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The Year of Our Lord 2001

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DateAgeBishopTitle
8 Jan94.7Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. †Prefect Emeritus of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
10 Jan92.8Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) †Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
19 Jan87.9Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
28 Jan86.7Ivan Prasko †Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
30 Jan87.0Marius (Joseph Michael) Banks, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Volksrust, South Africa
5 Feb81.1Mark Joseph Hurley †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
8 Feb92.3Giuseppe Casoria †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
11 Feb80.5John Joseph Sullivan †Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
15 Feb72.8Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
15 Feb97.7Benito Epifanio Rodríguez †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
17 Feb82.0Heinrich Machens †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
21 Feb81.9José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
26 Feb83.2Roberto Carniello †Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
1 Mar68.5Marcello Zago, O.M.I. †Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
2 Mar85.7Elizeu Simões Mendes †Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
4 Mar87.8Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †
6 Mar78.4Porfirio Rivera Iligan †Bishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines
7 Mar75.3Vittorio Bernardetto †Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
8 Mar87.4Joseph Cunnane †Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
9 Mar78.8Antonio Pagano †Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
18 Mar79.7Antonio Valentini †Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
24 Mar88.9Alessandro Maria Gottardi †Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
26 Mar89.4Paulus Lo Bei Zhan (Luo Beizhan, Lo Pe Zhan) †Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
3 Apr88.5Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Apr69.2Nicolas Okioh †Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin
16 Apr89.9Emanuele Clarizio †President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
16 Apr73.6John Richard McNamara †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Apr71.0Donato De Bonis †Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
24 Apr70.0Judson Michael Procyk †Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
2 May95.4Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
5 May92.2Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
5 May58.6Jean-Berchmans Nterere †Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
17 May90.5Renato Spallanzani †Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
24 May86.7Domenico Vacchiano †Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
25 May80.9Luis Munive Escobar †Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
25 May87.9[James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] †Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
29 May63.6Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano †Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
6 Jun78.7Giuseppe Laigueglia †Apostolic Nuncio
11 Jun67.0Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt †Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
13 Jun86.4Salvatore Delogu †Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
17 Jun76.0Thomas Joseph Winning †Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Jun87.1José Gonçalves da Costa, C.Ss.R. †Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Jun74.9Giulio Nicolini †Bishop of Cremona, Italy
21 Jun69.0Victor Gil Lechoza †Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
29 Jun93.1Maximos V (George) Hakim †Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Jun90.6Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
30 Jun81.7Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
30 Jun73.0Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. †Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
1 Jul79.0Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
7 Jul78.7Rudolph A. Akanlu †Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
8 Jul92.8Arrigo Pintonello †Bishop Emeritus of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
9 Jul73.4Jorge Novak, S.V.D. †Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
15 Jul91.0Francesco Spanedda †Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
21 Jul84.8Francis Roberts Rush †Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
25 Jul84.5Giuseppe Vairo †Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
26 Jul75.8Thomas Khamphan †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
26 Jul94.1Giuseppe Maria Sensi †Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
29 Jul78.7Jean-Paul Labrie †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
3 Aug97.8Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Aug87.4Piotr Longin Bednarczyk †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
9 Aug79.4Noël Kokora-Tekry †Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
11 Aug85.9Jacques-Julien-Émile Patria †Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
13 Aug70.3Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
19 Aug71.0Mieczyslaw Jaworski †Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
25 Aug86.4Wacław Skomorucha †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
28 Aug70.9Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina, O.F.M. †Bishop of Argentina, Military
5 Sep88.5Marcello Rosina †Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
8 Sep76.6Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
15 Sep89.4Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
17 Sep87.9Jean-Marie-Clément Badré †Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
17 Sep68.6Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa †Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
18 Sep79.4Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
19 Sep74.5Raymond Alphonse Lucker †Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
1 Oct56.0Hans Schwemmer †Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
11 Oct88.6Joseph Louis André Ouellette †Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
12 Oct73.5José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola
18 Oct53.2Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †Bishop of Radom, Poland
18 Oct74.9Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †Bishop of Jaca, Spain
18 Oct74.2Savarinathen Iruthayaraj †Bishop Emeritus of Palayamkottai, India
22 Oct75.1Javier Osés Flamarique †Bishop Emeritus of Huesca, Spain
24 Oct66.2Dieudonné M’Sanda Tsinda-Hata †Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct92.1Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe †Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
30 Oct83.3Ernesto Maria Fiore †Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
31 Oct81.0Walmor Battú Wichrowski †Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7 Nov63.8Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
8 Nov93.7Paolo Bertoli †Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
9 Nov79.1Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
9 Nov79.8Walfrido Teixeira Vieira †Bishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
10 Nov95.0Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
11 Nov97.0José Newton de Almeida Baptista †Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
21 Nov66.3Félix Paul †Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
26 Nov77.0Lajos Kada †Apostolic Nuncio
26 Nov74.6Luigi Scuppa †Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
Dec84.9John Jiang Liren †Coadjutor Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
2 Dec87.2Lawrence Joseph Riley †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Dec79.8Jacques Lê Văn Mẫn †Auxiliary Bishop of Huế, Viet Nam
9 Dec87.4Antonio Mauro †Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
9 Dec78.6Joseph Mees †Apostolic Nuncio
10 Dec79.5André Fernand Anguilé †Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
10 Dec89.0Odoric Victor Liu Hede (Liu Ho-teh), O.F.M. †Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
20 Dec91.2José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
20 Dec94.3Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
22 Dec64.3Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
23 Dec80.2Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens †Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
24 Dec83.9Matthias Leo Pei Xiangde (Pei Shangde), C.D.D. †Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
28 Dec74.0James Kwadwo Owusu †Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana

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