.5	Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
25 Apr	80.5	Joseph Kundukulam †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Apr	75.3	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
29 Apr	51.5	Paul Lungu, S.J. †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
4 May	64.4	Gerhard Jakob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
4 May	76.1	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
6 May	65.4	John Joseph †	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
9 May	66.3	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
11 May	60.2	Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Tours, France
14 May	57.2	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
21 May	76.9	Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nachingwea, Tanzania
23 May	86.4	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
26 May	79.9	Sauveur Casanova †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
27 May	81.8	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
30 May	84.5	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
1 Jun	77.8	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
9 Jun	83.5	Agostino Casaroli †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
17 Jun	93.8	John Joseph Carberry †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
20 Jun	82.6	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
21 Jun	84.7	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
26 Jun	89.7	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
27 Jun	89.9	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
27 Jun	79.0	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Jul	62.6	Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Jul	84.1	Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
8 Jul	82.4	Christophe Adimou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
9 Jul	68.2	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
15 Jul	76.8	Henricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Same, Tanzania
21 Jul	79.1	Anthony Li Weidao †	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
23 Jul	82.6	Vittorio Cecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
23 Jul	70.2	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
25 Jul	82.2	Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. †	Bishop of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Jul	87.7	Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
26 Jul	78.0	James Dominic Sangu †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania
28 Jul	81.0	Manuel Augusto Cárdenas †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
29 Jul	85.7	Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
30 Jul	91.9	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
31 Jul	86.6	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
1 Aug	86.8	Vito Roberti †	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
4 Aug	86.6	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
9 Aug	90.7	Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru
16 Aug	73.4	Thomas Aloysius McBride, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
20 Aug	93.6	Nicola Riezzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
27 Aug	70.1	Bernard Francis Pappin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
28 Aug	93.2	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
2 Sep	75.8	Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ †	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
4 Sep	87.4	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA
4 Sep	62.0	Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
10 Sep	67.5	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
12 Sep	62.3	Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
13 Sep	88.6	Alois Grillmeier, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
16 Sep	68.1	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
17 Sep	72.7	Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa †	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep	86.4	Clarence James Duhart, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
21 Sep	93.1	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
22 Sep	69.5	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
26 Sep	73.2	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
28 Sep	83.9	Aurelio Sorrentino †	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
2 Oct	80.4	Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
2 Oct	90.3	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
6 Oct	78.5	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
13 Oct	76.1	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
16 Oct	77.8	Michael Kien Samophithak †	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
18 Oct	78.7	Alphonse Chantoux, C.Ss.R. †	Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
25 Oct	81.0	Michael Liu Xianru †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
25 Oct	76.7	François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
30 Oct	90.4	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
3 Nov	70.5	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
3 Nov	68.9	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
6 Nov	78.2	Elias Nijmé, B.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
10 Nov	70.4	Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
13 Nov	60.7	Mário Zanetta †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
15 Nov	80.2	Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
15 Nov	96.6	Leo Aloysius Pursley †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
23 Nov	87.6	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
26 Nov	76.5	Djuro Kokša †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
28 Nov	85.2	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
28 Nov	93.1	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
1 Dec	80.5	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
2 Dec	84.8	Ferdinando Maggioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
2 Dec	69.8	Américo do Couto Oliveira †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
6 Dec	80.4	Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
6 Dec	74.3	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
7 Dec	88.0	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
7 Dec	71.8	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Dec	83.5	Anthony Yang Shao-huai (Xiaohuai), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
15 Dec	99.2	Giuseppe Garneri †	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
17 Dec	64.0	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
29 Dec	90.5	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
29 Dec	62.4	Patras Yusaf †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan

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