The Year of Our Lord 2008

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
3 Jan	75.3	Oskar Saier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
4 Jan	93.7	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
6 Jan	77.5	Vittorio Tomassetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
8 Jan	75.7	José Higinio Gómez González, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
9 Jan	80.1	Paulino Fernandes Madeca †	Bishop Emeritus of Cabinda, Angola
9 Jan	78.6	Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
10 Jan	81.6	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
14 Jan	80.3	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
16 Jan	79.9	[Mathias Chen Xilu] †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
16 Jan	96.0	Elias Zoghbi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
17 Jan	86.4	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
25 Jan	92.3	Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 Jan	85.1	Sebastian Kräuter †	Bishop Emeritus of Timişoara, Romania
10 Feb	95.8	Ramón Daumal Serra †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
15 Feb	88.1	Marijan Oblak †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
17 Feb	96.2	Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
20 Feb	78.2	Franc Perko †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
21 Feb	99.8	Paul-Louis Carrière †	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
1 Mar	57.6	Kevin John Dunn †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
2 Mar	79.8	Urbanus Joseph Kioko †	Bishop Emeritus of Machakos, Kenya
5 Mar	93.5	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
6 Mar	89.8	Peter Poreku Dery †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
8 Mar	65.3	Paulos Faraj Rahho †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
10 Mar	91.4	Romeu Brigenti †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar	91.6	Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
14 Mar	88.0	Pierre Mamie †	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
20 Mar	87.9	John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
21 Mar	65.8	Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
21 Mar	45.8	Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé †	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
22 Mar	81.2	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
25 Mar	80.3	Wolfgang Rolly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
7 Apr	82.3	Thomas Francis Little †	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
10 Apr	88.7	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
10 Apr	86.7	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
19 Apr	72.4	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
21 Apr	84.0	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
27 Apr	81.8	Lucien Monsi-Agboka †	Bishop Emeritus of Abomey, Benin
30 Apr	85.7	Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
3 May	84.0	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
7 May	84.9	Donald William Montrose †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
9 May	85.1	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
13 May	86.0	Bernardin Gantin †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
18 May	96.8	[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] †	Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
21 May	98.6	John Aloysius Morgan †	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
22 May	84.0	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
24 May	75.8	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
27 May	84.4	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
1 Jun	71.5	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
3 Jun	96.4	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
10 Jun	86.2	Elmar Maria Kredel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
12 Jun	61.0	Victor Kindo †	Bishop of Jashpur, India
14 Jun	94.6	Charles Albert Buswell †	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
21 Jun	92.0	Adalberto Almeida y Merino †	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
25 Jun	86.2	Louis Kuehn †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
28 Jun	83.1	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
29 Jun	97.0	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
6 Jul	82.3	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
9 Jul	79.8	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Jul	77.3	Joseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. †	Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
18 Jul	81.2	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
23 Jul	82.5	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
5 Aug	90.2	Manuel d’Almeida Trindade †	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
5 Aug	78.0	Joseph Das †	Bishop Emeritus of Berhampur, India
5 Aug	80.3	Guillermo Ranzahuer González †	Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
6 Aug	78.5	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
9 Aug	87.4	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
12 Aug	85.2	Franco Sibilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
14 Aug	93.4	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
16 Aug	84.1	Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath †	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Aug	68.2	Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
16 Aug	84.7	Wolodymyr Walter Paska †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
18 Aug	84.6	James Chiona †	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
23 Aug	80.5	Peter Quinn †	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
24 Aug	78.8	Paul Schruers †	Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
26 Aug	85.5	Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
4 Sep	92.9	Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
5 Sep	77.9	Joseph Mukwaya †	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
6 Sep	93.0	Antonio Innocenti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 Sep	78.1	Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
10 Sep	91.0	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
15 Sep	72.7	Barthélémy Djabla †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Sep	91.3	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
21 Sep	87.2	Carlos González Cruchaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
26 Sep	88.3	Jan Mazur †	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
27 Sep		Francesco Maria Savarese, O.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Minims
29 Sep	82.5	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
3 Oct	78.3	Joan Carrera Planas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
7 Oct	74.7	Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
13 Oct	95.9	Pablo Barrachina Estevan †	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
13 Oct	83.5	Antonio José González Zumárraga †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
13 Oct	65.3	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
14 Oct	94.3	Antonio Iannucci †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
17 Oct	88.8	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
18 Oct	70.3	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
21 Oct	91.6	Venedictos Printesis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
22 Oct	67.5	Ernest Kombo, S.J. †	Bishop of Owando, Congo
23 Oct	97.5	Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) †	Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
28 Oct	90.4	Augusto Petró †	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 Nov	84.6	[Pius Jin Peixian] †	Bishop Emeritus of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
5 Nov	91.4	Sofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Nov	76.5	Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
7 Nov	98.7	José Bezerra Coutinho †	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
11 Nov	77.3	Alessandro Maggiolini †	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
12 Nov	84.4	Vladas Michelevičius †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
12 Nov	77.5	Marian Kazimierz Zimałek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland
14 Nov	89.8	Michael Ugwu Eneja †	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
16 Nov	84.2	Bruno Maldaner †	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 Nov	90.0	Manuel Castro Ruiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, México
18 Nov	79.4	Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
25 Nov	82.6	Antanas Vaičius †	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
28 Nov	80.5	Edoardo Ricci †	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
6 Dec	87.4	Ivan Semedi †	Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
7 Dec	83.3	George Martin Kuzma †	Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
8 Dec	92.4	Joseph Xu Zhixuan †	Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
9 Dec	90.7	José María Larrauri Lafuente †	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
11 Dec	80.2	Elie Amsini Kiswaya †	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Dec	90.3	Avery Robert Dulles, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nome di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
20 Dec	87.1	Luca Collino, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
20 Dec	83.9	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †
25 Dec	83.5	Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
27 Dec	83.8	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

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