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DateAgeBishopTitle
1 Jan84.8Domingo Roa Pérez †Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
8 Jan81.1André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet †Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
10 Jan88.9József Udvardy †Bishop Emeritus of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
11 Jan81.6Pavao Žanić †Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
13 Jan86.9Arthur Henry Krawczak †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 Jan83.6Giovanni Pes †Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
16 Jan73.6Robert Sastre †Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
17 Jan93.8Vasile Cristea, A.A. †Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
17 Jan87.3Bernardo José Nolker, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
20 Jan83.0Thomas Kuba Thowa †Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jan86.4Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jan86.1Antoni Adamiuk †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
27 Jan67.4Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †Archbishop Emeritus of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jan81.0Mauro Rubio Repullés †Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain
28 Jan79.0[Anthony Zhong Quanzhang] †Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
30 Jan86.5Angelo Innocent Fernandes †Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
31 Jan70.1Giuseppe Ferraioli †Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
3 Feb79.7Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Feb78.0Félicien-Patrice Makouaka †Bishop Emeritus of Franceville, Gabon
12 Feb88.1Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia, Nigeria
13 Feb91.1Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
19 Feb74.8Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
20 Feb91.9Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
24 Feb75.2Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo †Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
1 Mar77.2Ignatius Harsono †Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
6 Mar87.1Igino Gamboa Satrustegui, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
7 Mar88.1John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar
11 Mar90.4Antonius Hofmann †Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
12 Mar98.6Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei) †Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
12 Mar70.5Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
21 Mar79.2James William Gleeson †Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
22 Mar93.7Achille Palmerini †Bishop Emeritus of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
22 Mar79.1Remigio Ragonesi †Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Mar79.1Antony Padiyara †Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Mar81.9François Abraha †Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
26 Mar93.4Alfredo Bruniera †Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
3 Apr68.0Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
5 Apr77.9François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
6 Apr87.4Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
9 Apr80.0James William Malone †Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
11 Apr81.9Salvador Lazo Lazo †Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
12 Apr78.7Edgar Carício de Gouvêa †Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
12 Apr82.0Gerald Francis O’Keefe †Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
13 Apr74.2Antoine Hacault †Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
15 Apr88.5Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
15 Apr72.4Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. †Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
17 Apr74.7Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
25 Apr85.4Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
25 Apr57.7Pierre Koffi Seshie †Bishop of Kpalimé, Togo
26 Apr86.2Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Dapango, Togo
3 May80.3John Joseph O’Connor †Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
8 May81.3Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
9 May80.3Donaldo Gonzalo Chávez Núñez †
12 May85.4Władysław Miziołek †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
19 May75.1Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
19 May69.5Gerardo Tomás Farrell †Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
23 May83.1José Pedro da Silva †Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
24 May81.5Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24 May61.4Nino Marzoli, C. R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
24 May97.3Alberico Semeraro †Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
26 May77.7Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
28 May79.7Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
3 Jun77.0Paul Huỳnh Ðông Các †Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
4 Jun82.7Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
10 Jun70.5John (Jack) Brewer †Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
10 Jun91.4José del Carmen Valle Gallardo †Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
15 Jun88.5Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
16 Jun87.5Théophile Jean Dahi †Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
18 Jun75.8Yosyf Holovach †Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
20 Jun70.7Alan Basil de Lastic †Archbishop of Delhi, India
23 Jun79.8Jerónimo José Podestá †Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda, Argentina
25 Jun72.7Austin Bernard Vaughan †Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
28 Jun67.5Anton Tamarut †Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
30 Jun85.4Louis He Dezong †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kunming [Kunming], China
7 Jul94.5Giuseppe Petralia †Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
10 Jul90.1Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
10 Jul79.3Giovanni Pisanu †Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
15 Jul86.8Francesco Amadio †Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
18 Jul87.8Agustín Adolfo Herrera †Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
23 Jul76.6Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
23 Jul70.8Johannes Dyba †Bishop of Fulda, Germany
23 Jul79.7Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Jul85.7Pedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. †Prefect Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
31 Jul72.7Armando Trindade †Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
2 Aug86.9Cristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo Pena †Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 Aug95.2Antoon Demets, C.Ss.R. †Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
4 Aug86.8John Joseph Graham †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aug92.5José Agustín Marozzi †Bishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
4 Aug76.4Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
6 Aug65.3Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
13 Aug80.6António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
13 Aug79.9John Neil Cullinane †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
23 Aug96.0Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
26 Aug72.5Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
27 Aug84.4Joseph Lloyd Hogan †Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
31 Aug90.6Joseph Lennox Federal †Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
4 Sep77.1Marco René Revelo Contreras †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
4 Sep77.8Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
12 Sep75.9Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
16 Sep89.8Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India
22 Sep82.6Vincenzo Fagiolo †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
25 Sep75.2Michael Dallat †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
26 Sep89.9Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
28 Sep87.8Laureano Castán Lacoma †Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
28 Sep79.6Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
29 Sep75.5Alejandro Figueroa Medina †Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
1 Oct74.0Luciano Storero †Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
4 Oct68.7Emmanuel Kataliko †Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Oct94.6Egano Righi-Lambertini †Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
6 Oct91.4Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
9 Oct59.5Ignatius Pak Sok-hi †Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
9 Oct86.9John Joseph Thomas Ryan †Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
10 Oct78.5José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
11 Oct88.3Pietro Palazzini †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
13 Oct71.2Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
13 Oct75.5Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
13 Oct98.0Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
24 Oct83.4Daniel Eugene Sheehan †Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
27 Oct80.8[Stanislaus Han Daoyi] †Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
1 Nov80.1Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
1 Nov68.9Umberto Tramma †Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
2 Nov80.8[Simon Qu Tian-xi] †Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
4 Nov93.1Franc Močnik †Former Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
8 Nov84.8Jesús Pla Gandía †Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
11 Nov84.5Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard †Bishop Emeritus of Nancy (-Toul), France
12 Nov66.4Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
15 Nov62.0Barry Francis Collins †Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
20 Nov94.7Eduard Schick †Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
22 Nov84.6Heinrich Pachowiak †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Nov90.3Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. †Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
25 Nov85.0Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines
30 Nov100.5Macario Tinti †Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
5 Dec71.2Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
7 Dec47.6Fidelis Uga Orgah †Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria
8 Dec84.8Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
10 Dec68.9James Thomas McHugh †Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
13 Dec60.3Benedict Dotu Sekey †Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
14 Dec86.4Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky †Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
19 Dec82.6Constantin Koser, O.F.M. †Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor
20 Dec74.2Luis Reynoso Cervantes †Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
21 Dec76.2Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Bangassou, Central African Republic
25 Dec80.6Robert Francis Garner †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
30 Dec90.3John Ahern Torpie †Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia

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