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DateAgeBishopTitle
1 Jan94.8Hilarion Capucci, B.A. †Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
4 Jan97.1Anthony Tu Shi-hua, O.F.M. †Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
5 Jan85.1Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota †Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
8 Jan92.5Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ngong, Kenya
9 Jan87.4Patrick Fernández Flores †Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
11 Jan90.3Robert Pierre Sarrabère †Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
13 Jan94.4Gilberto Angelo Agustoni †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Jan76.7José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
21 Jan89.1José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
21 Jan88.4Francesco Saverio Salerno †Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
22 Jan88.9Pietro Bottaccioli †Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
22 Jan83.4Dominique Kimpinde Amando †Bishop Emeritus of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jan97.4Martin Nicholas Lohmuller †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Jan91.5Paul Lanneau †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
29 Jan84.3Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
30 Jan92.1Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
1 Feb86.7Albano Bortoletto Cavallin †Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
3 Feb92.8Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
6 Feb87.6José Gea Escolano †Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
7 Feb93.1Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
8 Feb86.3Georges El-Murr, B.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
8 Feb73.2Patrick Mumbure Mutume †Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe
11 Feb89.9Jozef Zlatňanský †Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
12 Feb101.2Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois †Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France
14 Feb85.5Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà †Bishop Emeritus of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
14 Feb74.0Casimir Wang Milu †Bishop Emeritus of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
16 Feb86.1Osmond Peter Martin †Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
21 Feb90.9Desmond Connell †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
23 Feb92.3Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones †Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
28 Feb90.7Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira †Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
1 Mar64.6Joseph Vũ Duy Thống †Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
6 Mar76.3Rudolf Deng Majak †Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
6 Mar84.6James Michael Moynihan †Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
7 Mar87.3Tadeusz Rybak †Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
12 Mar94.8Luigi Barbarito †Apostolic Nuncio
12 Mar85.4Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey †Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
13 Mar89.8Eamon Casey †Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
18 Mar84.8Miloslav Vlk †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
19 Mar82.2John Jeremiah McRaith †Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
23 Mar86.0William Henry Keeler †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25 Mar88.8Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
1 Apr82.1Antonio Ciliberti †Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
4 Apr86.0Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Apr93.4Newton Holanda Gurgel †Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
6 Apr77.5Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
11 Apr86.8Edward Francis †Bishop Emeritus of Sivagangai, India
11 Apr86.0José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
13 Apr90.8Georges Rol †Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
19 Apr94.9Antun Bogetić †Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
20 Apr97.4Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi †Archbishop Emeritus of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
22 Apr80.0Attilio Nicora †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
28 Apr68.8Edouard Mathos †Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
29 Apr90.3Diego Natale Bona †Bishop Emeritus of Saluzzo, Italy
2 May80.8George Hugh Niederauer †Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
2 May74.8Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
5 May79.0Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
6 May77.3Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado †Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
7 May85.7Thomas Anthony White †Apostolic Nuncio
9 May84.1Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
15 May89.6Thomas Vose Daily †Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 May90.7Emilio Lorenzo Stehle †Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
19 May100.1Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst †Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
20 May82.5Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
20 May88.7William Clifford Newman †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 May78.5Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
30 May94.0Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
30 May86.9José Carlos Melo, C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
31 May58.0Jean-Marie Benoît Balla †Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
31 May84.2Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Jun63.2Léon Lemmens †Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
3 Jun70.3David Raymond Choby †Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
6 Jun70.5Andrew Francis †Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
9 Jun88.8John Liu Shingong (Shigong) †Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China
14 Jun88.7Kuriakose Kunnacherry †Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
17 Jun68.5Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran †Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
17 Jun72.7Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak †Bishop of Philippines, Military
18 Jun89.4Octavio Betancourt Arango †Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
19 Jun81.1Ivan Cornelius Dias †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22 Jun88.2John Raphael Quinn †Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
27 Jun84.1João Oneres Marchiori †Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
5 Jul83.5Joachim Meisner †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Jul91.0Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
13 Jul88.6Giovanni Battista Franzoni †
21 Jul91.4Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo †Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
