The Year of Our Lord 2019

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
2 Jan	85.8	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
3 Jan	72.0	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
5 Jan	92.6	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
6 Jan	80.4	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
8 Jan	86.0	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Jan	92.3	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
8 Jan	88.8	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Nuncio
9 Jan	95.3	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
11 Jan	84.1	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
11 Jan	84.3	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India
12 Jan	77.1	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lae, Papua New Guinea
13 Jan	97.7	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
14 Jan	82.3	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
22 Jan	83.5	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
24 Jan	89.1	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
25 Jan	84.2	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
25 Jan	91.4	Vigilio Mario Olmi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
25 Jan	91.3	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaborone, Botswana
25 Jan	84.5	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
2 Feb	80.2	Walter James Edyvean †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 Feb	79.9	Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez †	Bishop Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
10 Feb	94.4	Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar †	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
15 Feb	89.9	Thomas Joseph Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
16 Feb	87.1	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
17 Feb	87.2	Antons Justs †	Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia
21 Feb	90.6	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
28 Feb	92.6	Elliot Griffin Thomas †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
2 Mar	91.9	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
10 Mar	88.5	René Arnold Valero †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 Mar	87.0	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
14 Mar	85.7	Godfried Danneels †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
19 Mar	86.6	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia †	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
20 Mar	83.6	Joseph Victor Adamec †	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Mar	87.5	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
21 Mar	97.5	Francis Anthony Quinn †	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
21 Mar	69.6	Paul Kouassivi Vieira †	Bishop of Djougou, Benin
22 Mar	82.6	Dino De Antoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy
25 Mar	81.7	Antonio Napoletano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
26 Mar	86.0	Isidro Sala Ribera †	Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru
29 Mar	74.1	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Doba, Chad
3 Apr	86.4	Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
6 Apr	89.5	George Edward Rueger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
9 Apr	85.9	Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
12 Apr	76.9	Ronald Paul Herzog †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
13 Apr	86.4	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
16 Apr	96.4	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. †	Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
22 Apr	65.2	Simon Kaipuram, C.M. †	Bishop of Balasore, India
24 Apr	74.9	Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
29 Apr	82.2	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
2 May	88.6	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 May	56.3	Antoine Koné †	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
9 May	89.7	David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
10 May	78.6	Domenico Padovano †	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
10 May	91.0	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
12 May	98.9	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
14 May	95.1	Urbano José Allgayer †	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
15 May	62.3	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
15 May	80.3	Gabriel Mmole †	Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania
16 May	83.4	Emmanuel Alex Mapunda †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbinga, Tanzania
17 May	94.3	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Egara
19 May	86.9	Jan Bagiński †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
19 May	89.2	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
23 May	81.7	Joseph Devine †	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
24 May	87.1	Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
25 May	80.8	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
27 May	85.0	Kevin Joseph Aje †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria
30 May	84.8	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 May	72.7	Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
4 Jun	91.3	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
4 Jun	88.2	Léonard Dhejju †	Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Jun	90.9	Elio Sgreccia †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
6 Jun	97.7	Boleslaw Pylak †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
8 Jun	92.6	(Joseph) Stephen Li Side †	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
10 Jun	86.2	José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Vichada, Colombia
12 Jun	62.9	Léon Kalenga Badikebele †	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
13 Jun	87.8	Roland Pierre DuMaine †	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA
16 Jun	87.9	Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
17 Jun	83.4	Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Jun	77.4	Stephen Edward Blaire †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
25 Jun	92.5	Giuseppe Fabiani †	Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
26 Jun	80.4	Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
1 Jul	81.5	Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame †	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Jul	79.5	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
7 Jul	62.6	Salvatore Angerami †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
11 Jul	70.6	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
13 Jul	84.8	Paolo Sardi †	Cardinal, Patron Emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
14 Jul	83.8	Paul Albert Zipfel †	Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
19 Jul	90.8	John Adel Elya, B.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
21 Jul	93.5	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
21 Jul	71.6	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
22 Jul	93.4	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
26 Jul	82.7	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
1 Aug	89.0	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
2 Aug	84.2	Stuart France O’Connell, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Aug	59.3	John Philip Saklil †	Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
10 Aug	62.2	Bernard Unabali †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
11 Aug	87.7	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
12 Aug	93.5	John Michael Sherlock †	Bishop Emeritus of London, Ontario, Canada
21 Aug	85.5	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tete, Mozambique
26 Aug	81.3	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
29 Aug	95.8	Achille Silvestrini †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
2 Sep	88.2	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
3 Sep	92.5	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
3 Sep	100.5	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
4 Sep	96.9	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
5 Sep	90.1	Alberto Jara Franzoy †	Bishop Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
12 Sep	90.9	Francis Xavier Roque †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
19 Sep	93.2	Luigi Bommarito †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
20 Sep	79.6	Séamus Hegarty †	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
20 Sep	72.7	Gregorio Martínez Sacristán †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
21 Sep	80.9	Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México
22 Sep	86.3	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
26 Sep	83.2	William Joseph Levada †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
27 Sep	97.4	Dante Bernini †	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
27 Sep	82.2	John Francis Kinney †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
27 Sep	93.9	John Joseph Snyder †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
28 Sep	79.1	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
28 Sep	100.9	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
30 Sep	80.6	Enrico Masseroni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
3 Oct	88.7	Ignacio Noguer Carmona †	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
8 Oct	95.1	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 Oct	88.9	Thomas Joseph Flanagan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
9 Oct	89.2	John Baptist Sequeira †	Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India
10 Oct	68.2	Dominic Jala, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Shillong, India
13 Oct	81.4	Elias James John Manning, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 Oct	76.2	Antony Devotta †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
17 Oct	89.4	Michael George Bowen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
20 Oct	85.9	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
21 Oct	83.5	Brian Michael Noble †	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
21 Oct	75.6	Camille Zaidan †	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
22 Oct	72.2	Dorylas Moreau †	Bishop Emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
23 Oct	56.0	José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. †	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
28 Oct	74.2	Jean-Gabriel Diarra †	Bishop of San, Mali
29 Oct	72.5	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 Oct	85.8	Francis Xavier Irwin †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Oct	81.6	Ercílio Turco †	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Oct	78.6	Roger Paul Morin †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
31 Oct	89.5	Silvio Padoin †	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
1 Nov	90.3	Daniel Joseph Mullins †	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
1 Nov	56.9	Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
3 Nov	83.4	Girônimo Zanandréa †	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12 Nov	79.0	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas †	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
13 Nov	72.5	Giorgio Corbellini †	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
13 Nov	82.2	Fernando Torres Durán †	Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
15 Nov	84.7	Juliusz Paetz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
16 Nov	92.1	Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
19 Nov	73.6	Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
20 Nov	90.4	Andrew Jin Daoyuan †	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov	86.9	Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo †	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
29 Nov	84.1	Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dharmapuri, India
1 Dec	96.9	Miguel Esteban Hesayne †	Bishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina
1 Dec	59.2	Paul David Sirba †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
4 Dec	93.4	Ján Eugen Kočiš †	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
5 Dec	86.0	Pietro Brollo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
9 Dec	94.5	José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago †	Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
11 Dec	83.0	Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo †	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
14 Dec	83.5	André Gaumond †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
17 Dec	94.5	Enzio d’Antonio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
17 Dec	94.2	Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
20 Dec	74.1	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
24 Dec	82.2	Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Dec	94.0	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
30 Dec	77.9	Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya
31 Dec	96.6	Chucrallah Harb †	Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

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