The Year of Our Lord 2004

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Paul Tch’ang †	Apostolic Administrator of Siping [Szepingkai], China
2 Jan	97.1	Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France
7 Jan	87.2	Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †	Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
10 Jan	94.6	Guido Maria Casullo †	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
10 Jan	84.9	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
14 Jan	74.9	Noel Desmond Daly †	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
23 Jan		Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
26 Jan	74.7	Paul Mambe Mukanga †	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jan	86.5	Franz Žak †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
29 Jan	80.6	Walter Theodor Jansen †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
1 Feb	91.6	George Henry Speltz †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
2 Feb	85.0	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
6 Feb	72.9	Francis Xavier Mugadzi †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
9 Feb	93.7	Opilio Rossi †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
9 Feb	83.3	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
10 Feb	83.7	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Feb	88.2	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
20 Feb	79.4	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
22 Feb	55.6	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
24 Feb	96.2	Wilfrid Joseph Dufault, A.A. †	Superior General Emeritus of Augustinians of the Assumption
24 Feb	73.0	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
25 Feb	88.5	Antonio López Aviña †	Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México
28 Feb	93.1	Stanislaus Lokuang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
29 Feb	77.5	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
4 Mar	97.0	Artemio Prati †	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
5 Mar	71.9	Nicholas Carmen Dattilo †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Mar	87.5	William Zephyrine Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
7 Mar	79.6	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
8 Mar	80.2	Józef Gucwa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
10 Mar	70.2	Helmut Reckter, S.J. †	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
13 Mar	98.6	Franz König †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
16 Mar	80.0	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
19 Mar	86.9	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
20 Mar	88.7	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
20 Mar	99.3	Joakim Segedi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
22 Mar	98.5	Michael Huang Woze †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
26 Mar	89.2	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
26 Mar	85.8	Jesus Juan Acosta Sison †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines
27 Mar	66.6	Kenneth Edward Untener †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
29 Mar	89.2	Joseph Salamé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
31 Mar	59.9	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
2 Apr	94.2	Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
3 Apr	73.8	Fernando Claudio Gamalero González †	Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala
3 Apr	75.4	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
4 Apr	82.1	Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
13 Apr	84.1	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Apr	73.6	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
16 Apr	92.0	Francis Werner Hunold, S.A.C. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Raipur, India
17 Apr	84.7	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
18 Apr	78.5	Joseph Roy †	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
22 Apr	74.8	James Leonard Doyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
22 Apr	80.9	Ramón Torrella Cascante †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
26 Apr	78.7	Barthélémy Batantu †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo
26 Apr	77.8	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
1 May	91.7	Francis James Harrison †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
2 May	73.5	Salvatore Isgró †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
3 May	89.9	Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji †	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
4 May	86.7	Michael He Jinmin †	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
4 May	74.0	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
9 May	63.6	Agustín Otero Largacha, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
11 May	86.4	Antônio Pedro Misiara †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 May	59.4	Kevin Michael Britt †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
16 May	94.8	Augustin Zhao Jingnong †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
18 May	83.2	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
20 May	76.9	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabat, Morocco
27 May	79.7	Geraldo Majela Reis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29 May	72.4	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
29 May	86.0	Rafael González Moralejo †	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
30 May	86.1	Gérard Ngoy Kabwe †	Bishop Emeritus of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 May	67.2	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
31 May	84.0	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1 Jun	88.7	Karl Borromäus Flügel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
1 Jun	71.1	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
1 Jun	84.2	Victor Guazzelli †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
4 Jun	76.3	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
6 Jun	86.1	André Lesouëf, M.E.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
9 Jun	96.7	Ramón Masnou Boixeda †	Bishop Emeritus of Vic, Spain
11 Jun	91.0	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
11 Jun	83.2	Luigi Sposito †	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
13 Jun	88.9	António Cardoso Cunha †	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
14 Jun	79.4	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Jun	86.8	Luigi Accogli †	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Jun	65.0	Joseph Sunday Ajomo †	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
21 Jun	77.3	John Edward Heaps †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
22 Jun	66.7	Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
23 Jun	89.4	Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
25 Jun	62.5	Sofio Guinto Balce †	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
30 Jun	89.3	Paul Heinrich Nordhues †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
2 Jul	90.1	Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
4 Jul	81.6	Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet †	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
16 Jul	80.8	Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy
16 Jul	83.3	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
17 Jul	84.7	Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
19 Jul	86.4	Henri Légaré, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
21 Jul	83.4	Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
27 Jul	83.4	Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
8 Aug	87.8	Giuseppe Amari †	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
9 Aug	70.4	Edwin Michael Conway †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 Aug	78.9	Antoine Torbey †	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
11 Aug	73.9	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Bishop Emeritus of Colombia, Military
12 Aug	72.4	Augusto Beuzeville Ferro †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
14 Aug	76.6	Gervazio Moses Chisendera †	Bishop Emeritus of Dedza, Malawi
18 Aug	96.1	Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
23 Aug	78.0	John Joseph Glynn †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
23 Aug	100.5	Francesco Minerva †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
23 Aug	71.3	Mariano Vivanco Valiente †	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
25 Aug	86.6	Marcelo González Martín †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
30 Aug	74.6	James Masilamony Arul Das †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
2 Sep	81.6	Paul John O’Byrne †	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2 Sep	73.9	Angelo Paravisi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
4 Sep	75.9	Alphonse Yang Guang Yan †	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
16 Sep	71.7	Jesus Castro Galang †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
16 Sep	89.6	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
17 Sep	96.8	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
8 Oct	87.1	Oscar Félix Villena †	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
14 Oct	90.2	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
15 Oct	83.8	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
18 Oct	69.0	Stefan Moskwa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
21 Oct	91.1	Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
24 Oct	84.0	James Aloysius Hickey †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
24 Oct	91.8	Domenico Picchinenna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
27 Oct	79.5	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
28 Oct	83.9	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
2 Nov	81.3	Gustaaf Joos †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
2 Nov	71.2	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
6 Nov	76.4	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
7 Nov	80.2	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Nov	81.8	John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya
13 Nov	87.2	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
15 Nov	72.1	Michael Minj, S.J. †	Bishop of Gumla, India
18 Nov	92.7	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 Nov	87.0	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
20 Nov	90.4	Genaro Alamilla Arteaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
23 Nov	86.7	Danilo Catarzi, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Nov	88.0	James Corboy, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
29 Nov	86.0	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
4 Dec	96.5	Kevin William Barden, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
9 Dec	91.6	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
11 Dec	89.4	Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela
12 Dec	78.3	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Dec	76.3	Lawrence James McNamara †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
19 Dec	93.7	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
21 Dec	80.8	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
23 Dec	88.9	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
27 Dec	81.8	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
30 Dec	89.9	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Nuncio
31 Dec	88.8	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

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