23 Jul95.7József Szendi †Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
25 Jul91.9Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
26 Jul74.4Giovanni Battista Pichierri †Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
3 Aug100.3Giovanni Benedetti †Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
4 Aug77.0Raffaele Calabro †Bishop Emeritus of Andria, Italy
5 Aug83.3Dionigi Tettamanzi †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
6 Aug85.9Jiří Krpálek †Bishop
8 Aug70.5Julio César Bonino Bonino †Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
9 Aug80.1Robert Joseph Shaheen †Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
11 Aug83.3Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
13 Aug92.7Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
13 Aug91.6Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) †Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
14 Aug86.6Paul Xie Ting Zhe †Bishop of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
17 Aug75.3Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
18 Aug88.3Michele Di Simone, C.P. †Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia
19 Aug73.9Mario Roberto Cassari †Apostolic Nuncio
22 Aug88.5Nestor Assogba †Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
22 Aug92.5Matthew Kia Yen-wen †Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
27 Aug89.6Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte †Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
27 Aug98.4José Maria Pires †Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
1 Sep85.0Cormac Murphy-O’Connor †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
1 Sep92.6Štefan Vrablec †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
4 Sep96.4José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco †Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
6 Sep79.2Carlo Caffarra †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
9 Sep81.9Velasio De Paolis, C.S. †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
11 Sep69.0António Francisco dos Santos †Bishop of Porto, Portugal
11 Sep89.2José Trinidad Medel Pérez †Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México
13 Sep78.5Kazimierz Ryczan †Bishop Emeritus of Kielce, Poland
14 Sep83.3Marcel Paul Herriot †Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
15 Sep85.4Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
24 Sep90.6Manuel da Silva Martins †Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
25 Sep83.0Matthew Hu Xiande †Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
27 Sep92.5Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé †Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
29 Sep85.1Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris †Bishop Emeritus of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
2 Oct84.2Marcel Germain Perrier †Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
5 Oct85.7François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang †Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
7 Oct85.1Patrick Nair †Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
7 Oct90.3Wacław Józef Świerzawski †Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland
11 Oct87.3Paolo (Pietro) Lunardon, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
13 Oct81.1Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
14 Oct93.1Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
15 Oct67.7Xavier Johnsai Munyongani †Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
18 Oct86.6Ricardo Jamin Vidal †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
19 Oct62.6Castor Paul Msemwa †Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania
21 Oct74.6Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
22 Oct80.5Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier †Bishop Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
24 Oct78.2Michael Patrick Driscoll †Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
25 Oct92.6Joseph Mahn Erie †Bishop Emeritus of Bassein, Myanmar
30 Oct67.3Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir †Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
4 Nov84.3Savarinathan Michael Augustine †Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
6 Nov96.1Jacques Landriault †Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
6 Nov97.8Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
12 Nov86.7Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
17 Nov96.8Lucas Ly Jing Feng (Li Jingfeng) †Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
19 Nov92.2Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
19 Nov88.4Léon Lesambo Ndamwize †Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Nov87.7István Konkoly †Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
22 Nov84.1Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. †Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
24 Nov80.6Gabriel Simo †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
25 Nov79.9Sotìr Ferrara †Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
25 Nov85.7Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
26 Nov79.7José Doth de Oliveira †Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
26 Nov88.6Vicente García Bernal †Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
26 Nov80.0Christian Vicente Fernandez Noel †Bishop Emeritus of Talibon, Philippines
26 Nov92.3Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
28 Nov84.7Rafael Llano Cifuentes †Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5 Dec64.6Elenito de los Reyes Galido †Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
6 Dec76.9Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
7 Dec89.9Matthias Yu Chengxin †Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
8 Dec66.2Carlos María Franzini †Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
10 Dec94.9Antonio Riboldi, I.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
12 Dec93.2Alphonsus Liguori Penney †Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
13 Dec90.5John Joseph Gerry †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
13 Dec87.2André Haddad, B.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
18 Dec84.9George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
20 Dec86.1Bernard Francis Law †Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
23 Dec90.3William George Curlin †Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
23 Dec91.8Héctor Morera Vega †Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán, Costa Rica
25 Dec83.0Stanisław Kędziora †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
26 Dec78.3Pavel Hájek †Bishop
26 Dec91.1Francis Joseph Walmsley †Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
28 Dec89.8Giulio Einaudi †Apostolic Nuncio
28 Dec89.5Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola †Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
29 Dec83.8Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
31 Dec84.6Clément Fecteau †Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
31 Dec92.1Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

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