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The Year of Our Lord 2002

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown88.4Omer Degrijse, C.I.C.M. †Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
3 Jan92.1Donald Martin Carroll †Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Jan82.9Mathias Lu Zhengshen †Coadjutor Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
7 Jan80.4Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
11 Jan88.9Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Jan94.7Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
21 Jan79.6Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †Prelate Emeritus of Calama, Chile
23 Jan84.0Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia
24 Jan85.9Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
24 Jan78.3Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
26 Jan77.2Eduardo André Muaca †Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
28 Jan93.4Frans Simons, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
28 Jan78.0Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
29 Jan77.1John Raymond McGann †Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
2 Feb86.0Carlo Urru †Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
5 Feb95.6Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral †Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 Feb92.9Michael Joseph Begley †Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
11 Feb81.4Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
12 Feb75.7Vincenzo Cirrincione †Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
13 Feb77.1Hernando Rojas Ramirez †Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
14 Feb91.4Elías Prado Tello †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
16 Feb98.7Marius Paré †Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
17 Feb92.8Alexander Carter †Bishop Emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
20 Feb86.9Hermínio Malzone Hugo †Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Feb78.7Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
22 Feb80.3Fiorino Tagliaferri †Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
25 Feb77.9Alois Wagner †Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
28 Feb76.2Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4 Mar99.0Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quibdó, Colombia
5 Mar77.4Leonard James Wall †Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8 Mar79.6Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. †Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
10 Mar51.8Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. †Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
11 Mar87.8George Joseph Gottwald †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
11 Mar82.9Franjo Kuharić †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia
12 Mar64.0Louis-Marie Billé †Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
16 Mar63.0Isaías Duarte Cancino †Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
17 Mar74.0Siméon Oualli †Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
25 Mar87.2Simon An Shi’en †Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
25 Mar50.8José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. †Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
25 Mar70.4Jan Wiktor Nowak †Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
27 Mar84.6James Louis Schad †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
31 Mar81.8William Dunne, S.P.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Kitui, Kenya
2 Apr81.6Edward Cornelius O’Leary †Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Apr59.2Pál Reizer †Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
21 Apr82.3José María Cases Deordal †Bishop Emeritus of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
21 Apr87.5Thomas Joseph Grady †Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
4 May74.8Pierre Wadih Tayah †Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
8 May93.8Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
8 May69.7Tiago Postma †Bishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
10 May80.8Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
16 May78.0Ernesto Gallina †Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
19 May71.3Reginald Joseph Orsmond †Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
22 May89.9Alexandru Todea †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
27 May85.6Winnibald Joseph Menezes †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
31 May84.4Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
1 Jun79.9Angelo Kim Nam-su †Bishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)
1 Jun76.7James Patrick Mahoney †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
3 Jun91.7Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo †Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
7 Jun71.9Antônio Soares Costa †Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
11 Jun89.5Michel Ntuyahaga †Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
12 Jun67.4Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. †Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
20 Jun86.4Joseph Li Congzhe †Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
25 Jun89.7Henri Clément Victor Donze †Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
28 Jun74.5Roberto Pinarello de Almeida †Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Jun86.9Jozef-Maria Heuschen †Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
12 Jul89.6Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
16 Jul82.9Alan Charles Clark †Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
25 Jul76.4Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
27 Jul84.4José Joaquim Ribeiro †Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
29 Jul67.8Tesfamariam Bedho †Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea
4 Aug82.5Felix Sanchez Zafra †Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
8 Aug88.1James Kavanagh †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
13 Aug79.5Celso Nogoy Guevarra †Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
14 Aug66.8John Etheridge, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
19 Aug76.2Otto Wüst †Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
24 Aug88.4Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
29 Aug77.9Martin Hrbča †Bishop
31 Aug90.6Joseph Kung Szu-jung †Former Bishop-Elect of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
31 Aug70.5Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
2 Sep83.5Manuel Palmeira da Rocha †Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
3 Sep83.0Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
7 Sep91.6József Bánk †Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
7 Sep80.4Hanna Kello †Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Sep76.9Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
9 Sep83.8Mikail Nersès Sétian †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
15 Sep82.8Karel Chytil †Bishop
15 Sep92.0Charles Gomes, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
16 Sep74.4François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận †Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
19 Sep81.4José Gomes †Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
19 Sep80.7Yohannes Woldegiorgis †Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
23 Sep89.5Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
23 Sep77.4John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
30 Sep77.9Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
1 Oct83.4Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama
4 Oct76.5Desiderio Elso Collino †Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
4 Oct81.6James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
4 Oct74.5Jean Huard †Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
8 Oct82.3Philippe Boutros Chebaya †Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
11 Oct79.7Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
16 Oct75.1Christopher Mwoleka †Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania
22 Oct95.4Octavio Nicolás Derisi †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
24 Oct79.7José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †Apostolic Nuncio
25 Oct73.3Denzil Reginald D’Souza †Bishop Emeritus of Aizawl, India
25 Oct90.7Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Oct82.3Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
31 Oct85.3Mark Onwuha Unegbu †Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
6 Nov85.1Leoncio Leviste Lat †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
10 Nov72.4André Wouking †Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
11 Nov84.8Thomas Benjamin Fulton †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
12 Nov76.6Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
13 Nov94.4Bernardo Citterio †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Nov86.4Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
15 Nov84.1Geraldo María de Morais Penido †Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Nov77.3Robert Healy †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
21 Nov83.4Joseph Jin Dechen †Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
23 Nov64.8Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
27 Nov87.0Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
30 Nov82.2Eduardo Picher Peña †Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
4 Dec81.1Adolfo Gerstner †Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
7 Dec80.5Dante Carlos Sandrelli †Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
16 Dec66.9Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. †Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Dec81.4James Richard Ham, M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
24 Dec87.5[Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin] †Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China

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