The Year of Our Lord 2011

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	96.4	Martinus H. M. Bodéwes, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Bangassou, Central African Republic
8 Jan	82.6	Manuel Pestana Filho †	Bishop Emeritus of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
10 Jan	90.2	John James Ward †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
16 Jan	72.0	Reinaldo Ernst Enrich (Heribert) Pünder †	Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
16 Jan	83.9	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
18 Jan	76.2	Jacques Yandé Sarr †	Bishop of Thiès, Senegal
20 Jan	81.4	Eduardo Davino †	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
20 Jan	87.3	Eugénio Salessu †	Bishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
21 Jan	90.6	Emanuele Gerada †	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Jan	86.2	Samuel Ruiz García †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
29 Jan	88.0	Emilio Ogñénovich †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
31 Jan	65.0	Hernán Alvarado Solano †	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
10 Feb	62.4	Józef Mirosław Życiński †	Archbishop of Lublin, Poland
17 Feb	79.8	Francis Anthony Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
17 Feb	88.4	Augustinus Hu Daguo †	Bishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
17 Feb	83.7	Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu †	Bishop Emeritus of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Mar	81.0	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
9 Mar	94.2	Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
12 Mar	78.1	Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain
16 Mar	82.6	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
19 Mar	92.0	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
20 Mar	80.3	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
24 Mar	68.3	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Mar	79.0	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Mar	75.8	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
26 Mar	90.6	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
1 Apr	83.8	Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
3 Apr	83.9	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
12 Apr	74.8	Ioan Şişeştean †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
14 Apr	79.4	Louis Jean Dufaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
14 Apr	86.3	Jean Gratton †	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
18 Apr	86.3	Giovanni Saldarini †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
23 Apr	92.2	Peter Li Hongye †	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
26 Apr	85.4	José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
27 Apr	86.6	Paul Vincent Donovan †	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
29 Apr	79.8	Salim Ghazal, B.S. †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Apr	87.3	Anthony Francis Mestice †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
30 Apr	45.1	[Francis Lu Shouwang] †	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
1 May	80.2	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
4 May	94.7	Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
4 May	88.9	Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
8 May	87.1	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
11 May	81.2	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
12 May	88.8	Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine †	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
23 May	73.2	Joseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức †	Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam
23 May	91.1	Karel Otčenášek †	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
25 May	90.2	Luigi Diligenza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
29 May	78.9	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
11 Jun	90.8	Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
11 Jun	89.8	Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
12 Jun	91.4	René Audet †	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
13 Jun	82.4	Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe †	Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Jun	82.5	Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
18 Jun	47.7	[Simon Li Zhigang] †	Bishop-Elect of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
18 Jun	89.6	John Perumattam, M.S.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Jun	96.9	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
22 Jun	81.0	Carmelo Juan Giaquinta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
29 Jun	88.7	Domenico Pecile †	Bishop Emeritus of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
30 Jun	75.3	Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
7 Jul	79.6	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
8 Jul	61.2	Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) †	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Jul	59.9	Michael Charles Evans †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
12 Jul	86.0	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
16 Jul	94.0	Albin Małysiak, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Jul	74.4	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
19 Jul	80.3	William Leonard D’Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Karwar, India
19 Jul	78.0	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
21 Jul	87.9	Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tambacounda, Senegal
21 Jul	79.4	Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
21 Jul	77.1	Slavomir Miklovš †	Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
21 Jul	96.7	Kazimierz Świątek †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
24 Jul	74.2	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
24 Jul	89.3	Virgilio Noè †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
26 Jul	83.2	Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
27 Jul	70.6	Rudolf Baláž †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
27 Jul	73.0	Pietro Sambi †	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
27 Jul	85.1	Francis John Spence †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
30 Jul	64.6	Vincent Kympat †	Bishop of Jowai, India
31 Jul	96.1	Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Amravati, India
7 Aug	89.0	Joseph Candolfi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
7 Aug	92.9	Cornelius Elanjikal †	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
8 Aug	89.4	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
9 Aug	91.0	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy †	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
11 Aug	88.5	Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
12 Aug	89.5	Austin-Emile Burke †	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
16 Aug	82.9	Bernard William Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
20 Aug	86.7	Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
23 Aug	79.0	Paul Francis Duffy, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mongu, Zambia
24 Aug	94.1	Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 Aug	81.5	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
28 Aug	61.1	Bruno Gamberini †	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Sep	91.4	José María Montes †	Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
3 Sep	87.5	Andrzej Maria Deskur †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
5 Sep	81.7	Andrew Zolile T. Brook †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
5 Sep	82.0	Peter Thuruthikonam †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India
6 Sep	78.8	Raphaël Marie Ze †	Bishop Emeritus of Sangmélima, Cameroon
7 Sep	90.4	Gabriel Bullet †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
9 Sep	79.4	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Sep	90.9	Clemente Faccani †	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Sep	68.0	Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina
23 Sep	80.0	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
23 Sep	85.9	Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực †	Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam
29 Sep	98.3	Philip Matthew Hannan †	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
30 Sep	92.0	João d’Avila Moreira Lima †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Sep	76.6	Gilberto Fernández del Villar †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
7 Oct	80.0	Fernando Charrier †	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
9 Oct	88.3	Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
20 Oct	75.9	John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai †	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
23 Oct	75.3	Joseph Dao †	Bishop Emeritus of Kayes, Mali
24 Oct	85.8	Crescênzio Rinaldini †	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Oct	78.2	Eduard Kojnok †	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
1 Nov	90.9	Héctor Rueda Hernández †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
1 Nov	73.2	Ricardo Manuel Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. †	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
3 Nov	82.1	Justo Oscar Laguna †	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
4 Nov	94.7	Dieudonné Yougbaré †	Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
5 Nov	88.2	Luigi Belloli †	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
8 Nov	80.4	Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor †	Archbishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
9 Nov	61.3	Jean-Paul Randriamanana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
11 Nov	80.7	Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
11 Nov	83.2	John Francis Donoghue †	Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
13 Nov	69.5	Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D. †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
14 Nov	83.8	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
16 Nov	83.0	Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
17 Nov	91.5	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Nov	92.6	Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc †	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
20 Nov	73.0	Fabio Betancur Tirado †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
21 Nov	88.2	John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
22 Nov	79.1	Anthony Zhong Changfeng (Zong Changfeng, Song Changfeng) †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
29 Nov	73.4	Annetto Depasquale †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
29 Nov	92.5	Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ende, Indonesia
2 Dec	84.2	Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea †	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Dec	89.7	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Dec	85.5	Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
8 Dec	84.2	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
11 Dec	76.0	John Patrick Foley †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
14 Dec	80.4	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
14 Dec	88.8	Mark Francis Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
17 Dec	72.6	Michael Gower Coleman †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
21 Dec	89.8	Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India
21 Dec	93.0	Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
22 Dec	90.6	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
24 Dec	69.9	Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
24 Dec	65.0	José Andrés Corral Arredondo †	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México
25 Dec	86.3	Thomas Anthony Finnegan †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
27 Dec	84.4	Martino Scarafile †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
29 Dec	84.9	Paul Antaki †	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

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