The Year of Our Lord 2018

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	94.0	Thomas Zhao Duomo (Zhao Kexun) †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
3 Jan	84.6	Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil
3 Jan	89.0	Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
3 Jan	87.6	Serafino Sprovieri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
5 Jan	68.1	Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
5 Jan	84.9	Vincent Mojwok Nyiker †	Bishop Emeritus of Malakal, South Sudan
6 Jan	67.6	Remídio José Bohn †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Jan	78.0	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
16 Jan	67.2	Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil †	Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India
18 Jan	86.7	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
19 Jan	91.2	Maurice Couture, R.S.V. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
19 Jan	73.3	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 Jan	76.9	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
25 Jan	79.7	Daniel Mark (Marcus George) Buechlein, O.S.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
26 Jan	92.6	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva †	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
28 Jan	92.4	Antônio Agostinho Marochi †	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Jan	91.9	Maxwell Valentine Noronha †	Bishop Emeritus of Calicut, India
7 Feb	96.1	Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
8 Feb	66.0	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
11 Feb	93.8	Joseph Neil MacNeil †	Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
11 Feb	91.2	Juozas Preikšas †	Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
17 Feb	55.1	Emmanuel Cosmas Kanyama †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
23 Feb	90.1	Jesus Yu Varela †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
24 Feb	70.3	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
26 Feb	81.4	Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
27 Feb	60.3	Joseph Danlami Bagobiri †	Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria
1 Mar	92.3	Jean-Guy Hamelin †	Bishop Emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
5 Mar	84.4	Tomas Aguon Camacho †	Bishop Emeritus of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Mar	73.3	Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc †	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
7 Mar	79.5	Werner Radspieler †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
9 Mar	90.0	Elías Yanes Alvarez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
10 Mar	90.9	Roch Pedneault †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
11 Mar	64.7	Jean Damascène Bimenyimana †	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
11 Mar	81.8	Karl Lehmann †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
19 Mar	80.0	Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Mar	87.4	Lino Bortolo Belotti, C.M.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
24 Mar	85.0	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya †	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
25 Mar	82.6	Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †	Bishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Venezuela
26 Mar	85.9	António dos Santos †	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
27 Mar	87.8	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins †	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
29 Mar	81.4	Walter Pérez Villamonte †	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
29 Mar	80.3	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †	Bishop Emeritus of (San José de) Melipilla, Chile
30 Mar	87.1	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
1 Apr	79.6	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Apr	87.7	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Apr	83.2	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
14 Apr	85.5	Rinaldo Fidel Brédice †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa, Argentina
17 Apr	88.2	David Edward Foley †	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
17 Apr	90.9	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
19 Apr	70.4	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines
19 Apr	74.8	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
24 Apr	102.5	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia †	Prelate Emeritus of Los Ríos, Ecuador
25 Apr	88.4	Hans-Reinhard Koch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
26 Apr	94.2	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
28 Apr	80.6	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
5 May	66.3	Michele Castoro †	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
6 May	91.4	Leonard Anthony Faulkner †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
9 May	63.1	Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
11 May	71.6	José Francisco Oliveros †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
15 May	91.0	Georges Scandar †	Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
17 May	85.6	Anthony Michael Milone †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
18 May	88.8	Darío Castrillón Hoyos †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
18 May	82.2	Christopher Jones †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
21 May	78.6	Camilo Diaz Gregorio †	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
24 May	81.2	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
29 May	93.3	Luciano José Cabral Duarte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
29 May	96.3	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
1 Jun	88.0	René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France
3 Jun	92.3	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
15 Jun	93.5	Joseph Li Mingshu †	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
19 Jun	83.2	Paul John Marx, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
28 Jun	93.2	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho †	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
29 Jun	82.9	Giuseppe Rocco Favale †	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
1 Jul	82.0	Anacleto Sima Ngua †	Bishop Emeritus of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
5 Jul	75.2	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
10 Jul	90.3	José María Setién Alberro †	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
11 Jul	71.2	Richard John Garcia †	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
11 Jul	87.4	Giovanni Marra †	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
21 Jul	82.3	Joseph Oyanga †	Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
22 Jul	96.9	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
23 Jul	83.4	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
29 Jul	84.9	Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
29 Jul	92.7	António José Rafael †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
31 Jul	86.9	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
31 Jul	89.3	Leo Joseph White †	Prefect Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
3 Aug	91.4	Raffaele Castielli †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
5 Aug	84.8	Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas †	Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
7 Aug	68.4	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
9 Aug	74.4	Manfred Melzer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Aug	86.2	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
13 Aug	81.8	Santiago María García de la Rasilla Domínguez, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
14 Aug	87.0	Charles Victor Grahmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
15 Aug	74.3	François Charles Garnier †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
16 Aug	85.8	Joseph Minj †	Bishop Emeritus of Simdega, India
18 Aug	88.1	John Edward McCarthy †	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
19 Aug	84.2	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
23 Aug	94.2	Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
24 Aug	93.2	Dominik Kalata, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Semta
25 Aug	63.6	Dieudonné Bogmis †	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
26 Aug	82.7	Thomas Joseph O’Brien †	Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
28 Aug	81.3	Nestorius Timanywa †	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
28 Aug	91.8	Szczepan Wesoly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
31 Aug	75.1	José Luis Dibildox Martínez †	Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
4 Sep	87.4	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
4 Sep	92.3	Sydney Anicetus Charles †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
12 Sep	90.7	Benedict Ganesh Singh †	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
13 Sep	84.7	Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
20 Sep	89.6	Edmundo Madarang Abaya †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
20 Sep	63.4	Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia
20 Sep	95.2	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
21 Sep	81.2	José Roberto López Londoño †	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
22 Sep	89.3	Johannes Kapp †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
25 Sep	68.9	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
26 Sep	89.9	Antonio Santucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
28 Sep	84.9	Celso José Pinto da Silva †	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
29 Sep	88.4	Eugene John Gerber †	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
29 Sep	66.4	Dirceu Vegini †	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
2 Oct	86.3	José Lorenzo Sartori †	Bishop Emeritus of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
5 Oct	96.6	Louis Anthony DeSimone †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 Oct	87.3	Laurence Forristal †	Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland
11 Oct	83.8	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
11 Oct	81.3	Engelbert Siebler †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
13 Oct	82.3	François Jacques Bussini †	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
14 Oct	83.1	Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
16 Oct	69.4	Joseph Robert Cistone †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
16 Oct	94.9	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Nuncio
20 Oct	85.7	Tarcisio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
20 Oct	93.7	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
22 Oct	86.3	Friedrich Ostermann †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
24 Oct	88.7	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
26 Oct	77.8	Valentin Masengo Nkinda †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct	89.5	Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
3 Nov	58.6	Roger Victor Rakotondrajao †	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar
4 Nov	89.8	John Joseph Njenga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
7 Nov	50.9	José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz †	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
7 Nov	87.2	Robert Anthony Brucato †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
7 Nov	76.7	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
11 Nov	85.3	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
11 Nov	87.9	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 Nov	82.8	Pablo Cedano Cedano †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
21 Nov	77.8	Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
21 Nov	83.0	Francisco de Paula Victor †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
24 Nov	71.8	Robert Charles Morlino †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
26 Nov	87.1	Leo Schwarz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
27 Nov	83.6	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
6 Dec	91.1	Frank Joseph Rodimer †	Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
9 Dec	76.9	Guire Poulard †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
14 Dec	84.8	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
14 Dec	68.6	Patrick Daniel Koroma †	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
14 Dec	65.0	Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Gwalior, India
16 Dec	91.7	Eugène Philippe LaRocque †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
17 Dec	89.8	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
19 Dec	87.9	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David †	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
21 Dec	76.1	Gerard Bernacki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
22 Dec	86.1	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
24 Dec	94.2	Rosario Mazzola †	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
27 Dec	84.1	Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
28 Dec	78.6	Santiago García Aracil †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
28 Dec	87.7	Attila Miklósházy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
28 Dec	88.8	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
31 Dec	87.7	István Seregély †	Archbishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

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